Science and Technology Lead - AI Hardware Systems
Location
London, England, United Kingdom
Employment TypeFull-time
Posted At4/23/2026
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Description
Department: Programmes
Location: London
Compensation: £70,000 - £105,000 / year
Description
Salary Levels: £70,000, £90,000, £105,000 (offers will be calibrated on benchmarked experience levels and assessment against our selection criteria)
Location: Kings X, London; Tues - Thurs (3 days) at HQ, Monday + Friday, anywhere
Employment Type: Full-time
Contract: Permanent
About ARIAARIA is a new R&D funding agency built to unlock technological breakthroughs that benefit everyone. We fund scientists and engineers to pursue research at the edge of the possible.
From climate change to AI, society faces enormous challenges and opportunities that can be uniquely addressed by science and technology. ARIA was created to activate the UK’s world-class R&D in new ways, so we can meet these head on.
Our success is shaped by one question: how will ARIA transform the lives of the UK’s future generations? Whether that’s a life-changing new technology or a burgeoning new industry, it should be obvious that ARIA played a catalytic role.
If you want to help make breakthroughs like these possible, come and build ARIA with us.
Learn more here.
Role Summary
As an ARIA Science and Technology Lead, you will have the rare chance to catalyse breakthroughs that could change the world. You'll sit alongside Programme Director Suraj Bramhavar and their Programme Specialist on ARIA's Scaling Compute programme (including the newly announced Scaling Inference Lab). You’ll be exposed to every aspect of the programme's technical management from design through approval, project selection, and delivery.
Your impact will extend beyond a single programme; you will play a key role in strengthening the wider Nature Computes Better opportunity space, with a deep, evolving understanding of programmes and projects over time. As Programme Directors join the opportunity space and new programmes are launched, you will surface insights that build on existing ARIA-funded technologies, accelerate discovery, and turn past lessons into future breakthroughs, maximising impact across the portfolio.
We’re looking for an adaptable technical professional who’s strongly motivated by the opportunity to catalyse a technological step change. You’ll be working in a bold, talented & agile team, funding projects (‘Creators’) across the entire R&D ecosystem, from startups to universities, in the pursuit of groundbreaking advancements that will shape the future of science & technology.
Meet Suraj Bramhavar
Location: London
Compensation: £70,000 - £105,000 / year
Description
Salary Levels: £70,000, £90,000, £105,000 (offers will be calibrated on benchmarked experience levels and assessment against our selection criteria)
Location: Kings X, London; Tues - Thurs (3 days) at HQ, Monday + Friday, anywhere
Employment Type: Full-time
Contract: Permanent
About ARIAARIA is a new R&D funding agency built to unlock technological breakthroughs that benefit everyone. We fund scientists and engineers to pursue research at the edge of the possible.
From climate change to AI, society faces enormous challenges and opportunities that can be uniquely addressed by science and technology. ARIA was created to activate the UK’s world-class R&D in new ways, so we can meet these head on.
Our success is shaped by one question: how will ARIA transform the lives of the UK’s future generations? Whether that’s a life-changing new technology or a burgeoning new industry, it should be obvious that ARIA played a catalytic role.
If you want to help make breakthroughs like these possible, come and build ARIA with us.
Learn more here.
Role Summary
As an ARIA Science and Technology Lead, you will have the rare chance to catalyse breakthroughs that could change the world. You'll sit alongside Programme Director Suraj Bramhavar and their Programme Specialist on ARIA's Scaling Compute programme (including the newly announced Scaling Inference Lab). You’ll be exposed to every aspect of the programme's technical management from design through approval, project selection, and delivery.
Your impact will extend beyond a single programme; you will play a key role in strengthening the wider Nature Computes Better opportunity space, with a deep, evolving understanding of programmes and projects over time. As Programme Directors join the opportunity space and new programmes are launched, you will surface insights that build on existing ARIA-funded technologies, accelerate discovery, and turn past lessons into future breakthroughs, maximising impact across the portfolio.
We’re looking for an adaptable technical professional who’s strongly motivated by the opportunity to catalyse a technological step change. You’ll be working in a bold, talented & agile team, funding projects (‘Creators’) across the entire R&D ecosystem, from startups to universities, in the pursuit of groundbreaking advancements that will shape the future of science & technology.
Meet Suraj Bramhavar
Suraj Bramhavar is an electrical engineer and member of ARIA’s first cohort of Programme Directors. His work focuses on how we can redefine the way computers process information to build dramatically more efficient computers. Suraj joined ARIA from Sync Computing, where he was co-founder and CTO. Prior to that he was a scientist at MIT Lincoln Laboratory and Intel Labs.
Suraj Bramhavar is leading an ARIA programme to reduce the cost of AI hardware by 1000x.
Find out more about what they’re working on here.
