Senior Simulation Engineer

Fractile; Greater London; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A cutting-edge AI company based in Greater London is seeking a Senior Simulation Engineer to develop innovative hardware simulations for AI accelerators. The ideal candidate will possess excellent C/C++ skills, have experience with hardware simulators like QEMU, and understand low-level hardware. This role offers an exciting opportunity to work in a fast-paced environment, collaborating with hardware and software engineers to drive impactful results. Candidates with a degree in relevant fields and at least 3 years of experience are encouraged to apply.

Qualifications

• Proven experience of developing hardware simulators such as QEMU.
• Excellent C/C++ skills and solid experience of industry standard development tools and technologies.
• A good understanding of low-level hardware.
• A creative and innovative mindset, and a willingness to take ownership and drive results in a fast-paced environment.
• Computer Science, Electronic Engineering, Maths, Physics, or related degree and 3+ years of industry experience.

Responsibilities

• Develop a QEMU-based functional simulator of our innovative AI acceleration hardware.
• Contribute to system device drivers and runtime libraries that use the simulator.
• Work with hardware, software, and ML engineers in a highly collaborative hardware-software co-design methodology.

Skills

C/C++ skills

Developing hardware simulators such as QEMU

Understanding of low-level hardware

Creative and innovative mindset

Education

Computer Science, Electronic Engineering, Maths, Physics, or related degree

Tools

Industry standard development tools

Job description

At Fractile, we’re taking a revolutionary approach to computing to run the world’s largest language models 100x faster than existing systems. Our fast‑growing team is working at the cutting edge of the latest AI developments in both hardware and software. Want to get involved?

We are looking for a Senior Simulation Engineer with experience of building software simulations of new hardware to develop models of our ground‑breaking AI accelerators.

In this role, you will:

• Develop a QEMU‑based functional simulator of Fractile’s innovative AI acceleration hardware
• Contribute to system device drivers and runtime libraries that use the simulator
• Work with hardware, software, and ML engineers in a highly collaborative hardware‑software co‑design methodology.

Requirements

• Proven experience of developing hardware simulators such as QEMU
• Excellent C/C++ skills and solid experience of industry standard development tools and technologies
• A good understanding of low‑level hardware
• A creative and innovative mindset, and a willingness to take ownership and drive results in a fast‑paced environment
• Computer Science, Electronic Engineering, Maths, Physics, or related degree and 3+ years of industry experience

Nice to have

• Experience of working with GPUs or other machine learning accelerators
• Previous experience in a startup or small team environment