Hardware Summer Intern 2027

BristolInternship£30k2026-10-20 → 2026-11-10

On-siteNo visa sponsorship

Core

12-week summer internship focusing on electronic hardware design and signal integrity for Graphcore's AI compute platforms.

Role type

Hardware Summer Intern

Builds

AI compute platforms (semiconductors and systems)

Domain

Semiconductor hardware engineering / AI infrastructure

Deliverable

physical/clinical work

Required skills

Schematic and circuit design, PCB development, board bring-up, signal integrity analysis, high-speed interface knowledge (PCIe, Ethernet, DDR), simulation and measurement, fault finding

Preferred skills

Experience with Mentor Expedition, Ansys HFSS, Keysight ADS, Formula Student, robotics

Technologies

Mentor Expedition, Ansys HFSS, Keysight ADS

Responsibilities

Schematic and circuit design, PCB layout and routing, component evaluation, board bring-up and laboratory testing, signal integrity simulation and measurement, debugging and fault investigation

Seniority

Intern

About Graphcore

Semiconductor Manufacturing722Bristol, Bristol, GBFounded 2016

At Graphcore, we’re building the future of AI compute. We’re a team of semiconductor, software and AI experts, with deep experience in creating the complete AI compute stack - from silicon and software to infrastructure at datacenter scale. As part of the SoftBank Group, backed by significant long-term investment, we are delivering key technology into the fast-growing SoftBank AI ecosystem. To meet the vast and exciting AI opportunity, Graphcore is expanding its teams around the world. We are bringing together the brightest minds to solve the toughest problems, in a place where everyone has th