Five open positions across Britain's hard tech sector this week — two software, two hardware, one ops. Three of this week's picks offer visa sponsorship.
Software Engineering & AI
Pytorch Engineer — Graphcore
Graphcore builds custom AI accelerators (IPUs) from Bristol, now backed by SoftBank. This role focuses on PyTorch framework development for their purpose-built silicon, with visa sponsorship available.
- Location: Bristol
- Visa sponsorship: Yes
Software Engineer — Graphcore
Work on the software stack powering Graphcore's Intelligence Processing Units and Poplar programming framework. A core engineering role in a team designing AI chips from the ground up, with visa sponsorship.
- Location: Bristol
- Visa sponsorship: Yes
Hardware Engineering
Senior Mechanical Engineer — Olix
Olix is building an Optical Tensor Processing Unit, a photonics-based AI accelerator designed to outperform GPUs on inference workloads. This senior mechanical engineering role supports their hardware platform in London, with visa sponsorship.
- Location: London
- Salary: £124,000/yr
- Visa sponsorship: Yes
Robotics Integration Engineer — Humanoid
Humanoid builds commercially scalable humanoid robots for industrial automation, with their HMND 01 platform already trialled at the Siemens factory in Erlangen. This role brings together mechanical, electrical, and software subsystems into a working robot.
- Location: London (On-site)
Commercial & Operations
Product Manager — Helsing
Helsing is a European defence AI company valued at 12B euros, building autonomous systems across air, land, and sea. This product management role is based at their London HQ, shaping products for UK and allied defence programmes.
- Location: London
Browse the full board at hardtechuk.com/jobs. New roles added throughout the week.