Performance Architect in Hitchin

My client is one of the world’s fastest growing and most exciting technology companies. A FTSE company on the London Stock Exchange, the breadth of technologies and markets it serves involves working with most of the biggest and best semiconductor, consumer electronics, multimedia and App content developers and industry partners in the world. Their technologies feature in many of the world’s most exciting products, from the latest smartphones, tablets and media players to the future wireless home, connected multimedia-rich cars and much more.

The Role

• In this role, you will work in the MIPS Architecture team designing the next generation high performance, power efficient microprocessor cores with an emphasis on performance / power modelling, analysis, and verification.

Travel Requirements

Travel to US Imagination sites 2 times a year.

Background

As part of the MIPS Processor Group, you will be a key member of a small team responsible for architecting, designing and verifying innovative multiprocessor technologies used in many of the companies products.

Opportunity

The MIPS Architecture Team is responsible for architecture definition and evolution, microarchitecture development, and performance modelling, analysis and verification. In this position, you will work with architects, HW designers, and SW / compiler developers to identify opportunities to improve performance and energy efficiency through architectural, microarchitectural, and / or compiler improvements. You will also work with implementation teams to ensure designs meet their targeted performance / power goals.

Responsibilities

Develop and validate architectural models and simulators for quantifying performance and energy consumption

Analyze target workloads and benchmarks to guide the development of processor architecture, microarchitecture, and compilers

Develop visualization and automated infrastructure to increase accuracy and productivity in analysis and verification

Create performance diagnostics to isolate and measure performance of targeted features and related infrastructure to track results

Debug performance issues and identify necessary repairs

Target Capabilities and Skills

The ideal candidate has

Knowledge of processor architecture and micro-architecture concepts such as pipelines, caching, coherence, and branch prediction

Experience with architectural simulators for performance and power estimation

Ability to program fluently in C++, Perl, Python, and Unix scripting.

Personal Attributes

Self-starter – able to work both alone and as part of a team

“Can-Do” approach to workload,

Friendly – outgoing personality, gets on with all types of people

Tenacious – determined not to let anything stop getting the job done

Open – enjoys working in an informal environment

Dedicated – willingness to work from time to time over extended hours in order to achieve goals set by immediate manager or demanded by business

A passion for excellence and attention to detail

Team player

Working Environment

The open, collaborative work environment at Imagination encourages open conversation and innovation.

Qualifications

MS or PhD in EE, CE, or CS or equivalent experience