Senior Systems Engineer

Overview

Graphcore is hiring a Senior Systems Engineer based in Bristol, United Kingdom. This role focuses on owning the reliability of artificial intelligence compute hardware as platforms transition from laboratory discovery into data centre operations. The position involves leading advanced operational, diagnostic, and engineering support to improve hardware bring-up, validation, and troubleshooting for artificial intelligence compute infrastructure.

Who can apply

Applicants must possess the legal right to work in the United Kingdom, as visa sponsorship and visa support applications are not available for this role. The employer welcomes individuals from diverse backgrounds and experiences, including engineers returning to the profession after a career break through returnship routes.

What you get

The compensation and benefits package includes flexible working arrangements, generous leave, and retirement planning support featuring up to five percent matched pension contributions. Employees also receive phantom equity, life assurance, income protection, and access to thoughtfully designed office spaces with free food and an on-site barista. Additional choices include flexible and optional benefits such as private medical insurance, dental cover, a health cash plan, a cycle to work scheme, and a give as you earn program.

Requirements

Candidates need strong knowledge of server hardware architectures and board-level debugging, alongside experience isolating failures through system logs, telemetry, power data, and thermal metrics. The role requires hands-on experience with high-performance computing systems, artificial intelligence compute platforms, or rack-scale infrastructure. Professionals must be able to lead structured root cause analysis, propose practical corrective actions, and work across engineering, platform, and data centre teams. Clear written and verbal communication skills with the judgement to guide junior engineers are also necessary.