SoC Architect

• Distilling product requirements and their effects on SoC/platform design trade-offs
• Collaborating with processor, SoC and system architects to determine optimal solutions
• Collaborating with silicon design, verification, and hardware engineers to ensure implementation correctness
• Evaluating potential hard and soft third-party IP and liaising with third party IP vendors
• Design and specification of performant SoC sub-systems and their associated integrations
• Contribute to the silicon bring-up, characterisation and evaluation activities as required
• Silicon Architecture Team representation within cross-functional working groups
• Implement discussed infrastructure and processes improvements agreed with team
• Assist with debugging activities
• Mentoring junior engineers

Candidate Profile

Essential:

• Degree in Electronic Engineering, Computer Science or related subject

• Solid understanding of computer/SoC architecture

• Excellent communication skills

• Experienced in the writing of technical specifications

• Knowledge of RTL development and verification processes

• Be highly motivated, a self-starter, and a team player

• Ability to work across teams and programming languages

Desirable

• Experience in the technical specification of silicon SoC devices

• Experience of machine learning or massively parallel computing systems

• Verilog

• Low-level software experience, embedded C

• Knowledge of one or more of DDR, PCIe, Ethernet, on-chip networks

BenefitsIn addition to a competitive salary, 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.