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# Senior System Architect

- **Company:** Spectrum IT Recruitment
- **Location:** Chilworth, UK
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** £80,000.0 - £85,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** LTE (Telecommunication), Architectural Patterns, C++ (Programming Language), Field-Programmable Gate Array (FPGA), Python (Programming Language), MATLAB, Software Architecture, Signal Processing, Systems Architecture, Application Specific Integrated Circuits, 5G NR, Hardware Acceleration
- **Published:** October 31, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.adzuna.co.uk/jobs/details/5946832042

## About the Role

* Proven experience in system architecture, requirements analysis and technical design
 * Strong background in signal processing, modem design or communications systems
 * Experience defining hardware/software architectures and evaluating implementation constraints
 * Ability to assess architectural and algorithm trade-offs across software, FPGA and ASIC platforms
 * Proficiency in MATLAB, Python and C++ for modelling, analysis and development
 * Knowledge of 3GPP standards, including 5G NR or significant 4G LTE experience
 * Strong analytical, problem-solving and communication skills
 * Desirable: experience developing complex IP for FPGA or ASIC implementation
 * Desirable: experience taking products from FPGA-based designs towards ASIC deployment
 * Desirable: experience with hardware acceleration and digital signal processing
 * Desirable: experience with fixed-point design, modelling and implementation
 * Desirable: customer-facing technical collaboration experience
 * Desirable: contributions to product roadmaps, technology strategy or long-term architectural planning

## Description

* 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

Technologies:

 * Architect
 * FPGA
 * Hardware
 * Support
 * Matlab
 * Python