Reporting to the Firmware Manager, the Graduate Firmware Engineer will contribute to the design, development and delivery of the firmware that powers our next generation products. They are expected to take part in technical discussions across multiple teams within Graphcore and our partners. ## The Team
The firmware team writes the software that ensures the full and complete bootup of Graphcore Hardware and Silicon. We design and maintain interfaces to allow our Drivers software to interact with Graphcore Silicon. We present telemetry and monitoring data for use by the host system via the SMBus interface, and by data centre operatives via the BMC. ## Responsibilities and Duties
Support the design, development and delivery of firmware code to the expected Graphcore standards
Participate in technical design discussions within the Firmware team, other teams within Graphcore and our partners
Participate in code reviews individually and as part of the team
Participate in Agile ceremonies and actively improve Agile best practices within the team
Contribute to and take part in in-depth technical design discussions with team members, bringing new ideas and innovative techniques to the team where possible
Support engineers within the team and other teams to investigate and resolve firmware-related problems with our products
Candidate Profile
Essential:
Bachelor's or Master’s Degree in Computer Science, Maths, Machine Learning, Data Science, or related field
Understanding of Continuous Integration, build systems and software packaging best practices
Introductory experience with C or Python
Desirable
Experience of designing and implementing real-time embedded software, and subsequent verification
Proven ability to understand, build and debug complex embedded platforms
A good understanding of server architecture and performance in a datacentre environment
Experience of device drivers and OS Kernel development
A good understanding of server security from both a hardware and software perspective, and how this applies to the server firmware
Benefits
In addition to a competitive salary, Graphcore offers flexible working, a generous annual leave policy, private medical insurance and health cash plan, a dental plan, pension (matched up to 5%), life assurance and income protection. We have a generous parental leave policy and an employee assistance programme (which includes health, mental wellbeing, and bereavement support). We offer a range of healthy food and snacks at our central Bristol office and have our own barista bar! We welcome people of different backgrounds and experiences; we’re committed to building an inclusive work environment that makes Graphcore a great home for everyone. We offer an equal opportunity process and understand that there are visible and invisible differences in all of us. We can provide a flexible approach to interview and encourage you to chat to us if you require any reasonable adjustments.
