Senior Processor Architect (AI)

Location: Bristol, United Kingdom

Company

hirify.global is building silicon, systems, and software for high-performance AI inference at substantially higher speed and lower cost.

What you will do

• Define and own compute engine architecture specifications, balancing performance, flexibility, power, area, and design complexity.
• Lead architectural exploration from early concepts through detailed specifications in collaboration with modelling, implementation, verification, and physical design teams.
• Specify execution units, memory hierarchies, instruction sets, and programming flows.
• Build and maintain performance models and simulators to guide architectural decisions.
• Analyse bottlenecks and validate performance before and after silicon production.
• Evaluate compact number formats, novel compute paradigms, and advanced packaging options for the architectural roadmap.

Requirements

• Proven experience as a Processor Architect, CPU Architect, GPU Architect, or in a similar semiconductor or high-performance computing role.
• Deep understanding of processor and compute engine architecture, including matrix- and vector-centric floating-point arithmetic and memory hierarchies.
• Strong knowledge of RTL design flows, physical design constraints, and their impact on architectural decisions.
• Experience taking processor designs from early exploration through tapeout and post-silicon performance characterisation.
• Ability to define and manage performance and power budgets and navigate complex architectural trade-offs.
• Ability to collaborate across architecture, modelling, implementation, verification, physical design, and software disciplines.

Nice to have

• Background in AI acceleration, vector or matrix compute, or domain-specific processor design.
• Experience with gem5, SystemC, or custom cycle-accurate performance simulators.
• Familiarity with compiler and toolchain interactions and how software maps to hardware.
• Prior start-up or scale-up experience.

Culture & Benefits

• Ownership and autonomy in driving work forward.
• Rapid iteration and direct collaboration with top leadership.
• Full-stack engagement across hardware, software, silicon, and modelling teams.
• Collaborative, problem-solving culture focused on curiosity, initiative, and technical rigour.
• Modern, open offices in London and Bristol.