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Principal Engineer - Datapath & Algorithms


Company : IC Resources


Location : Cambridgeshire, England


Created : 2026-03-02


Job Type : Full Time


Job Description

Newly created role within an R&D team at a major Semiconductor company - who have offices in Cambridge.I am looking to speaking with senior / principal level engineers who have complex experience in datapath for complex processor computations.Attractive salary and package is available for the right qualified engineers...Applicants MUST have an inquisitive and problem solving maths brain. You will be building new structures to solve complex problems - not just maintaining existing products.This will be a varied and challenging role. Its a senior level appointment, so you must be able to lead / manage / steer critical, high-value projects...The ideal candidate will have knowledge of some or all of the following skills:Floating point unit - algorithms - FPUDeep understanding of APU / CPU / GPU / RISC-V environmentsArithmetic logic units (ALUs)Computer arithmetic / computer scienceHPC - high performance computing applicationsFMA or SIMD algorithmsRegisters - flip-flops - data, address, shift, controlBus communication protocolsC / C++ modellingPerformance / modellingAI accelerators - VPU - vector, matrix, scalar units etc.Matrix multiplicationMathematical / statistical computationsDatapaths in ML/AI acceleratorsDatapath valdiation / formal verificationDatapath abstraction - FSMD etc.High-performance computeSystem architectureProcessor architectureEmulation / validationFormal verification - SVA - system verilog assertionsCompute architectureProject leadership