Graduate Systems Engineer - Austin, Texas, United States
Originally posted 24 September 2026 by the employer.
About the role
This role involves contributing to the design, integration, validation, and performance analysis of advanced AI compute platforms. You will work within the Hardware Platform Development team, combining subsystem engineering, hands-on laboratory work, and technical documentation.
What you'll do
- Contribute to the design, integration, and testing of CPU and high-speed input and output subsystems.
- Develop system-level validation plans, procedures, scripts, and tools.
- Evaluate platform performance, power, signal behavior, reliability, and interoperability using laboratory measurements.
- Investigate emerging input and output technologies, including PCIe 6.0 and 800G Ethernet.
- Use power meters, oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, and comparable laboratory equipment to execute tests.
- Analyze unexpected behavior, reproduce issues, and perform structured root-cause investigations.
What you'll need
- Bachelor's or master's degree in electrical engineering, computer engineering, computer science, systems engineering, or a closely related field.
- Strong foundation in computer architecture, digital systems, embedded systems, hardware-software interaction, or system-level engineering.
- Hands-on experience with laboratory testing and technical measurements.
- Experience with at least one programming or scripting language, such as Python, C, C++, or MATLAB.
- Ability to plan technical work, analyze test data, document results, and draw evidence-based conclusions.
- Structured approach to problem-solving, troubleshooting, and root-cause investigation.
Nice to have
- Internship, research, academic, or project experience with CPU subsystems, PCIe, Ethernet, high-speed interfaces, or platform validation.
- Experience using power meters, oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, protocol analyzers, or similar laboratory equipment.
- Experience creating test automation, data-analysis tools, or engineering scripts.
- Exposure to platform performance characterization, power delivery, thermal management, liquid cooling, or energy efficiency.
- Familiarity with systems integration, design verification, configuration control, or engineering change processes.
- Experience presenting engineering work or test results in a technical review setting.
Skills: subsystem engineering, CPU and high-speed I/O, platform performance, PCIe 6.0, 800G Ethernet, laboratory equipment
This role has been open 0 days — well below the 48-day median for Hardware Systems Engineering roles.
Hardware Systems Engineering · SOC Architecture
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Open roles in category
101
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Median days open
48 d
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Median salary
$212k
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See the full market breakdown ▾Category comparison, skills in demand, and who else is hiring
| Metric | Graphcore | All employers we track in this specialty (101 roles · 27 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 5 | 101 |
| Open roles in the wider Software, Firmware & Systems family | 82 | 5925 · 143 employers |
| Median days open | 0 d | 48 d (−48 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $212k |
Skills observed across this category: subsystem engineering, CPU and high-speed I/O, platform performance, PCIe 6.0, 800G Ethernet, laboratory equipment
Who's hiring in this category
- AMD · 29 open roles · median 34 d
- Qualcomm · 21 open roles · median 57 d
- NVIDIA · 16 open roles · median 53 d
- Intel Corporation · 5 open roles · median 21 d
- Mobileye · 3 open roles · median 1 d
- Apple · 2 open roles · median 9 d
How we counted: 101 open Hardware Systems Engineering (SOC Architecture) roles from 27 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 24 Sept 2026. Specialty figures count only roles carrying this exact specialty label, so an employer's related work in neighbouring specialties is not included there — it is counted in the wider Software, Firmware & Systems family row. Figures refresh nightly.