Senior Principal GPU Architect

Location: Kings Langley

The role

The PowerVR team produce the world's leading family of ultra-low power GPU IP cores. We are scaling our architecture team and are looking for GPU experts to help define the future generations of PowerVR GPU architecture. In this role, you will be working closely with the senior leadership of the company in defining the roadmap of our GPU family and deliver the architecture of our next-gen GPUs.

If you enjoy being part of a team which is at the centre of innovation in the company, get in touch with us.

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 GPUCommunicate with other stakeholders to gather new ideas and requirements for our GPUsBe 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 roadmap that 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

Patent your inventions

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 systemsA good understanding of modern 3D graphics and/or compute APIs, such as Vulkan, D3D12 and OpenCLAn 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 ROIThe skill to clearly communicate technical issues and justify decisions to various audiences

You might also have:

Strong maths and algorithm skills

Experience in digital video

Experience writing micro-architecture specifications

Experience analysing performance using hardware waves

Experience analysing driver and compiler performance

Understanding of functional safety standards such as ISO
26262

Who we are Imagination is a UK-based company that creates silicon and software IP designed to give its customers an edge in competitive global technology markets. Its GPU and AI technologies enable outstanding power, performance, and area (PPA), fast time-to-market, and lower total cost of ownership. Products based on Imagination IP are used by billions of people across the globe in their smartphones, cars, homes, and workplaces.

We need your skills to help us continue to deliver technology that will impress the industry and our customers alike, ensuring that people everywhere can enjoy smarter and faster tech than ever before.

So come join us if you're wanting that something more Bring your talent, curiosity and expertise and we’ll help you do the rest. You’ll be part of one of the world’s most exciting companies who are one of the leaders in semiconductor IP solutions.

As a part of our team, you can help us transform, innovate, and inspire the lives of millions through our technology.

Additional information

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