The role
This position is a unique opportunity to exercise your hardware verification skills on cutting edge designs within the prestigious PowerVR Hardware Graphics group. Here you will exercise your skills on key components that meet latest demands and improvements for graphics, AI or connectivity processor and related IP.
You will:
Be responsible for the delivery of all verification activities related to a GPU component or sub-system from early stages of verification planning to sign-off Create verification plans, develop and maintain UVM testbench components Track and report verification metrics and closure Participate in all stages of design specification definition providing feedback from the verification perspective Develop testbenches in UVM, write tests, sequences, functional coverage, assertions & verification plans. Be responsible for the definition, effort estimation and tracking of your own work Be able to influence and advance our GPU verification methodology Have the opportunity to lead, coach and mentor other members of the team Participate in design and verification reviews and recommend improvementsAbout 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:
Have a proven track record of developing verification environments for complex RTL designs Have excellent understanding of constrained-random verification methodology and challenges of verification closure Be confident in defining verification requirements, and work out the implementation approach and details of a testbench Be able to do root-cause analysis of complex issues and resolve them in a timely manner Have excellent knowledge of SystemVerilog and UVM Be able to develop new verification flows Have working knowledge of ASIC design methodologies, flows and tools Be able to plan, estimate and track your own work Experience working on multiple projects at one time The skill to be able to communicate technical issues both in written form and verballyYou might also have:
Experience leading teams Graphics/GPU/CPU/SoC knowledge Experience in wider verification technologies, such formal property based verification and code mutation Skill scripting in Python, TCL, Perl, SystemC, C++ experience Understanding of functional safety standards such as ISO26262Who 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.
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The PowerVR team produce the world's leading family of ultra-low power GPU IP cores. We are scaling our architecture team and are looking for GPU experts to help define the future generations of PowerVR GPU architecture. In this role, you will be working closely with the senior leadership of the company in defining the roadmap of our GPU family and deliver the architecture of our next-gen GPUs. If you enjoy being part of a team which is at the centre of innovation in the company, get in touch with us.
You will:
Work with a close team of passionate GPU architects with a relentless focus on efficiency Understand industry trends and their impact on the GPU Communicate with other stakeholders to gather new ideas and requirements for our GPUs Be responsible for the investigation, specification and delivery of detailed, architectural feature specifications Perform deep analysis in order to produce solutions that meet the required power, performance, area and bandwidth requirements. Work with the research group to map novel algorithms to efficient implementations Work with the modelling team to explore and evaluate new ideas and produce performance targets Work with the product team to define a forward-looking technology roadmap that progresses in PPA and features every generation Assist the implementation team through design and verification Work with the performance team to review data and validate the power, performance, area and bandwidth of the completed implementations Participate in engineering reviews and recommend improvements Have the opportunity to influence and advance our long-term technology roadmap Liaise with key customers and industry standards bodies (such as Khronos) where required Patent your inventionsAbout 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:
Experience with GPU architecture or similarly large, complex systems A good understanding of modern 3D graphics and/or compute APIs, such as Vulkan, D3D12 and OpenCL An understanding of digital ASIC design methodologies and constraints The ability to plan, estimate and track your own work Experience in independently driving architecture exploration activities that conclude with tangible and appropriate feature specifications An understanding of the design and verification challenges in order to make effective trade-offs to maximise engineering ROI The skill to clearly communicate technical issues and justify decisions to various audiencesYou might also have:
Strong maths and algorithm skills Experience in digital video Experience writing micro-architecture specifications Experience analysing performance using hardware waves Experience analysing driver and compiler performance Understanding of functional safety standards such as ISO26262Who 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.
Read Less The role
The PowerVR team produce the world's leading family of ultra-low power GPU IP cores. We are scaling our architecture team and are looking for GPU experts to help define the future generations of PowerVR GPU architecture. In this role, you will be working closely with the senior leadership of the company in defining the roadmap of our GPU family and deliver the architecture of our next-gen GPUs. If you enjoy being part of a team which is at the centre of innovation in the company, get in touch with us.
You will:
Work with a close team of passionate GPU architects with a relentless focus on efficiency Understand industry trends and their impact on the GPU Communicate with other stakeholders to gather new ideas and requirements for our GPUs Be responsible for the investigation, specification and delivery of detailed, architectural feature specifications Perform deep analysis in order to produce solutions that meet the required power, performance, area and bandwidth requirements. Work with the research group to map novel algorithms to efficient implementations Work with the modelling team to explore and evaluate new ideas and produce performance targets Work with the product team to define a forward-looking technology roadmap that progresses in PPA and features every generation Assist the implementation team through design and verification Work with the performance team to review data and validate the power, performance, area and bandwidth of the completed implementations Participate in engineering reviews and recommend improvements Have the opportunity to influence and advance our long-term technology roadmap Liaise with key customers and industry standards bodies (such as Khronos) where required Patent your inventionsAbout 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:
Experience with GPU architecture or similarly large, complex systems A good understanding of modern 3D graphics and/or compute APIs, such as Vulkan, D3D12 and OpenCL An understanding of digital ASIC design methodologies and constraints The ability to plan, estimate and track your own work Experience in independently driving architecture exploration activities that conclude with tangible and appropriate feature specifications An understanding of the design and verification challenges in order to make effective trade-offs to maximise engineering ROI The skill to clearly communicate technical issues and justify decisions to various audiencesYou might also have:
Strong maths and algorithm skills Experience in digital video Experience writing micro-architecture specifications Experience analysing performance using hardware waves Experience analysing driver and compiler performance Understanding of functional safety standards such as ISO26262Who 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.
Read Less The role
Imagination's PowerVR graphics division produce the world's leading family of ultra-low power GPU IP cores that will power tomorrow's cutting-edge technology. In PowerVR Software, working with experienced Compiler Engineers, you will help design, develop and test the mid end/backend compiler infrastructure that will help Imagination's customers take the most of current and next generation GPU hardware capabilities. As part of the compiler team, you will work on various projects.
You will:
Contribute to existing big open source projects, including Mesa, with a compiler-specific focus. Design and develop for the current and next generation graphics cores Get involved in all aspects of the software development cycle, from requirements, through design, implementation, code review and testing Maintain the compilers throughout the whole software and hardware life-cycles Work closely within the team and liaise externally with other research and development teams Support customers and their partners in bringing new products to marketAbout 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:
Excellent C programming skills Excellent software design and problem solving skills Knowledge of how graphics hardware works A good understanding of compiler theory, technique and development. A background or degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering or a related field Experience with managing and configuring a Linux systemYou might also have:
Experience with modern graphics and compute APIs (Vulkan, OpenGL ES, OpenCL, EGL, etc) Experience with a compiler framework such as NIR and LLVM, with a preference for backend compiler familiarity. Experience with version control software (preferably Git) Experience of upstreaming changes to an open source project Familiarity with scripting languages such as Python and Shell Script, e.g. BashWho 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.
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