Principal UEFI Firmware Engineer

Graphcore; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 180,000 - 280,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision

401(k) retirement plan

Commuter benefits

FSAs/HSAs

Employee Assistance Programme

Job summary

Graphcore is seeking an experienced Principal Staff UEFI Engineer to design, develop, and deploy UEFI-based firmware for Graphcore’s hyperscale AI server platforms. This role focuses on system firmware responsible for platform initialization, hardware configuration, and reliability features across large-scale data center deployments.

The team collaborates with silicon engineering, hardware design, BMC firmware, validation, and platform architects to ensure reliable server bring-up and operation,

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, CS or related field.
• Strong experience developing UEFI/BIOS firmware for server platforms.
• Expertise with UEFI, TianoCore, and firmware architecture design.
• Experience with hyperscale or cloud data center environments.
• Strong programming in C/C++ and debugging firmware with JTAG/GDB.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and deploy UEFI-based firmware for hyperscale server platforms.
• Collaborate with ODM partners from concept to mass production.
• Integrate UEFI firmware into CI/CD pipelines for automated builds and tests.
• Develop firmware for platform initialization including CPU, memory, PCIe, and interconnects.
• Implement security features: root of trust, secure boot, signed updates.
• Develop firmware features for server reliability, availability, and serviceability.
• Build interfaces for telemetry, firmware updates, and system management.
• Collaborate with hardware, BMC, security, and validation teams; perform root cause analysis.

Skills

UEFI firmware development

C/C++ programming

Debugging with JTAG/logic analyzers/GD

ARM server platforms experience

CI/CD integration

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related discipline

Tools

UEFI

TianoCore

EDK II

JTAG

GDB

Job description

Graphcoreis one of the world’s leading innovators in Artificial Intelligencecompute. 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,Graphcoreis 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’steams are drawn from diverse backgrounds and bring a broad range of skills and perspectives. A melting pot of AI research specialists, silicon designers, softwareengineersand systems architects,Graphcoreenjoys a culture of continuous learning and constant innovation.

Job Summary

We are seeking an experienced Principal Staff UEFI Engineer to design, develop, and deploy UEFI-based firmware for Graphcore’s hyperscale AI server platforms.

This role focuses on developing system firmware responsible for platform initialization, hardware configuration, and reliability features across large-scale data center deployments.

The Team

Graphcoreis a globallyrecognisedleader in Artificial Intelligence computing systems. The company designs advanced semiconductors and datacentrehardware that provide thespecialisedprocessing power needed to drive AI innovation, while delivering the efficiency required to support its broader adoption.

The Firmware Engineering team develops the foundational firmware responsible for platform initialization, hardware configuration, and system reliability acrossGraphcore’sAI compute infrastructure.

The team collaborates with silicon engineering, hardware design teams, BMC firmware teams, validation engineers, and platform architects to enable reliable server platform bring-up and operation.

Responsibilities and Duties

• Design, develop, and deploy UEFI-based firmware for hyperscale server platforms.
• Collaborate with ODM partners throughout the design lifecycle from concept to mass production.
• Integrate UEFI firmware into CI/CD pipelines enabling automated builds, regression testing, and static analysis.
• Develop firmware functionality supporting platform initialization including CPU, memory, PCIe, and system interconnects.
• Implement system firmware security features including root of trust, secure boot chains, and signed firmware updates.
• Develop platform firmware features supporting server reliability, availability, and serviceability (RAS).
• Build firmware interfaces supporting telemetry, firmware updates, and system management capabilities.
• Collaborate with hardware, BMC, security, and validation teams to ensure full platform integration.
• Debug and perform root cause analysis for firmware and hardware issues across lab and production environments.

Candidate Profile

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering , Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related discipline.
• Strong experience developing UEFI or BIOS firmware for server platforms.
• Expertise with UEFI, TianoCore , and firmware architecture design.
• Strong experience developing firmware solutions for hyperscale or cloud data center environments.
• Strong programming skills in C/C++.
• Deep understanding of DDR memory training, cache coherency protocols, and PCIe subsystems.
• Strong knowledge of server platform architecture including power delivery, thermal management, sensors, and FRUs.
• Experience debugging system firmware using logic analyzers, JTAG, GDB, and similar tools.
• Experience developing UEFI firmware for ARM-based server platforms.
• Experience with EDK II codebase development and upstream contribution.
• Experience working with ODM/JDM partners on server platform development programs.
• Experience delivering firmware for hyperscale cloud deployments and production environments.

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.

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