Semiconductor Jobs in Bristol

• Bristol
• £45,000 pa
• Entry level
• Permanent

Two-year graduate programme supporting silicon packaging and PCB assembly production in Taiwan, analysing performance data and using test design to investigate hardware and software issues. You'll contribute to quality planning, audits, process control, component selection and bill of materials management, working with Product Test, Quality and Supply Chain teams across the UK, Taiwan and India.

• Bristol

Owns verification of complex AI compute silicon, ensuring RTL matches architecture specifications. Plans verification, defines coverage, generates tests, diagnoses failures and improves shared infrastructure, working closely with Architecture, Logical Design and Physical Design teams across multiple UK sites.

UVM · SVA · Git +2

• Bristol
• Remote
• Lead

Customer-facing technical strategist driving design wins for high-speed analog ICs (drivers, TIAs, copper redrivers) with Tier 1 hyperscalers and EMEA optical accounts. Leads co-development of 1.6T/3.2T interconnect, signal integrity and transceiver validation, while also supporting PON and Mobile Transport accounts and influencing product roadmaps.

IEEE 802.3 · OIF · ITU-T PON +7

• Bristol
• Hybrid · 4 days in office
• Senior

Lead bench PVT characterization for high-speed optical and electrical signal integrity products, developing automated test environments and analyzing complex datasets. Work with an international team across the UK, Canada, US and Mexico, using Python automation and mentoring junior engineers in a lab-based NPI role.

Python

• Bristol
• On-site
• Mid-level
• Permanent

Contribute technically to next-generation AI superchips, delivering sign-off-quality layouts in leading-edge process technologies. Work spans floorplanning, synthesis, place and route, CTS, timing analysis, physical verification and flow/tool development in Tcl and Python, collaborating closely with RTL, verification, DFT, architecture and packaging teams. Engineers are trusted to own their designs and improve flows, methodologies and infrastructure.

Tcl · Python · GDSII +7

• Bristol

Define and implement DFT architecture and features for next-generation AI silicon aimed at data centre applications, developing DFT flows and methodologies and supporting their verification. Work spans structural test vectors, test coverage, scan-based testing and ATPG, alongside silicon bring-up and yield learning with design, verification, physical design and product engineering teams.

VCS · Verdi · Python +3

• Bristol
• Director · manages people

Lead the Bristol post-silicon validation team, bringing up new AI SoCs by running pre-production software on fresh silicon and proving quality, reliability and functionality before production. Drive cross-domain debug across silicon, firmware, OS and platform, and scale validation through emulation, prototyping and automation.

Linux

• Bristol
• £2,500 pm
• Entry level
• Internship

A 12-week summer internship contributing to firmware for next-generation AI hardware, from first boot to system monitoring. You'll write code, develop unit tests and debug behaviour on real hardware using logs, oscilloscopes and logic analysers, working alongside silicon and hardware teams within System Software.

O'Reilly

• Bristol
• Director · manages people

Lead a newly formed characterisation team within Manufacturing Operations, defining bring-up and characterisation strategies for next-generation AI silicon and system platforms. The role is hands-on, shaping lab infrastructure and working across silicon, hardware, manufacturing, architecture and product teams to validate performance under real-world conditions.

ATE

• Bristol
• £45,000 pa
• Entry level
• Permanent

Graduate role developing firmware for next-generation AI hardware, covering bootup, power control, telemetry and monitoring. You'll write and review code, work with continuous integration and build systems, and collaborate with silicon and hardware teams in Agile ceremonies. Part of a two-year graduate programme with hands-on embedded software development.

• Bristol
• £45,000 pa
• Entry level
• Permanent

Two-year graduate programme rotating through manufacturing operations teams focused on product test, supporting silicon package assembly, PCBA production, component selection and BoM management. You'll analyse manufacturing and product performance data, investigate issues and help shape tests, working with colleagues in the UK, Taiwan and India.

Python · Linux · Bash +1

• Bristol
• £45,000 pa
• Entry level
• Permanent

Join one of four specialist silicon teams — logical design, verification, physical design or design for test — contributing to real AI chip development. You'll work on RTL design, SOC integration, verification methods or physical implementation using industry-standard EDA tools, taking ownership of clear tasks with support from experienced engineers over a two-year programme.

EDA Tools

• Bristol
• £45,000 pa
• Entry level
• Permanent

Develop, test and refine C++ models and simulations of next-generation AI accelerators, predicting performance, power and scalability to guide hardware decisions. Work in a small Accelerator Modelling team alongside architects, hardware and ML researchers, scaling distributed modelling environments and integrating future hardware versions.

• Bristol
• Mid-level

Drive hardware manufacturing projects from planning through production release, keeping engineering, operations and external manufacturing partners aligned. Manage priorities, track progress and remove delivery risks across hardware, software, systems and operations teams, working with colleagues in Bristol, Cambridge, India, Taiwan and the US.

Jira · Confluence · MS Project

• Bristol
• £2,500 pm
• Entry level
• Internship

A 12-week summer internship working on the electronic hardware behind AI compute platforms, focusing on either Hardware Design (schematic and circuit design, PCB development, board bring-up, lab testing) or Signal Integrity (high-speed links like PCIe and Ethernet, DDR memory interfaces, simulation and measurement). Interns work on a scoped design, analysis, validation or debugging task with guidance from Staff Hardware Engineers and Team Leads, using tools such as Mentor Expedition, Ansys HFSS and Keysight ADS.

Mentor Expedition · Ansys HFSS · Keysight ADS +3