Silicon Verification Engineer

Applied Intuition Inc.; Bristol; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading AI technology firm in the UK is looking for a silicon verification engineer to join their team in Bristol. You will be responsible for ensuring that RTL matches architecture specifications, planning verification activities, and working collaboratively across teams. This role offers a competitive salary, flexible working, and comprehensive benefits, including private medical insurance and a generous parental leave policy. Join a diverse team focused on innovative solutions in AI technology.

Benefits

Flexible working

Private medical insurance

Generous annual leave policy

Health cash plan

Dental plan

Pension (matched up to 5%)

Life assurance

Income protection

Employee assistance programme

Qualifications

• Experience in verification processes, particularly in CPU or ASIC environments.
• Highly motivated and a team player.
• Excellent problem-solving capabilities for deep and complex issues.

Responsibilities

• Plan and specify verification activities.
• Provide feedback on architecture specifications.
• Generate tests and diagnose failures.
• Contribute to verification infrastructure.

Skills

Verification experience in relevant industry

Proven leadership and planning skills

Ability to work across teams and programming languages

Experience in CPU and/or ASIC verification

System Verilog

Python

C++

Linux

Job description

At Graphcore, we’re building the future of AI compute.

We’re a team of semiconductor, software and AI experts, with deep experience in creating the complete AI compute stack – from silicon and software to infrastructure at datacenter scale.

As part of the SoftBank Group, backed by significant long‑term investment, we are delivering key technology into the fast-growing SoftBank AI ecosystem.

To meet the vast and exciting AI opportunity, Graphcore is expanding its teams around the world.

We are bringing together the brightest minds to solve the toughest problems, in a place where everyone has the opportunity to make an impact on the company, our products and the future of artificial intelligence.

The Team

The verification team sits within the Silicon design team and is responsible for ensuring that the RTL created by the logical design team and used by the physical design team matches the architecture specification for Graphcore silicon. The silicon verification engineer is responsible for verification activities within Graphcore, helping the team meet the company objectives for quality silicon delivery.

Responsibilities

• Verification planning, specification and closure of functional coverage
• Providing feedback to architects
• Test generation and failure diagnosis/triage
• Contributing to shared verification infrastructure

Essential Skills

• Verification experience in relevant industry
• Proven leadership and planning skills
• Highly motivated, a self‑starter, and a team player
• Ability to work across teams and programming languages to find root causes of deep and complex issues
• Experience of the verification process applied in CPU and/or ASIC environments
• System Verilog, Python, C++, Linux

Benefits

In addition to a competitive salary, Graphcore offers flexible working, a generous annual leave policy, private medical insurance, a health cash plan, a dental plan, pension (matched up to 5%), life assurance and income protection. We have a generous parental leave policy and an employee assistance programme (which includes health, mental wellbeing, and bereavement support). Our central Bristol office provides a range of healthy food and snacks and has its own barista bar!

We welcome people of different backgrounds and experiences; we’re committed to building an inclusive work environment that makes Graphcore a great home for everyone. We are an equal‑opportunity employer, and we offer a flexible approach to interview and encourage applicants to chat with us if they require reasonable adjustments.

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