About Graphcore

How often do you get the chance to build a technology that transforms the future of humanity?

Graphcore products have set the standard in made-for-AI compute hardware and software, gaining global attention and industry acclaim. Now we are developing the next generation of artificial intelligence compute with systems that will allow AI researchers to develop more advanced models, help scientists unlock exciting new discoveries, and power companies around the world as they put AI at the heart of their business.

Graphcore recently joined SoftBank Group – bringing large and ongoing investment from one of the world’s leading backers of innovative AI companies.

Job Summary

Working within the silicon physical design team the silicon physical designer is responsible for a wide range of physical design tasks working closely with other engineers within the Silicon department. This person is responsible for helping the team deliver high quality final design databases to the Foundry, working within the physical design team and the rest of the silicon teams to ensure that the silicon team can meet the company objectives for silicon delivery.

The Team

The physical design team sits within the Silicon design team. We are responsible for delivering the final chip layout (e.g. GDSII) using the RTL delivered from the logical design / DFT team, ensuring a signoff quality design is delivered to the Foundry (e.g. TSMC).

Responsibilities and Duties

  • Helping the physical design team work efficiently together
  • Ensuring the final designs sent to the Foundry are of signoff quality
  • Ensuring good communication between sites
  • Leading and/or contributing to shared physical design infrastructure and flows.
  • Using EDA tools and the Graphcore design flow to implement design in cutting edge technologies
  • Leading and/or contributing to final chip level checks and auditing
  • Providing feedback to RTL and DFT teams

Candidate Profile

Essential:

  • Be highly motivated, a self-starter, and a team player
  • Ability to work across teams and debugging issues seen to find root causes
  • Degree in Computer Science, Engineering or related subject
  • Ability to program, required to solve design issues, e.g. Python, Tcl
  • Digital Design experience
  • Synthesis
  • Place and Route
  • Timing Analysis
  • Logical Equivalence
  • Physical Design Checks

Desirable

  • Experience managing teams
  • Project Planning
  • Power Integrity
  • Silicon transistor knowledge
  • Design for test

Benefits

In addition to a competitive salary, Graphcore offers flexible working, a generous annual leave policy, private medical insurance and 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). We offer a range of healthy food and snacks at our central Bristol office and have our 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 offer an equal opportunity process and understand that there are visible and invisible differences in all of us. We can provide a flexible approach to interview and encourage you to chat to us if you require any reasonable adjustments

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