Careers
We are growing our team to deliver on an exciting, high impact, open-source roadmap in collaboration with Google and other industry partners.
What it is like to work at lowRISC
lowRISC offers a friendly and diverse environment both for graduates and experienced engineers. Being a small company, we encourage employees to cut across disciplines and move between projects. This, together with our open communication and strong technical focus provides a nurturing environment for their personal development.
At lowRISC we are all about commercially deployable open-source, and our designs and related deliverables like documentation and software are highly visible and must be of very high quality. We invest heavily in strong engineering systems and tooling so that the quality of our deliverables is a source of pride for our employees. You can get a sense of our activities from the lowRISC GitHub repo.
lowRISC culture is open, respectful, inclusive and professional. Our open-source ethos also permeates into our company values.
Locations and hybrid working
We have offices in Cambridge and Zurich. Both cities have become exciting technology hubs around two of the best technical universities in Europe.
Cambridge is a beautiful city with a medieval town centre, located in one of the driest parts of England. It is often ranked as one of the most desirable places to live in the UK. Our office is located a short walk away from the train station and the buzzing city centre.
Zurich consistently ranks among the world’s best cities for well-being, cleanliness, and efficient services. It is English friendly and located only a short drive away from the Swiss Alps. Our office is located in the Zurich Technopark, and easily accessible by public transport.
At lowRISC we support flexible and hybrid working. We believe that offices are important for employees to learn from each other, collaborate on difficult issues, and develop human connections. Therefore, we expect employees to spend significant time in the office, but we allow flexibility in working patterns and hybrid working is the norm across engineering.
What we look for in employees
Our engineers work mostly in the open. As a result, we look for employees who are technically strong and responsible for the quality of what they produce, and who can develop relationships with other engineers working on the same projects.
We always welcome speculative applications, and have a list of vacancies that changes depending on the gaps we can see in upcoming projects.
Benefits
lowRISC offers a generous benefits package including those below.
For suitable candidates lowRISC offers visa sponsorship and assistance with both domestic and international relocation.
25 days annual leave plus 8 bank holidays in the UK- 12.5% employer’s pension contribution (subject to employee salary sacrifice of 6%)
- 4 weeks paid sabbatical after 4 years service
- Private Medical Insurance, Group Income Protection Insurance, Critical Illness Insurance, Life Insurance (includes employee assistance apps Wecare and Digicare+)
- The opportunity to attend appropriate Industry conferences and/or training
25 days annual leave plus 9 bank holidays increasing to 30 days at age 50 years- Pension (BVG) – lowRISC and the employee each contribute 0.5 percentage points more than the statutory minimum rate
- 4 weeks paid sabbatical after 4 years service
- The opportunity to attend appropriate Industry conferences and/or training
25 days annual leave plus 9 bank