Staff UEFI Firmware Engineer

Responsibilities

• 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 for automated builds and testing
• Develop firmware functionality for platform initialization including CPU, memory, PCIe, and interconnects
• Implement system firmware security features like root of trust and secure boot chains
• Develop platform firmware features supporting server reliability, availability, and serviceability (RAS)
• Build firmware interfaces for telemetry, updates, and system management
• Debug and perform root cause analysis for firmware and hardware issues

Requirements

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related discipline
• 8+ years of experience developing UEFI or BIOS firmware for server platforms
• Expertise with UEFI, TianoCore, and firmware architecture design
• Strong experience with hyperscale or cloud data center environments
• Proficiency in C/C++
• Deep understanding of DDR memory training, cache coherency, and PCIe subsystems
• Knowledge of server platform architecture (power delivery, thermal management, sensors)
• Experience implementing CI/CD pipelines for firmware
• Experience debugging with logic analyzers, JTAG, and GDB

Preferred Qualifications

• 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
• Experience delivering firmware for hyperscale cloud deployments

About the Company

Graphcore is a leading innovator in Artificial Intelligence compute, developing hardware, software, and systems infrastructure to power the next generation of AI breakthroughs.