Principal GPU Architect

microTECH Global Limited; Cambridge; On-site; GBP 150,000 - GBP 200,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology firm in Cambridge seeks a skilled GPU Architect to work with a passionate team on efficiency, architecture specifications, and exploring new technologies. The ideal candidate should have experience with GPU architecture, an understanding of modern graphics APIs, and strong communication skills. You will collaborate with various teams, engage with key customers, and influence the technology roadmap. This position offers an exciting opportunity to innovate in the GPU space.

Qualifications

• Experience with GPU architecture or complex systems.
• Good understanding of Vulkan, D3D12, and OpenCL.
• Ability to plan and track work independently.
• Experience in driving architecture exploration activities.

Responsibilities

• Work with GPU architects on efficiency.
• Analyze and deliver architectural specifications.
• Collaborate with teams to explore new ideas.
• Liaise with customers and standards bodies.

Skills

Experience with GPU architecture

Understanding of 3D graphics APIs

Communication skills

Problem-solving

Collaboration

Job description

You will:

• Work with a close team of passionate GPU architects with a relentless focus on efficiency
• Understand industry trends and their impact on the GPU
• Communicate with other stakeholders to gather new ideas and requirements for our GPUs
• Be responsible for the investigation, specification and delivery of detailed, architectural feature specifications
• Perform deep analysis in order to produce solutions that meet the required power, performance, area and bandwidth requirements.
• Work with the research group to map novel algorithms to efficient implementations
• Work with the modelling team to explore and evaluate new ideas and produce performance targets
• Work with the product team to define a forward-looking technology roadmapthat progresses in PPA and features every generation
• Assist the implementation team through design and verification
• Work with the performance team to review data and validate the power, performance, area and bandwidth of the completed implementations
• Participate in engineering reviews and recommend improvements
• Have the opportunity to influence and advance our long-term technology roadmap
• Liaise with key customers and industry standards bodies (such as Khronos) where required

About you

Committed to making your customers, stakeholders and colleagues successful, you’re an excellent communicator, listener and collaborator who builds trusted partnerships by delivering what you say, when you say. You’re curious, solutions orientated and a world-class problem solver who constantly seeks opportunities to innovate and achieve the best possible outcome to the highest imaginable standard.

You'll have:

• Experience with GPU architecture or similarly large, complex systems
• A good understanding of modern 3D graphicsand/orcompute APIs, such as Vulkan, D3D12 and OpenCL
• An understanding of digital ASIC design methodologies and constraints
• The ability to plan, estimate and track your own work
• Experience in independently driving architecture exploration activities that conclude with tangible and appropriate feature specifications
• An understanding of the design and verification challenges in order to make effective trade-offs to maximise engineering ROI
• The skill to clearly communicate technical issues and justify decisions to various audiences