Senior System Architect (AI)

Location: Bristol, United Kingdom

Company

hirify.global is building silicon, systems, and software to run advanced AI models at higher speed and lower cost. Founded in 2022, the company has more than 80 employees and offices in London and Bristol.

What you will do

• Define and own the system architecture roadmap, balancing performance, power, and scalability.
• Drive system-level design from concept through production with chip design, mechanical, and manufacturing teams.
• Specify system interfaces, power delivery networks, interconnects, and control subsystems.
• Guide board and platform design through early bring-up, validation, and system testing.
• Partner with software and firmware leads to ensure coherent system-level performance.
• Evaluate emerging technologies, mentor engineers, and represent system architecture in technical reviews and customer discussions.

Requirements

• Proven experience as a Systems Architect, SoC Architect, or similar in semiconductor or high-performance computing.
• Deep understanding of power, thermal, I/O, memory, and interconnect architectures.
• Strong knowledge of digital design flows.
• Experience taking complex hardware systems from concept through mass production.
• Ability to define system requirements, manage trade-offs, and work across hardware, firmware, and software.
• Excellent communication skills for connecting technical depth with practical execution.

Nice to have

• Background in AI acceleration, HPC, or data-centric architectures.
• Experience with FPGA prototyping and system bring-up.
• Familiarity with SystemC, MATLAB, and modern modelling environments.
• Prior start-up or scale-up experience.

Culture & Benefits

• Ownership and agency to drive work forward.
• Rapid iteration with direct collaboration with top leadership.
• Full-stack engagement across hardware, software, silicon, and modelling teams.
• Collaborative culture focused on curiosity, entrepreneurial initiative, and technical fluency.
• Some roles may involve technologies subject to export restrictions and additional eligibility checks.