Imagination Technologies Limited
Bristol, Gloucestershire
Staff / Principal Software Architect Job no: 502839 Work type: Experienced Professional Location: Cambridge UK, Kings Langley UK, Bristol UK Categories: Graphics The role Imagination is an industry authority in designing power-efficient and high-performance GPUs for graphics and compute workloads. You will be joining a world class hardware and software architecture team, helping our customers to integrate and achieve success with our GPUs by driving software architecture across our silicon IP products. Your role will have broad visibility within the organisation and provides the opportunity for close engagement with our key customers and internal engineering and product teams. You will: Work across multiple platforms and application domains, from consumer or mobile to automotive or data centre, to understand how GPU software is deployed and executed on Imagination products. Develop the software architecture responsible for mapping multiple modern graphics and compute APIs from high level, user-facing software to silicon deployment. Investigate and optimize end-to-end performance of various GPU software, including proposing and prototyping new features or techniques at the boundary between hardware and software. Work with product owners to understand and define the roadmap for APIs and their implementation across current and future hardware platforms. Maintain a holistic view of software architecture, informing and coordinating with Imagination teams working on specific areas of implementation. Work with customers in understanding their issues and steering the technical roadmap to help solve issues they face. Establish the technical standards and architectural software patterns that Imagination uses to develop and support multiple hardware generations and their graphics and compute APIs. Collaborate with the wider ecosystem: evaluating, developing and refining common standards, APIs and technologies to efficiently deliver high-quality and performant graphics, AI and compute. 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: A background of 5+ years in commercial software development in a graphics or GPGPU-related field. In-depth knowledge of at least one modern 3D graphics or compute API and its associated software ecosystems (e.g. Vulkan, DirectX, OpenCL, CUDA). Demonstrable technical expertise in the optimisation of software targeting such ecosystems (e.g. game engines, visual effects, computer vision, AI). Experience with GPU profiling or API tracing tools. Knowledge of how to write and optimize graphics shaders or compute kernels. Understanding of both the fixed-function and programmable aspects of GPU architecture. Experience of working directly with senior technical stakeholders and mapping their requirements and requests back into product roadmap items. Excellent problem-solving abilities along with the ability to break down and solve problems and complex situations which lack existing solutions. Experience of architecting software products spanning multiple development teams or working in a multidisciplinary environment. You might also have: A solid understanding of computer architecture at both instruction level and system level, e.g. understanding memory and communication interfaces and how they impact software. Experience of working closely with silicon architects and design engineers to improve platforms for software applications. Exposure to GPU drivers for Android/Linux/Windows operating systems. Experience interacting with open-source communities and external ecosystems. Understanding of debug or performance analysis hardware in support of application development. Experience with presenting at a technical conference or supporting external events and shows. Occasional willingness to travel, working onsite to support or train our customers around the world. A breadth of software programming experience that spans multiple languages and development platforms. 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: 22 Jun 2026 GMT Daylight Time Applications close:
Staff / Principal Software Architect Job no: 502839 Work type: Experienced Professional Location: Cambridge UK, Kings Langley UK, Bristol UK Categories: Graphics The role Imagination is an industry authority in designing power-efficient and high-performance GPUs for graphics and compute workloads. You will be joining a world class hardware and software architecture team, helping our customers to integrate and achieve success with our GPUs by driving software architecture across our silicon IP products. Your role will have broad visibility within the organisation and provides the opportunity for close engagement with our key customers and internal engineering and product teams. You will: Work across multiple platforms and application domains, from consumer or mobile to automotive or data centre, to understand how GPU software is deployed and executed on Imagination products. Develop the software architecture responsible for mapping multiple modern graphics and compute APIs from high level, user-facing software to silicon deployment. Investigate and optimize end-to-end performance of various GPU software, including proposing and prototyping new features or techniques at the boundary between hardware and software. Work with product owners to understand and define the roadmap for APIs and their implementation across current and future hardware platforms. Maintain a holistic view of software architecture, informing and coordinating with Imagination teams working on specific areas of implementation. Work with customers in understanding their issues and steering the technical roadmap to help solve issues they face. Establish the technical standards and architectural software patterns that Imagination uses to develop and support multiple hardware generations and their graphics and compute APIs. Collaborate with the wider ecosystem: evaluating, developing and refining common standards, APIs and technologies to efficiently deliver high-quality and performant graphics, AI and compute. 