GPU Simulation Engineer in Cambridge

About Huawei Research and Development UK Limited: Founded in 1987, Huawei is a leading global provider of information and communications technology (ICT) infrastructure and smart devices. We have 207,000 employees and operate in over 170 countries and regions, serving more than three billion people around the world.

Our vision and mission is to bring digital to every person, home and organization for a fully connected, intelligent world. To this end, we will drive ubiquitous connectivity and promote equal access to networks; bring cloud and artificial intelligence to all four corners of the earth to provide superior computing power where you need it, when you need it; build digital platforms to help all industries and organizations become more agile, efficient, and dynamic; redefine user experience with AI, making it more personalized for people in all aspects of their life, whether they’re at home, in the office, or on the go.

This spirit of innovation has led Huawei to work in close partnership with leading academic institutions in the UK to develop and refine the latest technologies. With a shared commitment to innovation and progress, both parties have worked together to achieve common goals and establish a strong partnership.

For the past 30 years we have maintained an unwavering focus, rejecting shortcuts and easy opportunities that don't align with our core business. With a practical approach to everything we do, we concentrate our efforts and invest patiently to drive technological breakthroughs.

This strategic focus is a reflection of our core values:

• Staying customer-centric
• Inspiring dedication
• Persevering
• Growing by reflection

Job Summary: The role is for an engineer with a strong background in GPU Architecture simulation and modelling to join a team working at the forefront of mobile GPU development. The successful candidate will work on developing/defining simulators and models for GPU architecture and micro-architecture to enable profiling and analysis of PPA for new ideas and techniques both for GPU implementation and potential future implementation in hardware.

You should have a strong understanding of rendering technologies and graphics pipelines. Experience in designing and developing simulation environments in particular for GPU architectures is desired. Experience in system level features trade-off is also important.

Key Responsibilities:

• Design and Develop simulation and modelling tool flows.
• Modelling, performance analysis and PPA estimation for GPU new features.
• GPU system features and micro-architecture implementation trade-off.
• Real-time graphics algorithms or shader program design and optimization to improve performance, save bandwidth and power.
• Performance/Power Tuning.

This job description is only an outline of the tasks, responsibilities and outcomes required of the role. The jobholder will carry out any other duties as may be reasonably required by his/her line manager. The job description and personal specification may be reviewed on an ongoing basis in accordance with the changing needs of Huawei Research and Development UK Limited.

Person Specification:

Required:

• BSc or MSc in relevant discipline.
• At least 5 years hands-on experience in GPU architecture development.
• Self-motivated, well organized and good team player.
• Good verbal and writing communication skills, great coding skills.
• Hands-on experience with one or more of the following technologies: Vulkan, OpenGLES, Metal, DirectX11 or 12 and/or OpenCL.

Desired:

• PhD in relevant field.