“I am looking for someone to be a true thought partner in defining a roadmap for future AI systems. This role will help identify innovative technologies (both inside or outside our existing portfolio), estimate when/how they can be reasonably inserted in working systems, and figure out how ARIA’s programmes can facilitate it all. In addition to that, you will have a hand in identifying orthogonal opportunities to build research programmes within the Nature Computes Better Opportunity Space ”
Suraj Bramhavar, Programme Director
What You'll Do
The scope of the role will evolve as ARIA continues to grow, but will broadly involve the following:
Technical Programme Advisory and Support
Suraj Bramhavar is leading an ARIA programme to reduce the cost of AI hardware by 1000x.
Find out more about what they’re working on here.
“I am looking for someone to be a true thought partner in defining a roadmap for future AI systems. This role will help identify innovative technologies (both inside or outside our existing portfolio), estimate when/how they can be reasonably inserted in working systems, and figure out how ARIA’s programmes can facilitate it all. In addition to that, you will have a hand in identifying orthogonal opportunities to build research programmes within the Nature Computes Better Opportunity Space ”
Suraj Bramhavar, Programme Director
What You'll Do
The scope of the role will evolve as ARIA continues to grow, but will broadly involve the following:
Technical Programme Advisory and Support
- Act as the technical lead, with the Programme Director and their Programme Specialist, to shape and deliver a bold programme of research aimed at reducing the cost of AI hardware by 1000x.
- You will serve as the ‘first user’ of the technologies being developed within the programme.
- Review project proposals, grant applications, assess technical milestones, and stay close to the ground on what’s being built and tested by Creator teams.
- Plan, lead, and contribute to technical discussions in project meetings, workshops, and formal reviews, bringing depth, challenge, and direction to every interaction.
- Provide evidence-based technical insight to the Programme Director and the ARIA team to support high-quality decisions and sharpen the programme’s strategic direction.
- Represent the programme, often on behalf of the Programme Director, at events, workshops and talks.
- Support the broader opportunity space by identifying and developing innovative ways to expand it, bringing in new ideas, talent, and opportunities that deliver long-term value beyond the immediate needs of one programme.
- Build trusted relationships with world-class researchers, labs, and founders working at the forefront of the programme’s focus area, as well as the broader opportunity space.
- Work closely with ARIA’s Activation Partners to ensure Creator teams can access the right tools, platforms, and networks to accelerate translation and achieve impact beyond ARIA’s direct reach.
Define and Cultivate ARIA’s Technical Culture
Essential Criteria
- Collaborate across ARIA on funding models, budgets, tooling, and operational mechanisms to support effective, flexible funding and programme delivery.
- Contribute as a member of ARIA’s team of Science and Technology Leads, sharing best practices and learnings between programmes to strengthen ARIA’s overall portfolio of work.
- Identify opportunities to expand the opportunity space and build the connective tissue between adjacent spaces.
- Help build and sustain ARIA’s scientific and operational culture.
Essential Criteria
- You have first-hand exposure to building/running modern AI models or building systems using those models.
- You have proven adept at learning new ideas/technologies extremely quickly, assessing their risks, and understanding how they may fit into or shift existing industries.
- You are familiar with a variety of programming languages/frameworks and have demonstrated proficiency with at least one.
- You have built something tangible yourself from start to finish in any engineering capacity that was used by someone other than yourself.
- You can uncover non-obvious opportunities and risks, connecting teams, ideas, and research threads in novel ways that drive adoption and translation.
- Highly adaptable, you are okay with uncertainty and a fast-paced environment.
- You comprehend and articulate complex concepts clearly and with conviction, think and communicate with structure, and interrogate ideas effectively.
- You have hands-on experience with the modern AI software stack (PyTorch/JAX/ CUDA/Triton/etc).
- You have a solid understanding of modern AI architectures (e.g., Transformers, Diffusion Models, etc.) and you can clearly articulate a view of existing system-level performance limitations for each.
You have a Scientific qualification, with a preference for PhD or other deeper technical experience in one of the listed areas of interest, or similar; AI System Design.
Benefits
- 27 days annual leave provision, with the option to buy/sell additional days
- Hybrid working arrangements; 60% in office / 40% at home
- Supportive environment for learning and development opportunities
- Enhanced family leave arrangements
- A free and confidential 24/7 employee assistance programme
- 2 days of paid volunteer days
- 5% defined contribution pension scheme with Smart Pension
- Cycle to Work scheme
- An excellent office location in Kings X, London
If you require any reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process, please notify us and we will make every effort to accommodate you. Disclosing any requests are intended to provide ARIA with the best opportunity to support candidates and will have no negative impact on your recruitment process.
Please note; You will be required, as and when necessary, to travel to different locations around the UK and internationally to support projects, depending on the Programme you are designated to.
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