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This includes lowRISC’s flagship OpenTitan project - the largest open source silicon project in the world.\nThrough projects like OpenTitan we partner with organisations such as ETH Zürich, G+D Mobile Security, Google and Nuvoton. We also maintain close links to researchers in computer architecture at the University of Cambridge amongst other research communities.\nAbout the role\nWe are looking for an experienced Technical Project Manager to join our engineering team and deliver complex silicon subsystem and chip design projects. 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