Semiconductor Jobs in Bristol

• Bristol
• Senior · manages people

Lead a team of hardware engineers developing power, timing and control circuits for AI compute hardware, providing schematics and electrical constraints for PCB layout. Line-manage and coach engineers, coordinate reviews and corrective actions, and plan tools and compute resources. Work cross-functionally with SI/PI, layout, mechanical, thermal, systems and firmware teams through to production.

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

A 12-week summer internship in the Manufacturing Operations team, supporting silicon packaging or PCB assembly production in Taiwan. Tasks may include analysing performance data, investigating hardware or software issues, and supporting quality planning, process checks and BOM reviews, working alongside Product Test, Quality and Supply Chain colleagues across the UK, Taiwan and India.

O'Reilly

• Bristol
• Hybrid · 4 days in office
• Lead · manages people

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.

SiGe BiCMOS · CMOS · GaAs +2

• Bristol
• Hybrid · 4 days in office
• Senior

Owns test strategy and architecture for major semiconductor product lines on the Advantest V93000 platform, writing test plans and coverage objectives rather than executing someone else's. Leads complex test program development, statistical and adaptive test methods, yield and quality improvement, and test technology roadmaps while mentoring engineers. Hybrid role based in Bristol with Monday–Thursday onsite and up to 20% travel.

Advantest V93000

• Bristol
• Senior

Hands-on role owning reliability of AI compute hardware across lab and data centre environments, leading operational, diagnostic and engineering support. You will diagnose failures in server blades, racks, power, thermal, network and BIOS/BMC systems, driving root cause analysis and improved hardware bring-up and validation practices.

BIOS · BMC

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

A 12-week summer internship in the Product Test and Diagnosis team within Manufacturing Operations, working hands-on with advanced AI hardware across silicon, boards, server blades or rack-scale systems. You'll develop automated test solutions, run system-level tests and analyse results, connecting manufacturing test to design, validation and performance.

Python · Linux · Bash +2

• Bristol
• Senior

Leading role supporting NPI development and volume production of complex AI hardware, providing DfM feedback on PCB and system design and working closely with contract manufacturers. Drives yield improvement, analyses production data and resolves L6 manufacturing issues, with travel to Taiwan to work alongside suppliers.

JMP · SQL · Python +2

• Bristol
• Senior

Provide technical leadership on complex power-delivery challenges across silicon, package, PCB and voltage regulation. Define modelling strategies, analyse PDN impedance, voltage droop and transient response, and drive power-integrity issues to resolution while mentoring engineers and aligning cross-disciplinary teams.

• Bristol
• Senior

Owns sub-system architecture for highly integrated AI silicon, translating product requirements into specifications, models and validation plans. Assesses third-party hard and soft IP, works with vendors on integration, and supports silicon bring-up and characterisation. Sits within a silicon architecture team reporting to the Director of Silicon Architecture, mentoring engineers and representing the team in cross-functional groups.

• Bristol

Deliver power integrity solutions across silicon, package and PCB designs, developing and analysing power delivery networks using simulation, measurement and lab correlation. Own decoupling strategy, stack-up decisions and bring-up debug within a Signal and Power Integrity team, collaborating across chip, package, board and system engineering.

PowerDC · PowerSI · HFSS +6

• Bristol

Build and maintain test systems for advanced AI hardware platforms, covering preproduction test across system and board-level products. Define test methods, specify equipment and automate testing for high-speed serial links, high-current power supplies and PCBA debug, working closely with silicon, firmware and production teams.

Python · LabVIEW · Ethernet +4

• Bristol

Integrate IP and subsystems into top-level SoC designs, maintaining build and configuration environments while running synthesis, linting, CDC/RDC and timing checks. Work closely with verification and physical design teams on clean interface hand-offs, debug integration issues across hierarchies, and improve automation flows using Python, Tcl, SystemVerilog or VHDL.

SystemVerilog · VHDL · Python +1

• Bristol
• Senior

Translate product requirements into specifications for complex, highly integrated silicon devices, owning sub-system architecture, modelling, validation and evaluation. Assess third-party hard and soft IP, specify integration across the platform, and contribute to silicon bring-up and characterisation. Works with processor, SoC and system architects, reporting to the Director of Silicon Architecture.

• Bristol
• Senior

Hands-on role owning reliability of AI compute hardware from lab bring-up to data centre deployment. You will diagnose failures across server blades, racks, power, thermal, network and BIOS/BMC issues, lead root cause analysis and improve hardware diagnostics while guiding junior engineers.

BIOS · BMC

• Bristol

Designs and validates high-speed signal paths for AI compute hardware, covering 112Gbps and 224Gbps SERDES, DDR and processor interfaces. Involves PCB structure extraction and simulation, defining launches, vias, transmission lines and stack-ups, plus lab validation with VNAs and oscilloscopes from concept through prototype bring-up and manufacture support.

ANSYS SIWave · HFSS · Mentor HyperLynx +3