Senior System Architect

AccelerComm Ltd; Southampton; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salaries

Bonus up to 20% + EMI options

Pension and private health insurance

Southampton Science Park offices with

EV charging points

Job summary

AccelerComm Ltd in Southampton, UK is seeking a Senior System Architect to define architectures across software, FPGA and ASIC, translating system and customer requirements into practical implementations. You will drive architecture from concept through verification and customer integration, closely collaborating with algorithm, software, FPGA and ASIC engineers.

You will influence requirements, system decomposition, interface definitions and performance analyses, while working with customers to

Qualifications

• Experience in 3GPP 5G NR and wireless systems.
• Proven ability to define and manage system and product requirements.
• Experience architecting hardware/software partitions and interfaces.
• Experience with FPGA/ASIC implementation and trade-offs.
• Knowledge of fixed-point design, modelling and implementation.
• Background in communications IP for FPGA/ASIC deployment.

Responsibilities

• Develop and refine system architectures for FPGA/ASIC deployment.
• Evaluate architectural options and trade-offs to meet requirements.
• Collaborate with FPGA/ASIC designers and customers for integration and validation.
• Contribute to requirements capture, system decomposition and interface definitions.

Skills

3GPP 5G NR

Signal processing

System requirements

Architecture design

FPGA/ASIC trade-offs

MATLAB / Python / C++

Customer interaction

Verifications & tests

Tools

MATLAB

Python

C++

Job description

Senior System Architect

Department: System Engineering

Employment Type: Full Time

Location: Southampton, UK

Description

This role is part of AccelerComm's Systems Engineering team and reports to the Principal System Architect. Working closely with algorithm, software, FPGA and ASIC engineers, you will help define communications products and IP, translating system, product and customer requirements into practical architectures across software, FPGA and ASIC technologies. You will remain involved throughout the development lifecycle, from requirements and architectural analysis through to implementation support, verification and customer integration. This role would suit an experienced systems engineer or architect who enjoys combining communications theory, system architecture and practical implementation, both within engineering development and in real-world customer applications.

Key Responsibilities

A significant aspect of the role involves the continued development of AccelerComm's communications IP across FPGA and ASIC deployment targets. You will evaluate architectural options and implementation trade-offs, ensuring that system requirements can be translated into efficient and scalable implementations. Experience of ASIC development for communications, modem or signal-processing products, with a good understanding of the architectural and implementation considerations involved. Internally, you will contribute to requirements capture, system decomposition, interface definition, architectural modelling, performance analysis and verification planning. You will work closely with FPGA and ASIC designers to explore hardware architecture, implementation strategy and trade-offs including performance, resource usage and power. You will also have opportunities to work directly with customers and partners to understand their requirements, explore how AccelerComm technology can be applied and support integration into their products. This may include technical discussions and collaborative studies around system, FPGA or ASIC implementation, with customer insight helping inform the continued development of our products and IP.

Skills, Knowledge & Expertise

• Strong understanding of 3GPP 5G NR, physical-layer processing and wireless communication systems.
• Experience in communications signal processing, modem design and radio systems.
• Proven ability to define, analyse and manage system and product requirements.
• Experience developing system architecture definitions, including hardware/software partitioning, interface definition and high-level architecture design.
• Ability to evaluate architectural and algorithm trade-offs, including performance, throughput, latency and resource requirements.
• Experience of ASIC development for communications, modem or signal-processing products, with a good understanding of the architectural and implementation considerations involved.
• Strong understanding of FPGA and ASIC implementation trade-offs, including performance, resources, power and verification.
• Proficiency in MATLAB, Python and C++ for modelling, analysis and development.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving and communication skills, with the ability to work across multidisciplinary engineering teams.
• Experience developing communications IP for FPGA or ASIC implementation.
• Experience of satellite or non-terrestrial network (NTN) communications systems.
• Experience of hardware-accelerated communications or digital signal processing implementations.
• Experience working directly with customers or partners on requirements, technical studies or product integration.
• Experience contributing to product roadmaps, technology strategy or long-term architectural planning.
• Direct experience taking communications, modem or signal-processing products from FPGA-based implementation towards ASIC deployment.
• Good understanding of the process of fixed-point design, modelling and implementation.

Job Benefits

• We pay competitive salaries which depend on skills and experience.
• We offer a bonus scheme which pays up to 20% of salary annually, depending on performance. This is in addition to EMI share options, issued periodically.
• We offer a range of good quality company benefits including pension and private health insurance.
• Our offices on Southampton Science Park provide a great working environment, with a coffee shop, bike storage, showers, plenty of free parking and EV charging points.