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: A background of 5+ years in commercial software development in a graphics or GPGPU-related field. In-depth knowledge of at least one modern 3D graphics or compute API and its associated software ecosystems (e.g. Vulkan, DirectX, OpenCL, CUDA). Demonstrable technical expertise in the optimisation of software targeting such ecosystems (e.g. game engines, visual effects, computer vision, AI). Experience with GPU profiling or API tracing tools. Knowledge of how to write and optimize graphics shaders or compute kernels. Understanding of both the fixed-function and programmable aspects of GPU architecture. Experience of working directly with senior technical stakeholders and mapping their requirements and requests back into product roadmap items. Excellent problem-solving abilities along with the ability to break down and solve problems and complex situations which lack existing solutions. Experience of architecting software products spanning multiple development teams or working in a multidisciplinary environment. You might also have: A solid understanding of computer architecture at both instruction level and system level, e.g. understanding memory and communication interfaces and how they impact software. Experience of working closely with silicon architects and design engineers to improve platforms for software applications. Exposure to GPU drivers for Android/Linux/Windows operating systems. Experience interacting with open-source communities and external ecosystems. Understanding of debug or performance analysis hardware in support of application development. Experience with presenting at a technical conference or supporting external events and shows. Occasional willingness to travel, working onsite to support or train our customers around the world. A breadth of software programming experience that spans multiple languages and development platforms. 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: 22 Jun 2026 GMT Daylight Time Applications close:
United States Digital Space LLC
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
Job ID: 4 Date posted: Jul. 16, 2026 Location: Cambridge, United Kingdom Category: Software Engineering the company has built the world's most pervasive compute architecture, powering computing wherever it happens - from embedded and automotive systems to cloud and data center infrastructure. As the company continues to grow its presence in server and infrastructure markets, system software plays a meaningful role in enabling high-quality, production-ready platforms for customers and partners. This role is part of the company's System Solutions software organization. It involves working on software for the company Neoverse-based platforms. Tasks ranges from developing test suites for Firmware/Software stack, initial verification on pre-silicon platforms to production-quality firmware and software on real silicon. The Staff Engineer provides both technical and people leadership to a focus group. The group handles system readiness, software quality, release confidence, and customer-facing adaptability for the complex platform work. We are looking for a staff engineer with strong system software expertise, extensive system-wide knowledge, and a deep passion for quality, validation, and testing. Validation covers early pre-silicon environments, silicon bring-up, platform integration, release readiness, and customer-facing use cases. They will also help grow a validation culture that detects issues early, produces clear evidence, and supports confident delivery. Roles and Responsibilities Lead end-to-end Quality Assurance activities for embedded system software, firmware, and platform validation across the product lifecycle, ensuring high product reliability and release quality. Provide deep technical expertise in one or more platform domains, including High-Speed I/O (HSIO), Low-Speed I/O (LSIO), BIOS/UEFI, Reliability, Availability and Serviceability (RAS), Telemetry, and BMC technologies. Develop and complete functional, regression, stress, stability, and performance test cases for embedded Linux-based software stacks and firmware components. Define and drive comprehensive validation architectures, test strategies, and coverage models spanning component, subsystem, system integration, and full system-level validation for firmware and/or software stacks. Drive validation coverage expansion by identifying quality gaps and implementing targeted test solutions across firmware, software, hardware, and platform interactions. Support silicon bring-up activities, board validation, firmware integration, and system-level debugging during