EPIC Centre Tech Stack

Hardware innovation centre for photonics, microelectronics, and GPU-accelerated systems

Technology, Information and Internet Paignton, England 201–500 employees Founded 2019 Public Company

EPIC Centre operates as a shared-access fabrication and testing facility for high-tech hardware R&D, with a tech stack spanning photonics design (SolidWorks, Vivado, SystemVerilog), embedded systems (ARM, RISC-V, ASIC), and GPU-accelerated AI workloads (CUDA, PyTorch, vLLM). Active project focus on custom IC design, GPU-photonics connectivity, and optimizing multi-node AI/ML performance reveals a shift toward systems-level integration—moving beyond discrete component prototyping into end-to-end platform validation. Engineering-only hiring, currently decelerating, suggests the team is stabilizing after build-out rather than scaling new capability areas.

Tech Stack 33 technologies

Core StackSolidWorks Python C++ C# Linux PyTorch Kubernetes Docker BERT ASIC ARM Microblaze RISC-V C PCIe CUDA NVIDIA Nsight Systems SASS NCCL Open MPI InfiniBand libfabric vLLM SLURM SystemVerilog Verilog VHDL Questa ModelSim Vivado+3 more

What EPIC Centre Is Building

◆Challenges

Reduce test time
Improve throughput
Enhance performance analysis
Co-optimize ai/ml stack with network hardware
Performance bottlenecks in gpu communication
Scalability across multi-node environments

▲Active Projects

Intelligent test frameworks for optical network system
Optimised test flows integration into high-volume manufacturing
Custom ic design for photonics modules
Hardware validation and system integration
Gpu-photonics connectivity
Pcie driver development
Network control and monitoring
New product introduction
Integrating middleware communication libraries for ai/ml workloads
Designing custom gpu communication kernels

Hiring Activity

Decelerating8 roles · 2 in 30d

Department

Engineering

Seniority

Mid

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Junior

Lead

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About EPIC Centre

EPIC Centre is a £8m innovation facility in Paignton, Devon, providing shared-access cleanroom (ISO Class 7) and laboratory infrastructure to hardware startups and mid-market tech companies. The centre operates a portfolio of services spanning R&D prototyping, custom IC design, device packaging, wire and die bonding, X-Ray microscopy, laser etching, and 3D printing. Current workload clusters around photonics modules, microelectronics, and emerging GPU-network integration projects. The resident client base spans medtech, electronics, and AI systems vendors. EPIC functions as both a landlord (office and lab space) and an active engineering partner on validation and manufacturing-readiness workflows.

HeadquartersPaignton, England

Company Size201–500 employees

Founded2019

Hiring MarketsUnited Kingdom

Frequently Asked Questions

What tech stack does EPIC Centre use?

Core tools: SolidWorks (CAD), Vivado and Questa (FPGA/ASIC design), SystemVerilog/Verilog/VHDL (HDL), Python and C/C# (embedded/systems code), CUDA and PyTorch (GPU acceleration), Kubernetes and Docker (infrastructure). Also: ARM, RISC-V, PCIe, InfiniBand, NVIDIA Nsight Systems, SLURM for HPC workloads.

What is EPIC Centre working on?

Active projects include custom IC design for photonics modules, GPU-photonics connectivity, intelligent test frameworks for optical networks, PCIe driver development, multi-node GPU communication kernel optimization, and integrating AI/ML middleware libraries into hardware validation flows.