Staff Software Test Engineer

The senior software test engineer is responsible for designing and delivering software validation and quality assurance solutions for the software group. This involves creating and executing tests, creating automation tools, identifying errors, and providing feedback to other teams mainly software but sometimes hardware teams - that the final product meets the requirements of the product at the expected levels of quality, including reliability, accuracy and performance. As a senior team member, you are expected to engage with all stakeholders in the wider Software group, can be relied on to do due diligence, show technical leadership, support junior team members in acquiring new skills and write design documentation.
The Team
The software test team consists of highly talented software engineers with a diverse software background dedicated to automation. They test a complex product and software stack, work with machine learning frameworks and models, and are responsible for integration testing and release quality. The team handles large amounts of data and develops visualisation tools to extract meaning from that data.
Responsibilities and Duties

Responsible for test design and development for projects within the Software team and machine learning frameworks.
Responsible for maintenance and improvements of the Python based in-house automation framework and tools.
Maintaining and enhancing continuous integration against simulations, emulations and physical hardware
Working closely with all Software development teams supporting a culture of test driver development.

At least 10 years of software developing experience, of which 5 years have been in a test related role
Strong proficiency in Python
Experience in test automation in a CI/CD environment
Possess excellent written and oral communication skills, be self-critical, can work both independently and have a strong sense of teamwork, enjoy finding issues and seeing it through to it being fixed in a software and hardware environment, you are dedicated to delivering high quality products.

Desirable:

ISTQB (or equivalent) certifications
Experience in hardware or chip level testing
Exposure to machine learning frameworks, e.g. PyTorch, JAXX, Triton,
Experience with SQL, test data storage solutions and DB management
Work experience with:
Atlassian tools such as Jira and Confluence
git (ideally through GitLab or GitHub)
GitHub actions
Some experience with people management

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 worlds leading backers of innovative AI companies.

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; were 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