21 jobs for “Semiconductor Design Engineer”
Semtech Bristol
Lead a Bristol team of analog IC design engineers, spanning associate to senior level, with direct oversight of performance, development and recruitment. The role is hands-on, guiding complex design work while managing project schedules, budgets and cross-functional priorities for optical communications ICs such as laser drivers, TIAs and transceivers.
Semtech Sevenoaks
Leads a multidisciplinary team of analog circuit and layout engineers across multiple high-speed IC product lines, owning the full NPI lifecycle from product definition to volume production. Drives tape-out, qualification, post-silicon bring-up and performance optimisation for TIAs and laser driver ICs up to 200G, working with teams in Stansted and Ottawa.
Renesas Electronics Edinburgh
Provide technical leadership for a global engineering compute and design-data-management environment, combining hands-on CAD work with infrastructure ownership. You will own Perforce Helix and IPLM methodologies, build Python and shell automation, and guide migration from legacy data platforms. The role spans Linux compute environments, EDA tool configuration, documentation and training across distributed semiconductor teams.
Renesas Electronics Swindon
Provide technical leadership for a global engineering compute and design-data-management environment, combining hands-on CAD work with Perforce Helix and IPLM-based data management. You will develop Linux-based engineering environments, Python and shell automation, project/workspace methodologies, and migration paths from legacy platforms, while supporting EDA tool integration and training engineering teams.
Analog Devices Edinburgh
Work alongside experienced engineers on the design, simulation, and characterization of high-performance analog and mixed-signal ICs, including amplifiers, filters, data converters, and clocking solutions. Gain hands-on experience with Cadence and SPICE across circuit design, layout, silicon validation, and laboratory testing throughout the full IC development lifecycle.
Analog Devices Edinburgh
Join a collaborative Edinburgh team developing low-power analog and power-management IP for highly integrated mixed-signal ICs. The intern contributes to architecture, transistor-level design, simulation and verification of DC/DC converter IP such as buck, boost and buck-boost topologies, including analog sub-circuits like error amplifiers, comparators and gate drivers. Work spans behavioural modelling, layout review and potentially laboratory silicon evaluation.
Forefront RF Cambridge
Hands-on technical lead for RF subsystem design, simulation and validation, covering circuits such as LNAs, PAs, filters and duplexers. Owns performance, quality and delivery against system architecture, runs design reviews and verification (S-parameters, NF, phase noise, EVM, ACPR), and mentors RF engineers while working with the System Architect and manufacturing teams.
BMR Solutions Clevedon £63,000 pa
Lead, mentor and grow a team of Electrical Engineers, driving electrical system and subsystem design from concept through to customer commissioning and field trials. Ensure compliance with safety and EMC standards, manage technical risks and validation, and promote standardisation and modularity. Works on semiconductor equipment within a hybrid Bristol-based engineering business.
Reperio Human Capital Cork, Ireland £103,589 – £129,486 pa
Lead and grow a verification team while remaining hands-on with mixed-signal power ICs. You define verification strategy, methodology and sign-off criteria, architect UVM/SystemVerilog environments at block, subsystem and SoC level, and own verification plans, regressions and coverage closure. Works closely with design, firmware, applications and test teams, with three days a week on site in Cork.
University of Warwick Coventry £21,805 pa
Develops medium-voltage solid-state transformer cells for hyperscale AI data centres and net-zero grids, tackling high-frequency power conversion, compact magnetic links and electrical-thermal degradation under high-dv/dt stress. Combines multi-physics finite-element modelling in ANSYS/COMSOL with experimental validation in a high-voltage power electronics lab, culminating in a scaled hardware prototype.
Pragmatic Semiconductor Durham
Operate die prep tools and equipment, perform wafer inspection under a microscope, handle wafers and carry out manual tag assembly on a continental shift pattern. Work to SOPs, run process checks and keep activity logs in a lab environment, with full training provided and no formal qualifications required.
Pragmatic Semiconductor Durham
Owns metal-oxide PVD process development, qualification and sustaining on 300mm production tools, defining process windows and driving SPC, Cpk and root-cause investigations for yield-limiting film issues. Combines deep technical leadership of reactive sputtering with line management of a small deposition team, partnering with equipment, integration and reliability engineers.
Octagon Group Southampton £30,000 – £35,000 pa
Hands-on fabrication of specialist optical devices in a cleanroom, using photolithography, etching, dicing and other semiconductor processes to support development and manufacture of advanced optical components. The role splits time between the company's site and the University of Southampton's specialist fabrication facilities, working alongside experienced technicians and engineers.
Pertemps Bristol Industrial Gloucester £32 ph
Assemble mechanical components and sub-assemblies for vacuum systems used in semiconductor manufacturing. Work involves reading engineering drawings, using hand tools, and installing pipework and insulation. Multiple shift patterns available, including a high-paying short-term contract.
Search Consultancy Greenock £13 – £17 ph
Working within a clean room environment, you will support the semiconductor manufacturing process by following set procedures and maintaining high standards of cleanliness and accuracy in line with health and safety guidelines. Full training is provided, so no prior manufacturing experience is needed, and you will work rotational 12-hour day and night shifts as part of a team.
