Graphcore

Senior Firmware Validation Engineer

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Responsibilities

  • Define and execute validation strategies for rack-level firmware stacks across ARM server platforms.
  • Develop validation plans, automated test frameworks, and regression pipelines for platform bring-up and firmware lifecycle management.
  • Integrate automated firmware validation tests into CI/CD pipelines.
  • Validate signed firmware updates, redundancy mechanisms, rollback protection, Root of Trust, secure boot, and TPM integration.
  • Perform system-level debugging and root cause analysis across firmware, hardware, and platform integration.
  • Collaborate with silicon vendors, ODM partners, and platform engineering teams during bring-up and manufacturing ramp.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s or master’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or equivalent experience.
  • At least 6 years of experience in firmware or platform validation for server or data center systems.
  • Experience validating ARM server firmware stacks, including UEFI/EDK II and OpenBMC.
  • Strong understanding of server architecture, power delivery, thermals, networking, and rack infrastructure.
  • Experience validating firmware security features, firmware lifecycle management, firmware update frameworks, automation frameworks, and validation pipelines.
  • Preferred experience includes rack-scale hyperscale or AI cloud platforms, liquid-cooled or high-density servers, hardware-in-the-loop environments, PCIe, JTAG, GDB, logic analyzers, Redfish, PLDM, MCTP, and IPMI.

Benefits

  • Medical, dental, and vision coverage.
  • Flexible Spending Accounts, Health Savings Accounts, disability and life insurance, and a 401(k) retirement plan.
  • Commuter benefits, wellness services, and an Employee Assistance Programme.
  • Flexible working and a flexible interview approach with reasonable adjustments available.
  • Inclusive, equal-opportunity work environment.

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About Graphcore

501-1,000 employees

At Graphcore, we’re building the future of AI compute. We’re a team of semiconductor, software and AI experts, with deep experience in creating the complete AI compute stack - from silicon and software to infrastructure at datacenter scale. As part of the SoftBank Group, backed by significant long-term investment, we are delivering key technology into the fast-growing SoftBank AI ecosystem. To meet the vast and exciting AI opportunity, Graphcore is expanding its teams around the world. We are bringing together the brightest minds to solve the toughest problems, in a place where everyone has the opportunity to make an impact on the company, our products and the future of artificial intelligence.

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