Kings Langley UK, Bristol UK
Experienced Professional
Posted 11 Mar 2026
502789
This is a unique opportunity to leverage your silicon design skills on cutting-edge technology. At Imagination Technologies, innovation is at the heart of everything we do. We create foundational building blocks for market-leading Graphics Processors, powering the next generation of mobile, smart, and connected technologies. As a Staff GPU HW Design Engineer, you’ll play a crucial role in designing, debugging, and optimising complex hardware modules to achieve superior performance, efficiency, and reliability.
You will:
- Collaborate with design, verification, and validation teams to develop advanced silicon solutions.
- Prepare detailed microarchitecture design specifications and execution plans aligned with project goals.
- Perform in-depth analysis and optimization of complex circuits, balancing frequency speed, area, power, and performance.
- Participate in design reviews, providing insightful recommendations for improvement.
- Maintain and enhance the design environment while tracking and resolving design bugs.
- Mentor and support graduate engineers and early-career team members, helping them navigate design challenges and learn industry best practices.
- Foster a culture of learning by contributing to training programs, knowledge-sharing sessions, and technical guidance for junior team members.
- Leverage the latest techniques, tools, and technologies in silicon design.
- Plan, schedule, and complete assigned tasks within deadlines.
- Contribute to open discussions, present technical findings effectively and Regularly communicate with cross-functional team members.
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:
- Solid knowledge of digital integrated circuit design techniques and methodologies.
- Hands-on experience in RTL design at IP or SoC level using SystemVerilog.
- Proficiency in optimizing circuit designs and balancing key trade-offs for performance metrics.
- Expertise in ASIC or FPGA design tools and environments.
- Exposure to formal proof methodology for capturing design intent.
- Strong analytical skills, responsibility, and problem-solving capabilities.
You might also have:
- Knowledge of CPU, DSP, or FPU architectures and debugging/testing strategies.
- Hands-on experience with ASIC, FPGA, and physical design tools (P&R).
- Proficiency C, SystemC, C++, Python, Perl, or TCL.
- Knowledge of place and route methodologies.
- Understanding of verification requirements through specification analysis.
- Experience in GPU/CPU design and associated methodologies such as UVM.
- Strong communication skills, both written and spoken, in English.
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.
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.
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