Senior SoC Architect

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Graphcore

Graphcore is a Bristol-based AI chipmaker (IPU accelerators), a SoftBank subsidiary and a Molten Ventures portfolio company.

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About Graphcore

Graphcore (graphcore.ai) is a British semiconductor company building Intelligence Processing Units (IPUs) for AI workloads. Founded in Bristol in 2016, it was acquired by SoftBank in 2024. It is a portfolio company of Molten Ventures.

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About the Role

You will distill product requirements into SoC and platform design trade-offs. You will collaborate on architecture and implementation solutions specify and integrate high-performance subsystems evaluate third-party IP support silicon bring-up and debugging improve processes represent silicon architecture in cross-functional work and mentor engineers.

Requirements

  • Degree in Electronic Engineering Computer Science or a related subject
  • Solid understanding of computer and SoC architecture
  • Excellent communication skills
  • Experience writing technical specifications
  • Knowledge of RTL development and verification processes
  • Ability to work across teams and programming languages
  • Experience specifying complex silicon SoC devices desired
  • Experience with machine learning or massively parallel computing systems desired
  • Verilog desired
  • Low-level software experience and embedded C desired
  • Knowledge of DDR PCIe Ethernet or on-chip networks desired

Responsibilities

  • Distill product requirements and their effects on SoC and platform design trade-offs
  • Collaborate with processor SoC and system architects to determine optimal solutions
  • Work with silicon design verification and hardware engineers on implementation correctness
  • Evaluate third-party hard and soft IP and liaise with IP vendors
  • Design and specify performant SoC subsystems and integrations
  • Contribute to silicon bring-up characterisation and evaluation
  • Represent silicon architecture in cross-functional working groups
  • Improve infrastructure and processes
  • Assist with complex debugging
  • Mentor engineers on technical queries

Benefits

  • Annual leave
  • Medical and dental health plans
  • Gym card
  • Employee pension matched up to 4%
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