--- title: 'Staff Engineering Program Support at Graphcore' canonical: 'https://feeny.ai/job/staff-engineering-program-support-graphcore-milpitas-california-hrx7htcx8rkq' type: 'job' last_seen: '2026-09-08' --- # Staff Engineering Program Support at Graphcore - **Company:** Graphcore - **Location:** Milpitas California, United States - **Posted:** 2026-09-04 - **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-08 - **Apply:** https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/graphcore/jobs/8784017002 ## Job description ## About us Graphcore is one of the world’s leading innovators in Artificial Intelligence compute. It is developing hardware, software and systems infrastructure that will unlock the next generation of AI breakthroughs and power the widespread adoption of AI solutions across every industry. As part of the SoftBank Group, Graphcore is a member of an elite family of companies responsible for some of the world’s most transformative technologies. Together, they share a bold vision: to enable Artificial Super Intelligence and ensure its benefits are accessible to everyone. Graphcore’s teams are drawn from diverse backgrounds and bring a broad range of skills and perspectives. A melting pot of AI research specialists, silicon designers, software engineers and systems architects, Graphcore enjoys a culture of continuous learning and constant innovation. Job Summary Reporting to an Engineering leader, the Staff Engineering Coordination Support role is responsible for coordinating engineering activities across multiple teams, ensuring effective planning, execution tracking, communication, and operational alignment. The role acts as a central point of coordination for engineering programmes and initiatives, helping teams manage priorities, dependencies, risks, and delivery commitments while supporting efficient collaboration across the organisation. This structure follows the Graphcore job description guidance for role summaries. The Team The Engineering Coordination team supports the effective operation of engineering functions across Graphcore. The team works closely with engineering leaders, technical specialists, project stakeholders, and business partners to improve visibility, facilitate communication, coordinate planning activities, and enable successful delivery of engineering objectives. The team provides operational support that helps engineering groups work efficiently across projects, teams, and locations. ## Responsibilities and Duties - Coordinate engineering planning activities, schedules, milestones, and deliverables across multiple teams. - Track progress against agreed plans and provide regular status updates to stakeholders. - Identify, monitor, and help manage project dependencies, risks, issues, and actions. - Facilitate engineering meetings, reviews, planning sessions, and cross-functional coordination activities. - Maintain project documentation, reporting dashboards, action logs, and operational records. - Support engineering leaders with resource planning, prioritisation activities, and workload visibility. - Drive follow-up actions to ensure commitments are completed and blockers are escalated appropriately. - Collaborate with technical and non-technical stakeholders to improve communication and information flow. - Assist in the implementation and continuous improvement of engineering processes, tools, and ways of working. - Produce clear and concise reports, presentations, and communications for engineering and business audiences. - Coordinate activities across geographically distributed teams to support efficient execution. - Contribute to operational excellence initiatives that improve predictability, efficiency, and delivery outcomes. Candidate Profile Essential - 10 years experience coordinating complex technical, engineering, programme, or operational activities. - Strong organisational skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities simultaneously. - Experience tracking actions, risks, issues, dependencies, and delivery milestones. - Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to engage a wide range of stakeholders. - Ability to influence outcomes and drive progress without direct authority. - Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with attention to detail. - Experience using project management, planning, reporting, or collaboration tools. - Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced, cross-functional environment. - Strong stakeholder management skills and the ability to build effective working relationships. - Proactive approach to identifying improvements and resolving coordination challenges. Desirable - Experience supporting engineering, software, hardware, semiconductor, or technology-focused organisations. - Knowledge of project, programme, or portfolio management methodologies. - Experience creating executive-level reporting and operational dashboards. - Familiarity with Agile, Scrum, Kanban, or similar delivery frameworks. - Experience coordinating activities across international or distributed teams. - Understanding of engineering product development lifecycles. USA Benefits In