Lead AI Hardware & System Architect

NIF; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Fractile is seeking a Senior System Architect to define and drive the end-to-end hardware architecture underpinning our AI-focused products. You will work across chip, board, thermal, and system levels, collaborating with hardware, firmware, and software teams to translate architecture into reliable platforms.

You will lead system-level design with emphasis on power, performance, and scalability, mentor the team, and engage in early prototyping, bring-up, and system testing.

Qualifications

• Proven experience as a Systems Architect or similar in semiconductor or HPC domains.
• Deep understanding of system-level design including power, thermal, I/O, memory and interconnect architectures.
• Strong grasp of digital design flows.
• Experience taking complex hardware systems from concept to mass production.

Responsibilities

• Define and own the system architecture roadmap, balancing performance, power, and scalability.
• Coordinate system-level design with chip design, mechanical, and manufacturing teams.
• Specify system interfaces, power delivery networks, interconnects, and control subsystems.
• Guide board and platform design for early bring-up and validation.
• Partner with software and firmware leads to ensure coherent system-level performance.
• Evaluate emerging technologies to inform architectural decisions.
• Mentor the team and maintain architecture documentation.
• Represent system architecture in reviews, partner discussions, and customer engagements.

Skills

Systems Architect

SoC Architect

Digital design flows

System-level design

Cross-disciplinary collaboration

Communication skills

Hardware-software integration

Tools

SystemC

MATLAB

Job description

Fractile is seeking a Senior System Architect to define and drive the end-to-end hardware architecture underpinning our AI-focused products. You will work across chip, board, thermal, and system levels, collaborating with hardware, firmware, and software teams to translate architecture into reliable platforms.

You will lead system-level design with emphasis on power, performance, and scalability, mentor the team, and engage in early prototyping, bring-up, and system testing.