Semiconductor Jobs in Cardiff

Open roles
3
Salary range
£56k – £96k
Hiring companies
2
Salary on the board

£56k – £96k

Based on advertised midpoints across the 3 UK listings priced in pounds in the last 12 months. Base salary only.

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3 live roles

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Field Service Engineer - Semiconductor Equipment

  • Cardiff
  • Remote
  • £55,000 – £80,000 pa

Home-based field service role travelling worldwide to customer sites to repair, maintain, install and commission semiconductor manufacturing equipment, including ion implantation, diffusion/CVD furnaces and etch tools. Engineers also deliver on-site process support, troubleshooting and customer training, with extended periods away from home.

Ion Implantation · Diffusion Furnaces · CVD Furnaces +3

Last week

Jackie Kerr Recruitment

Senior Process Engineer

  • Cardiff
  • £60,000 – £70,000 pa
  • Senior
  • Permanent

Day-to-day, you will support the operation and performance of MOCVD and MBE epitaxial reactors, generating growth recipes, adjusting process parameters and monitoring reactor health using SPC methods. The role covers troubleshooting, failure analysis, process qualification and reactor scheduling within a growing manufacturing team, with MES used to record work for traceability. Indium phosphide expertise is central to the position.

MOCVD · MBE · Manufacturing Execution System

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Jackie Kerr Recruitment

InP Process Engineering Manager

  • Cardiff
  • £70,000 – £100,000 pa
  • Senior · manages people

Lead a Process Engineering team in a specialist semiconductor manufacturing environment, overseeing MOCVD and MBE epitaxial reactors to ensure product quality, yield and equipment uptime. The role combines technical and people leadership, driving process development, SPC-based monitoring, troubleshooting and continuous improvement across Production and R&D, while managing budgets and liaising with customers and external technical partners.

MOCVD · MBE · Manufacturing Execution System +1

Last week

Roles further afield

A little outside Cardiff, but within reach.

Hexwired Recruitment Limited

FPGA Engineer

  • Bristol
  • £65,000 – £75,000 pa
  • Senior

Designs RTL for next-generation communication systems, working on both FPGA and ASIC platforms using Verilog or SystemVerilog. The role sits within an expanding electronics manufacturer and calls for signal processing or digital communications knowledge plus scripting, typically in Python.

Verilog · SystemVerilog · Python

Today

Matchtech

Principal FPGA Engineer

  • Bristol
  • Lead

Lead FPGA and SoC design for airborne imaging and sensor systems, owning architecture for video processing, sensor integration, stabilisation and control. Hands-on work spans RTL development in VHDL/SystemVerilog, simulation, synthesis, timing closure, hardware bring-up and verification, plus mentoring junior engineers and reviewing schematics and constraints.

Xilinx · AMD · Intel +4

Yesterday

Mane Contract Services

Quality Engineer

  • Bristol
  • £23 – £24 ph
  • Mid-level
  • Contract

Drive quality improvements across manufacturing, engineering and supplier operations, maintaining the ISO 9001:2015 QMS, conducting internal and supplier audits, and managing SCARs. Investigate non-conformances, support NPI and First Article Inspections, and monitor KPIs with Power BI reporting. Based in Bristol on an initial six-month contract within a leading engineering and manufacturing business.

Power BI · SharePoint · Microsoft Office +2

2 days ago

Dabster Systems Ireland Limited

Design verification Engineer

  • Bristol
  • Remote
  • £50 – £60 ph
  • Senior

Verification of a next-generation multi-die SoC, covering subsystem- and SoC-level functional verification with SystemVerilog/UVM and processor-driven C test programs on embedded cores. Involves adapting existing UVM environments, debugging RTL simulation failures, running regressions and driving functional coverage closure, with scripting in Python, Perl or shell.

SystemVerilog · UVM · ARM +3

2 days ago

Graphcore

Senior Board Test Engineer

  • Bristol
  • Senior

Develop manufacturing tests for advanced PCB assemblies, analysing designs for testability and manufacturing risks. Build boundary scan and embedded functional tests, diagnose faults to component level, and deploy and support solutions in factory and field environments alongside design and manufacturing teams.

JTAG · Boundary Scan · ICT +5

Clearance required 3 days ago

Graphcore

Lab Technician

  • Bristol
  • On-site

Support the facilities behind AI hardware bring-up, validation and characterisation in Bristol laboratories. You'll perform preventative maintenance, calibrate and troubleshoot test equipment, manage assets, handle board and cable modifications, and shape standard operating procedures while mentoring junior colleagues.

Oscilloscopes · Logic Analysers · Power Supplies +4

Last week

Graphcore

Programme Manager

  • Bristol
  • Senior

Coordinates manufacturing test delivery for New Product Introductions, connecting chip, board and system test, lab operations and silicon characterisation into one programme. Supports DfX reviews, manages cross-functional plans and improves NPI/NPD processes across globally distributed teams in Product Test and Diagnosis.

Last week

Graphcore

Principal Hardware Test Engineer

  • Bristol
  • Lead

Lead advanced manufacturing test strategy for complex circuit board assemblies, defining methods and evaluation criteria across optical and X-ray inspection, in-circuit test, boundary scan and functional test. Set direction, mentor engineers and work closely with design, manufacturing, silicon and CEM partners to improve defect coverage and diagnostic resolution.

JTAG 1149.x · iJTAG · MDA +1

2 weeks ago

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