Semiconductor Jobs

IonQ · Oxford

Architect and maintain UVM/SystemVerilog verification environments for complex FPGA designs, defining verification plans with constrained-random testing and functional coverage. Build automated regression suites and CI pipelines, collaborating with RTL engineers to debug and ensure reliable quantum control systems.

NVIDIA · Bristol

Lead security research, architecture and implementation for next-generation networking products, taking a hands-on role defining hardware and software security solutions. Work across teams and with external partners on IO interfaces, boot architecture, RISC-V, root-of-trust and secure platforms, guiding open-source implementation and customer threat resolution.

Renesas Electronics · Cambridge

Builds and maintains the public Altium Development Center portal plus internal tooling, working across Vue.js/Next.js/React frontends and C#, Python or Golang backends. The role sits in the Platform API team, which owns the API, applications framework and BI reporting, and involves close work with UX, product, data and DevOps colleagues to drive customer and partner adoption.

Renesas Electronics · Cambridge

Designs, builds and maintains a federated platform API, gateway service, SDKs, MCP servers and API clients, working across C#, Python and Golang. The role also covers an applications framework, BI analytics reporting and a new developer centre, with heavy cross-team collaboration and direct customer adoption support.

Hexwired Recruitment Limited · Southampton · £65,000 – £85,000 pa

Verification of RTL implementations to ensure designs meet required standards before deployment, working with SystemVerilog and UVM in a Linux environment. The role sits within an expanding electronics manufacturer and involves scripting in Python, TCL or Bash alongside digital ASIC/FPGA verification work.

Platform Recruitment · Cambridge · £100,000 – £160,000 pa

Design and develop reusable FPGA modules in SystemVerilog for deployment across multiple next-generation products, with RTL verification and timing closure work. You'll write specifications, review code and documentation, and collaborate with hardware, software and mechanical engineers in a hybrid Cambridge team.

Lumai · Oxford

Own a Python-based performance and power modelling framework predicting how photonic AI hardware runs real inference workloads, giving architecture and compiler teams a shared source of truth for latency, throughput and power. Model compute engines, interconnect, memory and bridge interfaces, validate against RTL or emulation, and run benchmarks such as UL Procyon, Geekbench AI and LLMs.

Platform Recruitment · Cambridge · £100,000 – £180,000 pa

Owns all aspects of FPGA system design, architecting and implementing RTL on high-end Xilinx/Intel devices for ultra-low-latency infrastructure. Leads micro-architecture definition, verification environments and timing closure while mentoring the FPGA team and collaborating with firmware, software and infrastructure engineers on full-stack optimisation.

Teledyne FLIR · Wilsonville, United States

This HR Business Partner role involves providing strategic people leadership to a major division within Teledyne FLIR's Defense business. The individual will partner with senior leaders globally to drive organizational effectiveness, talent development, and change management, using data-driven insights and AI-enabled analytics. The role requires proactive workforce planning, fostering inclusive culture, and supporting complex employee relations across multiple countries.

Newton Colmore · Cambridge · £60,000 – £90,000 pa

This role involves designing and developing new integrated circuits from concept to prototype, working on advanced technologies for defence and security applications. You will be responsible for the entire product lifecycle, from initial design to manufacturing, using rapid design and implementation methods.

NVIDIA · Cambridge

Develops and maintains C-based security software for NVIDIA's automotive DRIVE OS and Tegra chipsets, focusing on PKCS#11 and hardware security integration. Works across the full software lifecycle with global cross-functional teams, building tests, debugging complex system issues, and following safety and security processes.

ARM · Newport · £75 – £85 ph

Six-month contract designing FPGA solutions for a defence and aerospace client, covering requirements analysis, architectural and detailed design, implementation, verification and integration onto target platforms. The engineer also provides technical support, reviews team members' work and helps maintain the company's FPGA development processes. Hands-on VHDL work with Altera, Microsemi or Xilinx devices and simulation/synthesis tools.

Endeavour Recruitment · Bedford · £43,500 – £54,500 pa

Design and develop mixed electrical/electronic solutions from concept to completion, including analogue, digital, microprocessor, FPGA and power electronics for harsh environments. Based on-site at Ampthill, reporting to the Design Team Lead, the role covers circuit simulation, EMC awareness, testing and technical documentation within a phase-gate process.

CBSbutler Holdings Limited trading as CBSbutler · Newport · £80 – £85 ph

Deliver FPGA development work packages end to end, from requirements analysis and architectural design through VHDL implementation, simulation, verification and integration into target hardware. Work onsite in South Wales on complex hardware projects, reporting progress against cost, schedule and quality targets, with scope to lead and review engineering work.

George Blake · Camberley

Hands-on senior role spanning analogue and digital circuit design, embedded C/C++ and FPGA logic for sophisticated instrumentation. You will refine existing designs, diagnose faults across hardware and software, use Python for test automation, and provide technical direction in design reviews without direct reports.