Principal UEFI Firmware Engineer for Hyperscale Servers

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

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,