Staff/Principal Systems Architect - Bristol - Imagination Technologies Limited

    Imagination Technologies Limited
    Imagination Technologies Limited Bristol

    1 day ago

    Description

    Staff/Principal Systems Architect


    Job no: 502451
    Work type: Experienced Professional
    Location: Cambridge UK, Manchester UK, Kings Langley UK, Bristol UK
    Categories: Graphics

    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 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 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 systems
    • A good understanding of modern 3D graphics and/or compute 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

    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 ISO26262

    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


    If you encounter accessibility barriers in the application process or if you have access needs and require support or adjustments to participate equitably in the recruitment process, please email .

    Advertised: 19 Sep 2025 GMT Daylight Time
    Applications close:

    Apply now


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