Senior BMC Firmware Engineer

Graphcore • Austin, TX

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About The Position

Graphcore is a leading innovator in AI compute, developing hardware, software, and systems infrastructure to drive AI breakthroughs and adoption across industries. As part of the SoftBank Group, Graphcore aims to enable Artificial Super Intelligence and make its benefits accessible to everyone. The company fosters a culture of continuous learning and innovation, with diverse teams of AI research specialists, silicon designers, software engineers, and systems architects. This role focuses on developing and supporting next-generation Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) firmware for Graphcore’s AI server platforms, building secure, scalable, and cloud-ready platform management infrastructure. The successful candidate will contribute to OpenBMC firmware development from hardware bring-up through production deployment, enabling advanced telemetry, firmware lifecycle management, and platform orchestration capabilities across large-scale AI infrastructure. The ideal candidate possesses strong expertise in OpenBMC, Linux-based firmware development, server platform architecture, and low-level hardware integration, coupled with excellent collaboration and problem-solving skills.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or equivalent experience.
• 6+ years of BMC firmware development for server or data center platforms.
• Deep expertise in OpenBMC, including D-Bus services, Yocto/BitBake, and platform integration.
• Strong programming skills in C++, C, Linux kernel/user-space, and scripting languages including Python and Bash.
• Experience with Redfish, PLDM, SPDM, MCTP, and IPMI.
• Solid understanding of server hardware architecture including power systems, thermals, sensors, and FRUs.
• Experience with system interfaces and buses including I²C, I3C, SPI, PCIe, and related platform control interfaces.
• Experience with BIOS–BMC interactions, telemetry, RAS, and firmware lifecycle management.
• Experience building CI/CD pipelines for firmware development and validation.
• Strong system debugging skills using JTAG, GDB, and logic analyzers.
• Familiarity with firmware security concepts including Root of Trust, secure boot, and signed firmware updates.
• Familiarity with hardware schematics and logical hardware debugging methodologies.

Nice To Haves

• Experience developing OpenBMC for ARM-based server platforms in hyperscale environments.
• Hands-on experience with the OpenBMC codebase, including platform bring-up and upstream contributions.
• Experience working with ODM/JDM partners across the platform lifecycle.
• Experience delivering firmware for large-scale cloud deployments and fleet update infrastructure.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain OpenBMC firmware for cloud-scale ready server platforms, from hardware bring-up to production deployment.
• Enable hardware integration including power, sensors, FRU inventory, and PCIe/NVLink device management.
• Build and maintain manageability interfaces using D-Bus, Redfish, PLDM, and MCTP.
• Support firmware security features including Root of Trust, secure/measured boot, and SPDM attestation.
• Contribute to multi-component firmware update frameworks with A/B redundancy and rollback protection across BMC, BIOS, GPUs, and NICs.
• Develop telemetry and observability capabilities for platform monitoring and diagnostics.
• Collaborate with silicon vendors and ODM partners throughout platform development and manufacturing ramp.
• Contribute to OpenBMC upstream and industry standards initiatives including DMTF, Redfish, and SPDM.
• Support CI/CD infrastructure, Yocto builds, automated testing, and firmware validation workflows.
• Perform system-level debug across hardware and firmware in lab and production environments.
• Contribute to and support lab development, maintenance, hardware handling, and logistics activities.

Benefits

• We welcome people of different backgrounds and experiences and are committed to building an inclusive work environment that makes Graphcore a great home for everyone.
• We are an equal opportunity employer and want to build a work environment where everyone is happy, productive and respectful so they can do their best work.
• If you have a disability or additional need that requires accommodation, just let us know.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior