BMC Engineer
Salary Range: PLN 196,400 - 265,700
Subject to alignment to the responsibilities and duties of the role
About Graphcore
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
Job Summary
Reporting to the BMC Manager, the BMC Engineer will support the design and delivery of the Baseboard Management Controller and the Rack Management Controller software stack for the next generation of AI server class systems. They will work in close conjunction with our partners, hardware vendors and our customers to help build best-in-class systems for large scale data-centre environments.
The Team
This is an exciting opportunity to join a new and expanding team at Graphcore. We will be developing a complete software stack based on OpenBMC for both our Baseboard Management Controller and Rack Management Controller hardware platforms. This shall include writing and maintaining low level drivers in the OpenBMC kernel for ASPEED devices, enhancing WebBMC user interfaces, and expanding Redfish API capabilities.
Responsibilities and Duties
- Supporting the design and Implementation of an OpenBMC solution for a server-class based platform for Artificial Intelligence
- Collaborate with all colleagues within the BMC, firmware, and hardware engineering teams
- Engage with business partners, stakeholders and customers on requirements and designs
- Actively engage in and support Agile ways of working within the team
- Debug issues, resolve bugs and generally improve the quality and functionality of the product
- Developing and reviewing code, writing, and reviewing design documents, reviewing QA test plans and working closely with all team members to achieve consensus for design and testability as per product requirements.
Candidate Profile
Essential:
- Bachelor/Master's/PhD or equivalent experience in Computer Science, Maths, Machine Learning, Data Science, or related field
- Experience and good programming and scripting skills using at least two of C, C++, Rust, Python
- Understanding of Linux fundamentals, various Linux distributions and packages, Linux upgrade mechanisms, building and deploying Linux images
- Possess excellent written and oral communication skills, good work ethics, high sense of teamwork
- Love to produce quality work and commitment to finish your tasks every single day
- You are a self-starter who loves to find creative solutions to challenging problems
Desirable
- Familiarity with Yocto or equivalent linux based project
- Experience in BMC firmware development on ARM or x86 platforms,
- Demonstrate an understanding of low-level hardware interfaces and APIs
- Awareness of DMTF Redfish
- Working knowledge of Data-centre Security Control Modules (DC-SCM) and relevant standards
Benefits
In addition to a competitive salary, Graphcore offers annual leave policy, medical and dental health plans, a gym card, and employee pension (matched up to 4%). We review our benefits on a yearly basis to ensure we offer a valuable and rewarding benefits programme to our employees. 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.