Graduate Software Engineer, Accelerator Modelling 2027

About the role

<p><strong>Location:</strong> Bristol, UK <br><strong>Start date: </strong>September 2027<br><strong>Application deadline</strong>: Midnight, 29th November 2026&nbsp;<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><span data-contrast="none"><span data-ccp-parastyle="Normal (Web)">What&nbsp;</span><span data-ccp-parastyle="Normal (Web)">you’ll</span><span data-ccp-parastyle="Normal (Web)"> work on</span></span><span data-ccp-props="{"134233117":true,"134233118":true,"201341983":0,"335559740":240}">&nbsp;</span></h3> <p><span data-contrast="none"><span data-ccp-parastyle="Normal (Web)">Put your C++ skills to work modelling future AI accelerators before they exist and help shape how Graphcore engineers design them.</span></span><span data-ccp-props="{"134233117":true,"134233118":true,"201341983":0,"335559740":240}">&nbsp;</span></p> <p><span data-contrast="none"><span data-ccp-parastyle="Normal (Web)">As a Graduate Software Engineer in Accelerator Modelling, </span><span data-ccp-parastyle="Normal (Web)">you’ll</span><span data-ccp-parastyle="Normal (Web)"> develop, </span><span data-ccp-parastyle="Normal (Web)">test</span><span data-ccp-parastyle="Normal (Web)"> and refine models and simulations for </span><span data-ccp-parastyle="Normal (Web)">the </span><span data-ccp-parastyle="Normal (Web)">next-generation AI accelerators. Your work will help predict performance, power </span><span data-ccp-parastyle="Normal (Web)">consumption</span><span data-ccp-parastyle="Normal (Web)"> and scalability, giving engineers evidence to compare approaches before hardware decisions are made.</span></span><span data-ccp-props="{"134233117":true,"134233118":true,"201341983":0,"335559740":240}">&nbsp;</span></p> <p><span data-contrast="none"><span data-ccp-parastyle="Normal (Web)">You’ll</span><span data-ccp-parastyle="Normal (Web)"> investigate how complex workloads behave, contribute to planning, design, </span><span data-ccp-parastyle="Normal (Web)">implementation</span><span data-ccp-parastyle="Normal (Web)"> and testing, and help other teams integrate future hardware versions. </span><span data-ccp-parastyle="Normal (Web)">You’ll</span><span data-ccp-parastyle="Normal (Web)"> also help scale distributed modelling environments. </span><span data-ccp-parastyle="Normal (Web)">It’s</span><span data-ccp-parastyle="Normal (Web)"> a chance to see how software models connect architectural ideas with future hardware.</span></span><span data-ccp-props="{"134233117":true,"134233118":true,"201341983":0,"335559740":240}">&nbsp;</span></p> <h3><span data-contrast="none"><span data-ccp-parastyle="Normal (Web)">Your team and Support</span></span><span data-ccp-props="{"134233117":true,"134233118":true,"201341983":0,"335559740":240}">&nbsp;</span></h3> <p><span data-contrast="none"><span data-ccp-parastyle="Normal (Web)">The Accelerator Modelling Team works across architecture, </span><span data-ccp-parastyle="Normal (Web)">hardware</span><span data-ccp-parastyle="Normal (Web)"> and software.&nbsp;</span></span><span data-ccp-props="{"134233117":false,"134233118":false,"201341983":0,"335559738":120,"335559739":0,"335559740":240}">&nbsp;</span></p> <p><span data-contrast="none"><span data-ccp-parastyle="Normal (Web)">You'll</span><span data-ccp-parastyle="Normal (Web)"> be working in a small team, team lead and all senior members would support you with every ste

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