Description
Xilinx Datacentre division with offices in the Cambridge UK is on a rapid growth path and has roles for PhD and early career candidates to join our software engineering team in 2022. Successful candidates will be working on products at the leading edge of computer and network architecture. Next generation products being developed target the phenomenal growth in data-rates, achieving designs with transaction rates in the billions per second per device, each device scaling out to every system in cloud datacentres.
Successful candidates will join a team most relevant to their experience and after initial product training, rapidly start contributing to the team’s development goals.
Depending on experience and the assigned team, the types of software development can encompass embedded computing, networking, hypervisor virtualization, cryptography, storage, operating system/datacentre design, distributed systems, software and systems architecture, trusted secure computing, hardware modelling, high-level FPGA synthesis , VLSI design, performance optimization, continuous integration and automated test.
Some opportunities include working in opensource communities and working directly with customers, that include working with some of the world’s leading technology companies. All roles require working across the global teams within Xilinx. Xilinx offers flexible pathways for career development.
At Xilinx, we are leading the industry transformation to build an adaptable, intelligent world. ARE YOU bold, collaborative, and creative? We develop leaders and innovators who want to revolutionize the world of technology. We believe that by embracing diverse ideas, pushing boundaries, and working together as ONEXILINX, anything is possible.
Our culture of innovation began with the invention of the Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA), and with the 2018 introduction of our Adaptive Compute Acceleration Platform (ACAP), has made a quantum leap in capability, solidifying our role as the adaptable platform supplier of choice. From the beginning, we have always believed in providing inventors with products and platforms that are infinitely adaptable. From self-driving cars, to world-record genome processing, to AI and big data, to the world's first 5G networks, we empower the world's builders and visionaries whose ideas solve every day problems and improve people's lives.
If you are PASSIONATE, ADAPTABLE, and INNOVATIVE, Xilinx is the right place for you! At Xilinx, we care deeply about creating significant development experiences while building a strong sense of belonging and connection. We champion an environment of empowered learning, wellness, community engagement, and recognition, so you can focus on work that matters - world class technology that improves the way we live and work. We are ONEXILINX.
Requirements
PhD qualified available from 2022 or candidates with 1-2 years of relevant post graduate industry experience.
Bachelors or Masters Computer Science or Electronic Engineering, with consideration given to other science/math’s degrees.
Candidates experience should demonstrate proven successes in software development practices with hands-on execution, showing knowledge of key software engineering tools and working practices.
Knowledge of distributed version control/code collaboration (i.e. git/github), software development on Linux-OSes, scripting languages (python or other), C/C++ or other core languages and good foundational understanding of networking and computer design.