pre-silicon emulation and post-silicon validation phases. Mentor and provide technical leadership to validation engineers by promoting standard methodologies in test design, automation development, debugging techniques, root-cause analysis, and engineering excellence. Required Skills and Experience Proven experience in Quality Assurance, Firmware Validation, or System Software Engineering, with a consistent track record of delivering high-quality platform, firmware, and embedded software products Strong expertise in test architecture, validation methodologies, and quality engineering practices for firmware, embedded software, and system-level platforms. Excellent programming and debugging skills in C/C++, with good understanding of scripting languages such as Python, Shell, or Perl for automation and tool development. Solid understanding of embedded Linux software stacks, including system services, device drivers, kernel interactions, and platform integration. Demonstrated expertise in both pre-silicon and post-silicon validation, including simulation, emulation, FPGA prototyping, silicon bring-up, platform integration, and system-level debug. Nice to have Skills and Experience Git-based development workflows, including Git, GitLab/GitHub, CI/CD pipelines, version control automation, and repository management tools. Knowledge of firmware standards and technologies such as UEFI, ACPI, SMBIOS, Redfish, PLDM, MCTP, SPDM, and secure boot implementations. Experience with the company-based SoCs, server platforms, or infrastructure systems. Mentoring and/or line management experience In Return You'll join a collaborative, highly skilled engineering environment where you can influence the quality, readiness, and success of the company Neoverse-based solutions from pre-silicon validation through to production deployment. Please note that no relocation package is available for this role. If skilled worker sponsorship is required, the company will meet costs associated with sponsorship for the employer only. All fees associated with the individual's application e.g. visa application fee and Immigration Health Surcharge, will be the responsibility of the successful candidate. Accommodations at the company At the company, we want to build extraordinary teams. If you need an adjustment or an accommodation during the recruitment process, please email . To note, by sending us the requested information, you consent to its use by the company to arrange for appropriate accommodations. All accommodation or adjustment requests will be treated with confidentiality, and information concerning these requests will only be disclosed as necessary to provide the accommodation. Although this is not an exhaustive list, examples of support include breaks between interviews, having documents read aloud, or office accessibility. Please email us about anything we can do to accommodate you during the recruitment process. Hybrid Working at the company the company's approach to hybrid working is designed to create a working environment that supports both high performance and personal wellbeing. We believe in bringing people together face to face to enable us to work at pace, whilst recognizing the value of flexibility. Within that framework, we empower groups/teams to determine their own hybrid working patterns, depending on the work and the team's needs. Details of what this means for each role will be shared upon application. In some cases, the flexibility we can offer is limited by local legal, regulatory, tax, or other considerations, and where this is the case, we will collaborate with you to find the best solution. Please talk to us to find out more about what this could look like for you. Equal Opportunities at the company the company is an equal opportunity employer, committed to providing an environment of mutual respect where equal opportunities are available to all applicants and colleagues. We are a diverse organization of dedicated and innovative individuals, and don't discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran. Salary Range £97,300 - £131,700 per year
Job ID: 4 Date posted: Jul. 16, 2026 Location: Cambridge, United Kingdom Category: Software Engineering the company has built the world's most pervasive compute architecture, powering computing wherever it happens - from embedded and automotive systems to cloud and data center infrastructure. As the company continues to grow its presence in server and infrastructure markets, system software plays a meaningful role in enabling high-quality, production-ready platforms for customers and partners. This role is part of the company's System Solutions software organization. It involves working on software for the company Neoverse-based platforms. Tasks ranges from developing test suites for Firmware/Software stack, initial verification on pre-silicon platforms to production-quality firmware and software on real silicon. The Staff Engineer provides both technical and people leadership to a focus group. The group handles system readiness, software quality, release confidence, and customer-facing adaptability for the complex platform work. We are looking for a staff engineer with strong system software expertise, extensive system-wide knowledge, and a deep passion for quality, validation, and testing. Validation covers early pre-silicon environments, silicon bring-up, platform