Senior Firmware Engineer
Graphcore is a Bristol-based AI chipmaker (IPU accelerators), a SoftBank subsidiary and a Molten Ventures portfolio company.
Maintainer signals as of 8/20/2026
About Graphcore
Graphcore (graphcore.ai) is a British semiconductor company building Intelligence Processing Units (IPUs) for AI workloads. Founded in Bristol in 2016, it was acquired by SoftBank in 2024. It is a portfolio company of Molten Ventures.
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Candidate Availability
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About the Role
You design, develop, and deliver firmware for next-generation products. You build software for hardware bootup, silicon interaction, telemetry, and monitoring, connect silicon with drivers and host systems, contribute to technical designs, and help resolve complex firmware problems.
Requirements
- Strong embedded software engineering experience using C or C++
- Experience designing and implementing real-time embedded systems using Zephyr or a similar RTOS
- Ability to understand, build, and debug complex embedded platforms
- Problem-solving skills
- Communication skills, including documenting complex system designs
- Understanding of continuous integration, build systems, and software packaging best practices
Responsibilities
- Design, develop, and deliver firmware
- Support complete hardware bootup
- Implement silicon interaction, telemetry, and monitoring software
- Connect silicon, drivers, host systems, and datacentre operations
- Participate in technical design discussions
- Help engineers solve complex firmware problems
Benefits
- Flexible working
- Generous leave
- Up to 5% matched pension
- Phantom equity
- Free food
- On-site barista
- Income protection
- Life assurance
- Private medical insurance
- Dental cover
- Health cash plan
- Cycle to work scheme
- Give as you earn