Graduate Software Engineer, Drivers and Utilities 2027

What you’ll work on

Put your coding skills to work at the boundary of hardware and software, helping Graphcore’s platforms perform at their best. 

As a Graduate Systems Software Engineer in the Drivers and Utilities team, you’ll help plan, build, test and improve kernel drivers and user space driver libraries.  

Your code will support the wider software stack and help engineering teams and customers use Graphcore hardware efficiently and effectively. 

You’ll write code to Graphcore standards, create unit tests, review code and manually test changes. You’ll also support our continuous integration system and contribute to technical design discussions, learning how changes are developed, checked and integrated. 

How you’ll learn and grow

During the two-year programme, you’ll build your understanding of how hardware and software interact through hands-on work on drivers and libraries. 

Writing and testing changes will help you develop your low-level programming skills and learn how to check that your code behaves as intended. Work on continuous integration will show you how automated checks support reliable software development. 

Code reviews, design discussions and practical problem solving with hardware and software teams will help you develop your engineering judgement, explain your approach and understand how your work fits into Graphcore’s wider software stack. 

What we're looking for

• Experience with low-level software, such as embedded software, device drivers, or a university or personal project 
• Basic electronics knowledge, including confidence reading schematics and datasheets 
• Introductory coding experience in C, C++ or Python 
• Practical Git experience, including branches, pull requests, reviews and merges, and awareness of Continuous Integration systems such as Jenkins 
• Bring curiosity about how hardware and software platforms interact, a willingness to take responsibility for your work and openness to asking questions and learning from others 

You can demonstrate these skills through coursework, a dissertation, personal or team projects, research, or other relevant experience. Tell us what you built or investigated, how you approached it and what you learned. 

Benefits

• Flexible working: Balance your work and personal life with greater flexibility
• Retirement planning support: Up to 5% matched pension
• Phantom equity: Share in Graphcore’s success
• Workplace experience: Enjoy thoughtfully designed office spaces for collaboration, with free food and an on-site barista to support your day
• Peace of mind protection: Income protection and life assurance to provide financial security for you and your loved ones
• Electric Vehicle Scheme: Choose an electric vehicle and lease it through salary sacrifice
• Flexible benefits: Tailor your benefits package with a choice of additional options, including private medical insurance and dental cover
• Optional benefits: Dental cover, health cash plan, private medical insurance, cycle to work scheme, give as you earn

We welcome people from all backgrounds and experiences and are committed to building an inclusive environment where everyone can do their best work.

We’re an equal opportunity employer and recognise that everyone brings different strengths and perspectives. If you need any adjustments during the interview process, just let us know - we’re happy to support you.