Architect/Staff Embedded Software Engineer

Olix
London
Workplace: OnsiteFull timeGBP 163,000+ annuallyFunction: Software EngineeringSkills: ["ASIC bring-up","Firmware","BMC","Interconnect fabrics","Emulation","Simulation"]

Lead hardware-software integration across the DX-1 stack, owning architectural decisions from pre-silicon to sustainment, translating priorities into execution, and maintaining high reliability through rigorous design and collaboration with hardware and silicon teams.

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Olix
Olix
4 months ago

Architect/Staff Embedded Software Engineer

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Job Summary

Lead hardware-software integration across the DX-1 stack, owning architectural decisions from pre-silicon to sustainment, translating priorities into execution, and maintaining high reliability through rigorous design and collaboration with hardware and silicon teams.
Location: London
Workplace: Onsite
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Software Engineering

Key Responsibilities

  • •Own the technical direction for your team. Partner with the Engineering Manager to set technical direction within the team's scope, and take ownership of the architectural decisions that shape how the team builds and operates.
  • •Translate priorities into execution. Work with the Engineering Manager to break down complex technical problems into concrete plans, and ensure the team is building the right things in the right way.
  • •Hold the technical bar. Define the principles, interface contracts, and standards the team builds to — whether that's firmware interfaces, ASIC validation methodology, or interconnect fabric integration — and ensure they are applied consistently.
  • •Make the hard calls in your domain. Own technical decision-making within your area: BSP and firmware architecture, ASIC validation methodology, BMC platform design, or interconnect fabric integration — depending on your focus.
  • •Drive alignment within the team. Build shared understanding across engineers through rigour, clarity, and well-reasoned technical decisions. Collaborate with adjacent teams where your work has dependencies.

Pay and Benefits

Salary: GBP 163,000 annually
Equity and Bonus:Equity

Key Requirements

  • •Proven track record delivering complex hardware-software integration work that has shipped, ideally across multiple generations in fast-moving organisations.
  • •Deep hands-on expertise in one or more focused areas: ASIC bring-up and validation, BMC/firmware platforms, or high-speed interconnect fabrics — with enough breadth to work effectively across the stack within your team's scope.
  • •Full lifecycle experience — you've worked hardware from pre-silicon through to production and understand the distinct engineering challenges at each phase: simulation and emulation, silicon bring-up, post-silicon debug and characterisation, and long-tail sustainment.
  • •Track record delivering reliable technical outcomes in organisations with high reliability expectations, including robust observability, incident management, and close collaboration with hardware and silicon teams on field issues.
  • •Strong technical communicator — you can articulate decisions and their consequences clearly to engineers and your manager, and write design documents that become the reference point for your team.
Experience:SemiconductorsHardware
Skills:ASIC bring-upFirmwareBMCInterconnect fabricsEmulationSimulation
Languages:English

Company Brief

Olix
Olix designs and manufactures optical processors (Optical Tensor Processing Units) for training and running inference on large AI models, aiming to deliver higher performance and lower energy consumption than conventional silicon-based accelerators.
Industry: Deep Tech
Company Size: Medium (51 to 250 employees)
Growth: Early Stage Startup
Headquarters: London, United Kingdom
Founded: 2024
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