integration, release readiness, and customer-facing use cases. They will also help grow a validation culture that detects issues early, produces clear evidence, and supports confident delivery. Roles and Responsibilities Lead end-to-end Quality Assurance activities for embedded system software, firmware, and platform validation across the product lifecycle, ensuring high product reliability and release quality. Provide deep technical expertise in one or more platform domains, including High-Speed I/O (HSIO), Low-Speed I/O (LSIO), BIOS/UEFI, Reliability, Availability and Serviceability (RAS), Telemetry, and BMC technologies. Develop and complete functional, regression, stress, stability, and performance test cases for embedded Linux-based software stacks and firmware components. Define and drive comprehensive validation architectures, test strategies, and coverage models spanning component, subsystem, system integration, and full system-level validation for firmware and/or software stacks. Drive validation coverage expansion by identifying quality gaps and implementing targeted test solutions across firmware, software, hardware, and platform interactions. Support silicon bring-up activities, board validation, firmware integration, and system-level debugging during pre-silicon emulation and post-silicon validation phases. Mentor and provide technical leadership to validation engineers by promoting standard methodologies in test design, automation development, debugging techniques, root-cause analysis, and engineering excellence. Required Skills and Experience Proven experience in Quality Assurance, Firmware Validation, or System Software Engineering, with a consistent track record of delivering high-quality platform, firmware, and embedded software products Strong expertise in test architecture, validation methodologies, and quality engineering practices for firmware, embedded software, and system-level platforms. Excellent programming and debugging skills in C/C++, with good understanding of scripting languages such as Python, Shell, or Perl for automation and tool development. Solid understanding of embedded Linux software stacks, including system services, device drivers, kernel interactions, and platform integration. Demonstrated expertise in both pre-silicon and post-silicon validation, including simulation, emulation, FPGA prototyping, silicon bring-up, platform integration, and system-level debug. Nice to have Skills and Experience Git-based development workflows, including Git, GitLab/GitHub, CI/CD pipelines, version control automation, and repository management tools. Knowledge of firmware standards and technologies such as UEFI, ACPI, SMBIOS, Redfish, PLDM, MCTP, SPDM, and secure boot implementations. Experience with the company-based SoCs, server platforms, or infrastructure systems. Mentoring and/or line management experience In Return You'll join a collaborative, highly skilled engineering environment where you can influence the quality, readiness, and success of the company Neoverse-based solutions from pre-silicon validation through to production deployment. Please note that no relocation package is available for this role. If skilled worker sponsorship is required, the company will meet costs associated with sponsorship for the employer only. All fees associated with the individual's application e.g. visa application fee and Immigration Health Surcharge, will be the responsibility of the successful candidate. Accommodations at the company At the company, we want to build extraordinary teams. If you need an adjustment or an accommodation during the recruitment process, please email . To note, by sending us the requested information, you consent to its use by the company to arrange for appropriate accommodations. All accommodation or adjustment requests will be treated with confidentiality, and information concerning these requests will only be disclosed as necessary to provide the accommodation. Although this is not an exhaustive list, examples of support include breaks between interviews, having documents read aloud, or office accessibility. Please email us about anything we can do to accommodate you during the recruitment process. Hybrid Working at the company the company's approach to hybrid working is designed to create a working environment that supports both high performance and personal wellbeing. We believe in bringing people together face to face to enable us to work at pace, whilst recognizing the value of flexibility. Within that framework, we empower groups/teams to determine their own hybrid working patterns, depending on the work and the team's needs. Details of what this means for each role will be shared upon application. In some cases, the flexibility we can offer is limited by local legal, regulatory, tax, or other considerations, and where this is the case, we will collaborate with you to find the best solution. Please talk to us to find out more about what this could look like for you. Equal Opportunities at the company the company is an equal opportunity employer, committed to providing an environment of mutual respect where equal opportunities are available to all applicants and colleagues. We are a diverse organization of dedicated and innovative individuals, and don't discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran. Salary Range £97,300 - £131,700 per year