Principal UEFI Firmware Engineer
Graphcore is a SoftBank-owned AI-compute company developing AI processors, systems, and software for machine-learning workloads.
Maintainer signals as of 9/25/2026
Funding history
About Graphcore
Graphcore develops Intelligence Processing Units (IPUs) and the Poplar SDK for building and running machine-learning applications. It continues operating under the Graphcore name as a wholly owned SoftBank Group subsidiary.
Skills
Candidate Availability
Required and preferred rules are kept separate and reflect the wording in the original posting.
About the Role
You will design, develop, and deploy UEFI-based firmware for hyperscale server platforms. You will build platform initialization, security, reliability, telemetry, update, and management capabilities. You will integrate firmware with CI/CD pipelines, collaborate across platform functions, and debug firmware and hardware issues in lab and production environments.
Requirements
- UEFI
- BIOS
- TianoCore
- Firmware architecture
- Hyperscale computing
- Cloud computing
- C
- C++
- DDR memory training
- Cache coherency
- PCIe
- Server platform architecture
- Power delivery
- Thermal management
- Sensor
- FRU
- CI/CD
- Logic analyzer
- JTAG
- GDB
- ARM
- EDK II
- ODM
- JDM
Responsibilities
- Design, develop, and deploy UEFI-based firmware for hyperscale server platforms
- Collaborate with ODM partners throughout the design lifecycle
- Integrate UEFI firmware into CI/CD pipelines
- Develop platform initialization support for CPU, memory, PCIe, and system interconnects
- Implement root of trust, secure boot, and signed firmware updates
- Develop reliability, availability, and serviceability firmware features
- Build interfaces for telemetry, firmware updates, and system management
- Collaborate with hardware, BMC, security, and validation functions
- Debug firmware and hardware issues and perform root cause analysis
Benefits
- Flexible working
- Medical coverage
- Dental coverage
- Vision coverage
- Flexible Spending Account
- Health Savings Account
- Disability insurance
- Life insurance
- 401(k) retirement plan
- Commuter benefits
- Wellness services
- Employee Assistance Programme