Staff Engineer - Server Hardware Compute Blade and Rack Validation Lead - Austin, Texas, United States
Originally posted 16 April 2026 by the employer.
About the role
This role leads at-scale blade and rack validation efforts for AI hyperscale systems across the full post-silicon lifecycle, ensuring functional, electrical, and thermal performance meets product objectives. You will own end-to-end planning, development, execution, and debug while collaborating across firmware, systems, and hardware teams.
What you'll do
- Lead post-silicon validation of AI compute blades and racks, including test planning, development, and automation. - Drive provisioning and integration of system components including SoC FW, BMC, RMC, and OS for rack-level readiness. - Triage test failures, collect debug data, and collaborate on root cause analysis. - Track validation coverage and continuously improve test processes and infrastructure. - Collaborate with ODM/JDM partners on validation and quality. - Mentor engineers and report validation progress and risks against program achievements.
What you'll need
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree or equivalent experience in Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or related field. - Track record in system, rack, or embedded validation with leadership experience in large-scale hardware validation environments. - Expertise in CPU/GPU, memory, IO, and firmware validation. - Experience with Linux/server OS and automation using Python or Bash. - Knowledge of IPMI, Redfish, and PLDM. - Experience with CI/CD pipelines and hardware interfaces.
Skills: rack validation, post-silicon system validation, functional, electrical, thermal performance, debug, CI/CD pipelines
This role has been open 129 days — well above the 41-day median for Post-Silicon Validation roles.
Post-Silicon Validation · Silicon Validation
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Open roles in category
436
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Median days open
41 d
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Median salary
$166k
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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 (436 roles · 63 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 20 | 436 |
| Open roles in the wider Silicon Validation & Test family | 47 | 2240 · 112 employers |
| Median days open | 128 d | 41 d (+87 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $166k |
Skills observed across this category: rack validation, post-silicon system validation, functional, electrical, thermal performance, debug, CI/CD pipelines
Who's hiring in this category
- AMD · 55 open roles · median 41 d
- Qualcomm · 38 open roles · median 29 d
- Micron Technology · 37 open roles · median 38 d
- NVIDIA · 25 open roles · median 24 d
- Microchip Technology · 22 open roles · median 74 d
- Graphcore (this employer) · 21 open roles · median 127 d
How we counted: 436 open Post-Silicon Validation (Silicon Validation) roles from 63 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 23 Oct 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 Silicon Validation & Test family row. Figures refresh nightly.