Senior CPU Architect

Senior CPU Architect focuses on performance analysis of applications of interest to propose new instructions and isa extensions.

What the role involves

• Performance analysis of applications of interest to propose new instructions and ISA extensions.
• Reworking and optimization of critical parts of applications to support new ISA.
• Implementation of proposed new instructions or uArch tweaks in performance simulator for evaluation of possible performance benefits.

Skills and requirements

• Deep understanding of modern CPU architectures.
• Knowledge and experience of using of latest Aarch64 or X86 instruction sets.
• Background in performance analysis, profiling and workload characterization.
• Excellent collaboration and interpersonal skills.

Confirmed role details

• Circa £100k and above.

Additional role context

• This is a key position as a senior architect - to work on the latest developments in CPU architecture - for improvements in processing power, performance and optimisation.