Graduate Software Engineer, System Software QA 2027

<p><strong>Location:</strong> Bristol or Cambridge, UK <br><strong>Start date: </strong>September 2027<br><strong>Application deadline</strong>: Midnight, 29th November 2026 <br><em>We encourage you to apply early, as we may close applications before the advertised deadline.</em></p> <h3>The Graduate Programme at Graphcore</h3> <p>Join Graphcore in a permanent role and start your career with two years of hands-on learning. From day one, you’ll be trusted to take ownership, share your ideas and help shape what we’re creating. You’ll tackle challenging problems alongside a team who support your development and are as excited about your success as you are.</p> <p><iframe style="display: table; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/sUqy-WuXPsE" width="560" height="314"></iframe></p> <h3>What you’ll work on</h3> <p>Put your programming and Linux skills to work on the software that helps Graphcore’s AI systems run reliably.</p> <p>As a Graduate Software Engineer in System Software Quality Assurance (QA), you’ll help validate low-level firmware, Linux kernel drivers and platform tools. You’ll design and develop tests, investigate issues and give development teams clear feedback on software quality.</p> <p>You’ll also maintain and improve continuous integration pipelines across different platforms. Working closely with System Software development teams, you’ll help strengthen test-driven development and solve practical engineering problems that matter to customers.</p> <h3>Your team and support</h3> <p>You will be working closely with a team of passionate engineers who will help you each step of the way. Your buddy will be Myles who has recently completed his own graduate program, they can no