Joe Mcgill
Senior Engineer - POWER9 Chip Post-Silicon Bringup Lead at IBM
Austin, Texas, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolJoe Mcgill is a senior computer engineer with two decades of hands-on experience leading post-silicon bringup, validation, and firmware for IBM POWER platforms. Currently the POWER9 chip post-silicon bringup lead in Austin, he drives debug, reliability/serviceability reviews and develops initialization and data-extraction routines using IBM’s AWAN emulation environment. His career spans core logic design through field support—from designing POWER7/5 interconnect and LSU features to isolating transistor-level failures in the field—resulting in faster time-to-customer deliveries and multimillion-dollar sales impacts. Joe has a strong firmware and C++/assembly background, contributed to POWER8 firmware open-sourcing efforts, and regularly translates low-level silicon behavior into practical test and service solutions. He pairs deep technical breadth with real-world customer-facing debugging experience, making him effective at closing the loop between design, validation, and production support.
10 years of coding experience
16 years of employment as a software developer
M.S., Electrical Engineering, M.S., Electrical Engineering at The University of Texas at AustinB.S., Computer Engineering, Minor Business, Summa Cum Laude, B.S., Computer Engineering, Minor Business, Summa Cum Laude at Washington University in St. Louis
English, Spanish
Github Skills (8)
bootloader10
firmware10
rockchip10
software-update10
u-boot10
ppc64le10
vms10
power-systems10
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (3)
open-power/hostboot
Jun 2015 - Jan 2023
System initialization firmware for Power systems
Contributions:1482 commits in 7 years 8 months
ppc64levmsfirmwarerockchippower
open-power/sbe
Jun 2015 - Jan 2023
Self-Boot Engine
Contributions:514 commits in 7 years 8 months
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