Principal Technical Program Manager
As a Principal Technical Program Manager at Graphcore, you will lead the planning and delivery of complex silicon chip design programs, focusing on execution across design, implementation, and tape-out. You will work across the full development lifecycle, from early product definition through to production readiness. This role requires strong technical understanding, program leadership, and the ability to manage dependencies in a fast-paced semiconductor environment.
Your key responsibilities will include leading the planning, execution, and day-to-day management of silicon design programs, ensuring milestones and dependencies are clearly defined and tracked. You will build and maintain integrated schedules across architecture, RTL, verification, physical design, DFT, CAD, and tape-out. Additionally, you will drive alignment across engineering, product, and operations on scope, priorities, resourcing, and delivery plans, while managing scope changes and assessing their impact on schedule and resources.
The ideal candidate will possess a bachelor's degree (or higher) in Electrical/Electronic Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field. You should have 3–5 years of experience in program/project management or technical delivery within semiconductor, ASIC, SoC, or hardware environments. A good understanding of the silicon development lifecycle, including design, integration, implementation, and tape-out milestones, is essential. Strong organizational and planning skills, along with excellent communication and stakeholder management abilities, are also required.
Graphcore offers a competitive salary and benefits package, including flexible working arrangements, a generous annual leave policy, private medical insurance, and a health cash plan. Additional perks include a dental plan, pension matching up to 5%, life assurance, and income protection. The company provides a range of healthy food and snacks at its central Bristol office, along with an in-house barista bar. Graphcore is committed to building an inclusive work environment that makes it a great home for everyone.
Joining Graphcore means becoming part of a team dedicated to building the future of AI compute. The company is expanding its teams around the world, bringing together the brightest minds to solve the toughest problems. This is an opportunity to make an impact on the company, its products, and the future of artificial intelligence.