Semiconductor Jobs

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.

Forefront RF · Cambridge

Owns and develops the Quality Management System to ISO 9001 standards, establishing scalable quality and reliability processes for new product introduction, qualification and manufacturing ramp. Leads reliability testing, failure analysis and root cause investigations while managing quality relationships with foundries, OSATs and test providers, and supports customer qualification requirements.

Renesas Electronics · Edinburgh

Hands-on lab role supporting hardware development and evaluation, building, modifying and repairing electronic hardware. You will assemble and rework PCBs, commission evaluation boards, manage component and equipment inventory, coordinate with suppliers, and train engineers on soldering and lab best practices.

Anonymous · London

Develops FPGA-based digital control hardware for next-generation photonic quantum computing systems, covering architecture, RTL design, simulation, synthesis, timing analysis and verification. Works in a multidisciplinary R&D team with electronics engineers, physicists and software developers on high-speed, low-latency control and signal processing, including ADC/DAC interfacing and hardware bring-up.

Theo James Recruitment · Newton Aycliffe · £53,350 pa

Carry out planned and preventative maintenance, respond to breakdowns and perform electrical, electronic and mechanical fault finding on sophisticated semiconductor production equipment. Work within a multi-skilled engineering team alongside Process Engineering, supporting continuous improvement, major fault investigations and the training of fellow technicians and apprentices.

Platform Recruitment · Southampton · £30,000 – £35,000 pa

Manufacture specialist optical devices across a production facility and university cleanroom, running wafer and chip-level processes such as photolithography, sputtering, furnace processing, dicing, polishing and inspection. Maintain production logs, quality documentation and cleanroom standards while reporting process issues and supporting continuous improvement in an advanced photonics and quantum technology setting.

Shorterm Group · Cambridge · £45,000 – £65,000 pa

Hands-on product development role spanning the full electronics lifecycle, from requirements and circuit design through PCB layout, manufacture, integration, testing and validation. You'll design analogue and digital circuits, manage PCB fabrication with external suppliers, and debug prototype hardware while collaborating closely with software, optics and mechanical engineers on advanced sensing and measurement systems.

Huber+Suhner Polatis · Cambridge

Design, verify and validate FPGA solutions for optical networking products, implementing VHDL logic on Xilinx Artix-7 devices using Vivado. Work spans requirements capture, test benches, timing closure, CDC analysis and lab bring-up with logic analysers, collaborating closely with electronics and software engineers.

Theo James Recruitment · Newton Aycliffe · £53,350 pa

Multi-skilled maintenance role in a specialist semiconductor manufacturing environment, covering planned and preventative maintenance, breakdown response and electrical, electronic and mechanical fault finding. You will drive equipment improvements, support continuous improvement and structured problem-solving, liaise with vendors and train fellow technicians and apprentices on a 4-day, 12-hour day shift pattern.

Platform Recruitment · Bristol · £55,000 pa

Develops custom embedded Linux images with Yocto, writing BitBake recipes, layers and BSPs, and building C/C++ software for ARM and SoC platforms. Involves Linux kernel, bootloader and device-driver integration, hardware bring-up and debugging, plus prototype support and technical trials within an R&D team working on communications, RF and sensor systems.

Octagon Group · Andover · £40,000 – £45,000 pa

Hands-on maintenance engineering role in an ISO 7 semiconductor assembly and test facility, covering scheduled preventative maintenance, fault investigation and repairs. Involves servicing HVAC, HEPA filtration and LEV systems, supporting utilities such as compressed air, nitrogen and power, and coordinating external service engineers alongside Production, Process Engineering and Quality.

ARCA · Nailsea

Designs and develops electrical modules and sub-assemblies for specialist environmental technology systems used in semiconductor manufacturing, taking products from initial design through verification and documentation. Works within a multidisciplinary team, selecting components, running calculations and tests, and producing models, drawings and bills of materials to machinery safety and industry standards.

KBM Resourcing · Germany

Design and verify FPGA solutions using VHDL/Verilog for high-integrity aerospace and defence systems. Work within a multidisciplinary team to implement real-time, embedded FPGA functionality, ensuring robust integration and traceability across the development lifecycle.

Teledyne FLIR · Chelmsford

Hands-on electronics role supporting silicon wafer processing, package and test equipment across three cleanroom areas. You respond rapidly to equipment faults, lead preventive maintenance and installations, manage contractors and risk assessments, and work with gases, chemicals, robotics, vacuum and electronics on a double day shift.

Analog Devices · Edinburgh

Lead verification of complex mixed-signal ICs across the full development cycle, from concept and verification planning through implementation, execution and release. Develop UVM and formal testbench architectures, define coverage and closure metrics, debug gate-level simulations, and mentor junior engineers while leading IP or SoC verification efforts.