22 days ago
Bristol, United KingdomEntry Level
Responsibilities
- Plan, build, test, and improve kernel drivers and user-space driver libraries.
- Write production code, create unit tests, review code, and manually test changes.
- Support the continuous integration system and contribute to technical design discussions.
- Collaborate with hardware and software colleagues through design discussions, code reviews, testing, and Scrum ceremonies.
- Develop low-level programming skills and understanding of hardware-software interaction during the two-year programme.
Requirements
- Experience with low-level software such as embedded software, device drivers, or university or personal projects.
- Basic electronics knowledge, including the ability to read schematics and datasheets.
- Introductory coding experience in C, C++, or Python.
- Practical Git experience with branches, pull requests, reviews, and merges.
- Awareness of continuous integration systems such as Jenkins.
- Curiosity about hardware-software platforms, willingness to take responsibility, and openness to learning and feedback; skills may be demonstrated through coursework, dissertations, projects, research, or other relevant experience.
Benefits
- Permanent role starting in September 2027 in Bristol, UK, with a two-year graduate programme and hands-on learning.
- Flexible working arrangements.
- Up to 5% matched pension.
- Phantom equity.
- Designed office spaces with free food and an on-site barista.
- Income protection and life assurance.
- Electric vehicle salary-sacrifice scheme.
- Flexible benefits including private medical insurance, dental cover, health cash plan, cycle to work, and give as you earn.
- The employer provides interview adjustments and supports an inclusive workplace.
About Graphcore
Graphcore designs and sells Intelligence Processing Units (IPUs), systems, and a full software stack for training and inference of AI models in data centers and research labs. Revenue comes from hardware systems and associated software tools and services, used for workloads across NLP, computer vision, and graph neural networks. Founded in 2016 and headquartered in Bristol, the company is part of SoftBank Group and focuses on on‑prem and cloud deployments.