addition to a competitive salary, Graphcore offers flexible working and a comprehensive benefits package designed to support your health, wellbeing and financial future. Our benefits include medical, dental and vision coverage, Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs), Health Savings Accounts (HSAs), disability and life insurance, a 401(k) retirement plan, commuter benefits, wellness services and an Employee Assistance Programme (EAP). We welcome people of different backgrounds and experiences; we're 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. ## About Graphcore ## Company Overview - **One-liner**: Graphcore designs and builds the Intelligence Processing Unit (IPU), a processor purpose-built for machine intelligence, and provides a complete AI compute stack from silicon to software. - **Entity Type**: Private (wholly owned subsidiary of SoftBank Group Corp as of 2025/2026) - **Headquarters**: Bristol, England, UK - **Founded**: 2016 - **Founders**: Nigel Toon and Simon Knowles ## Core Business - **Primary industry**: AI hardware/accelerators, semiconductor design, AI software platform - **Target customers**: Cloud providers (Microsoft Azure), enterprises, AI researchers, hyperscalers - **Mission statement**: “Let innovators create the next breakthroughs in machine intelligence to enhance human potential” ## Products & Services - **[IPU (Intelligence Processing Unit)](https://www.graphcore.ai/)**: A processor designed from the ground up for machine intelligence workloads; uses a massively parallel architecture (MIMD) with fine-grained compute and on-chip memory. - **[IPU-Machine M2000](https://www.graphcore.ai/about)**: Second-generation IPU platform – a 1U server appliance housing 4 MK2 GC200 IPU processors, delivering an 8× performance uplift over the first generation. - **[C2 IPU Accelerator PCIe Card](https://www.graphcore.ai/about)**: PCIe form factor accelerator for server integration, first demonstrated at ICML 2018. - **[Poplar Software Stack](https://www.graphcore.ai/)**: Full SDK and framework integration (PyTorch, TensorFlow) that lets developers target the IPU directly. ## Market Standing - **Valuation/Market Cap**: Acquired by SoftBank Group Corp (amount undisclosed); prior to acquisition valued at $2.77 B (Series E, lead by Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan Board). - **Key Metric**: Total funding raised prior to acquisition – over $680 M across Series A through E. - **Notable Investors/Partners**: SoftBank (owner), Microsoft (customer and investor), BMW, Samsung, Dell Technologies, Bosch, Sequoia Capital, Atomico, Fidelity, Baillie Gifford, Ontario Teachers’. - **Growth Signals**: Part of the fast-growing SoftBank AI ecosystem; expanding teams globally (Bristol, London, Cambridge, Gdańsk, Hsinchu, Bengaluru); first customer (Microsoft Azure) live since 2018. ## Competitive Advantages - **First purpose-built AI processor**: The IPU architecture is fundamentally different from GPUs – designed specifically for the sparse, parallel nature of neural network computation. - **Full stack ownership**: Graphcore controls silicon, system hardware, and software (Poplar), enabling tight optimisation across the entire compute chain. - **Cloud + on‑prem availability**: IPUs are available in the cloud on Microsoft Azure and as hardware from Dell, giving customers flexible deployment options. - **Strong IP and ecosystem**: 99+ engineering staff; deep expertise in semiconductor, systems, and AI software, backed by long-term SoftBank investment. ## Strategic Focus - **Scale AI infrastructure**: Delivering key technology into SoftBank’s global AI ecosystem and expanding the IPU platform to meet growing demand for AI compute. - **Expand into new regions**: Opening offices and hiring in India (Bengaluru) and across Europe (Gdańsk, London, Cambridge) to accelerate R&D and customer support. - **Democratise AI**: Continuing to lower the barrier for machine intelligence by providing accessible, high-efficiency hardware and software for innovators worldwide. ## Why Work Here - **Flexible hybrid work**: Employees are expected on-site three days a week, with trust and flexibility to balance work and life. - **Comprehensive benefits**: Unlimited annual leave, private medical insurance (UK), dental & health cash plan, income protection, life assurance, pension matched up to 5%, generous parental leave, and a personal development plan. - **Culture and growth**: ML reading groups, board game socials, book clubs, yoga, running, watersports, team events; strong DE+I initiatives; ambitious but supportive environment. - **Perks**: Free barista‑made coffee, snacks, and wellbeing rooms; cycle‑to‑work scheme; gym membership discount; education/training allowances. - **Purpose-driven work**: Opportunity to shape the future of AI compute and see your contributions used by global innovators. ## Sources 1. [graphcore.ai/about](https://www.graphcore.ai/about) 2. [graphcore.ai/](https://www.graphcore.ai/) 3. [graphcore.ai/careers](https://www.graphcore.ai/careers) 4. [graphcore.ai/jobs](https://www.graphcore.ai/jobs) 5. 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