Senior System Architect - High-Performance SoCs & FPGA/ASIC

Spectrum IT; England; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Spectrum IT in the United Kingdom is seeking an experienced Senior System Architect to join a highly technical engineering team. The role spans from requirements through implementation across software, FPGA and ASIC technologies, blending architectural design with practical engineering to influence decisions and support delivery.

You'll translate system and customer requirements into scalable architectures, define hardware/software partitioning, evaluate trade-offs, develop architectural models,

Qualifications

• Experience in system architecture and requirements analysis.
• Strong background in signal processing or communications systems.
• Ability to define architectures across software, FPGA and ASIC.
• Familiar with MATLAB, Python and C++ for modelling.
• Knowledge of 3GPP standards, including 5G NR or 4G LTE.

Responsibilities

• Translate system, product and customer requirements into practical, scalable architectures.
• Define hardware/software partitioning, interfaces and implementation strategies.
• Evaluate design trade-offs across performance, throughput, latency, resource usage and power.
• Develop architectural models, conduct performance analysis and support verification planning.
• Collaborate with software, algorithm, FPGA and ASIC engineers throughout development.
• Work with customers and partners on technical requirements, feasibility studies and product integration.
• Contribute to future product development and architectural improvements.

Skills

System architecture

Requirements analysis

Technical design

Signal processing

Modem design

3GPP standards

5G NR

MATLAB

Python

C++

Communication skills

Tools

MATLAB

Python

C++

Job description

Spectrum IT in the United Kingdom is seeking an experienced Senior System Architect to join a highly technical engineering team. The role spans from requirements through implementation across software, FPGA and ASIC technologies, blending architectural design with practical engineering to influence decisions and support delivery.

You'll translate system and customer requirements into scalable architectures, define hardware/software partitioning, evaluate trade-offs, develop architectural models,