Five open positions across Britain's hard tech sector this week — two software, two hardware, one ops.
Software Engineering & AI
Staff Research Scientist, Reinforce Learning — Wayve
Apply reinforcement learning to Wayve's end-to-end AI driver, which learns to drive directly from camera data rather than HD maps and hand-coded rules. A senior research role at one of Europe's best-funded AI companies.
- Location: London (Hybrid)
- Visa sponsorship: Yes
Staff Software Engineer, Infrastructure - Python & Kubernetes — PhysicsX
Build the Python and Kubernetes infrastructure behind PhysicsX's AI-native simulation platform, which predicts product behaviour in seconds for aerospace, semiconductor and energy customers. Backed by a £225M Series C in 2026.
- Location: London (Hybrid)
Hardware Engineering
Senior Radar Systems Engineer — CHAOS Industries
Develop radar and sensing systems for CHAOS Industries, the $4.5bn defence tech company behind the Vanquish counter-drone radar and its Coherent Distributed Networks platform, from its London team.
- Location: London (On-site)
Staff SoC Architect — Graphcore
Shape the system-on-chip architecture for Graphcore's next generation of AI accelerators. The Bristol chip designer, now owned by SoftBank, is expanding its UK headcount towards 750.
- Location: Bristol (Hybrid)
Commercial & Operations
Ecosystem Manager, AI Materials Foundry — CuspAI
Grow CuspAI's AI Materials Foundry, a network of 45+ partners including NVIDIA, Samsung and Applied Materials pairing generative materials discovery with lab synthesis. CuspAI recently raised a $450M Series B.
- Location: London (Hybrid)
Browse the full board at hardtechuk.com/jobs. New roles added throughout the week.