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Business Development Manager – New Business Sales

This role involves driving new customer acquisition and revenue growth through proactive outbound sales in the scientific and industrial imaging sectors. The Business Development Manager will lead technical sales discussions, deliver demonstrations, and close software license agreements, working closely with the technical team to support customer evaluations. It offers a pathway to senior commercial leadership within a fast-growing deep-tech startup.

SenseAI Liverpool, Merseyside, United Kingdom

Hybrid Permanent

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Senior Processor Architect

This role involves defining and driving the architecture of high-performance compute engines for AI acceleration, including ISA design, memory hierarchies, and on-chip interconnects. The architect will work closely with design, verification, and software teams to translate architectural vision into real-world silicon, using performance modelling and data-driven analysis. It's a hands-on position requiring deep expertise in processor design and cross-disciplinary collaboration to deliver cutting-edge AI hardware.

Fractile London, United Kingdom

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Semiconductor Test Engineering Team Leader

Lead the development and execution of manufacturing test strategies for an advanced AI accelerator chip, overseeing both internal teams and external partners. Drive test architecture, DFT integration, and silicon bring-up across high-speed interfaces like PCIe Gen6 and LPDDR, with a focus on yield, scalability, and advanced packaging. Work closely with cross-functional teams to ensure robust test coverage and successful high-volume manufacturing transfer.

Fractile Bristol, United Kingdom

On-site Permanent

Senior Power Device Engineer

The Senior Power Device Engineer will lead multidisciplinary R&D projects focused on developing next-generation GaN-based power devices and integrated circuits. The role involves hands-on technical work from concept through to demonstrators, including simulation, design, and characterization of novel GaN ICs. The engineer will collaborate closely with experts across analog design, packaging, reliability, and operations to advance CGD’s energy-efficient semiconductor technology.

Cambridge GaN Devices Cambridge, United Kingdom

On-site Permanent

Engineer, Software and Electronics

Design and develop embedded systems, hardware, and control software for high-impact projects in defence, robotics, and consumer technology. Work across analogue and digital electronics, write low-level code in C/C++/Rust, and contribute to full product prototypes in a consultancy environment. Engage directly with clients and deliver end-to-end technical solutions.

ECM Selection Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom £45,000 – £65,000 pa

On-site Permanent Clearance Required

R&D Project Manager

Manages internal product development and publicly funded R&D projects from concept to completion, ensuring delivery on time, within budget, and to quality standards. Coordinates cross-functional teams, leads project documentation and reporting, and supports bid writing for research grants. Plays a key role in shaping and improving project management processes within a growing engineering team.

Cambridge GaN Devices Cambridge, United Kingdom

On-site Permanent

Experimental Physicist - Instrument Design

Experimental Physicist - Instrument DesignNewton Colmore is searching for an experimental physicist who enjoys solving highly complex problems, to join our client in Cambridge.This is a rare chance to apply deep scientific expertise to problems that genuinely matter - keeping...

Newton Colmore Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom

On-site Permanent Clearance Required

Compiler Engineer - AI Inference

Design and optimize compilers for AI inference workloads on next-generation NVIDIA GPUs, focusing on kernel generation and computational graph optimizations. Collaborate across hardware and software teams to co-design future silicon and improve datacenter-scale AI deployment. Work with MLIR and deliver high-performance compilation solutions for cutting-edge AI applications.

NVIDIA Cambridge, United Kingdom

Senior FPGA Design Engineer

This role involves leading FPGA systems design for high-speed automated trading systems, using RTL logic to achieve nanosecond-level performance. You'll collaborate closely with software engineers working in Rust and C++, implement cutting-edge FPGA solutions, and see your designs deployed rapidly. The position is based in Cambridge with a hybrid working model and a technically advanced, senior engineering team.

ECM Selection Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom £80,000 pa

Hybrid Permanent

ASIC Verification Engineer, Amazon Camera ASIC Team

This role involves developing UVM-based verification environments and creating comprehensive verification plans for block and system-level SoC designs. The engineer will design verification components like assertions and scoreboards, collaborate on testability, and lead debugging of complex technical issues within a vertically integrated team focused on AI, video processing, and low-power silicon for consumer devices.

Amazon Cambridge, United Kingdom

On-site Permanent

Sr. ASIC Design Engineer, Blink/Ring ASIC Team

This role involves designing and architecting advanced System-on-Chip (SoC) solutions for smart home security devices, focusing on low-power, AI-enhanced silicon for cameras and doorbells. The engineer will lead microarchitecture development, mentor junior staff, and drive RTL through to timing and power closure. Collaboration with verification and validation teams ensures robust, customer-obsessed hardware innovation in a vertically integrated environment.

Amazon Cambridge, United Kingdom

On-site Permanent

FPGA Electronics Engineer - Defence - Cambridge

This role involves working on challenging engineering problems in UK defence and national security, focusing on FPGA design and development. You'll collaborate closely with a team of engineers, scientists, and designers to build solutions from concept to prototype, tackling complex issues in areas like DSP, embedded systems, and advanced communications.

Newton Colmore Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom

On-site Permanent Clearance Required

Senior CPU Compiler Performance Engineer

This role involves developing high-performance CPU compilers for NVIDIA's data centre and AI technologies, with a focus on hardware-software co-design. You'll analyse AI and HPC workloads to drive optimisations in both compiler toolchains and future CPU architectures, contributing to open-source projects like LLVM and GCC. The position requires deep expertise in compiler development, low-level performance analysis, and collaboration across distributed engineering teams.

NVIDIA Cambridge, United Kingdom

FPGA Engineer

Design and implement FPGA logic using VHDL for Xilinx Artix-7 FPGAs, focusing on controller boards with embedded interfaces like I²C and SPI. Responsibilities include state machine design, test bench development, hardware validation in the lab with logic analysers and oscilloscopes, and ensuring timing closure. Work spans the full development lifecycle from specification to integration, with strong emphasis on synchronous design, CDC analysis, and version-controlled documentation.

SoCode Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom £75,000 – £90,000 pa

Fpga Design Engineer

Design and implement FPGA logic using VHDL for Xilinx Artix-7 devices, covering the full development lifecycle from initial design to hardware validation. Develop low-level drivers for I²C, SPI, and UART interfaces, create self-checking test benches, and ensure timing closure through proper XDC constraints and clocking strategies. Collaborate with electronics and embedded software teams during system integration and support production release with rigorous verification and documentation.

Eclectic Recruitment Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom £70,000 – £90,000 pa

Senior Electronic Design Engineer

This role involves designing and developing safety-critical electronic systems, from concept through production and end-of-life management. The engineer will create schematics, support PCB layout, design switch-mode power supplies, and perform simulation, testing, and validation. Emphasis is placed on technical ownership, regulatory compliance, and collaboration with manufacturing teams to deliver high-quality hardware solutions.

Zenovo Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom £70,000 – £80,000 pa

On-site Permanent

FPGA & DSP Engineer

Design and implement FPGA solutions using AMD (Xilinx) devices and Vivado for advanced radar, communications, and sensing systems. Work across the full development lifecycle from concept to delivery, integrating with multidisciplinary teams and applying DSP techniques in complex embedded environments. Emphasis is placed on technical ownership, innovation, and collaboration in a consultancy setting.

Tec Partners Recruitment Ltd Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom £65,000 – £85,000 pa

Hybrid Permanent Clearance Required

Contract FPGA Engineer

Contract FPGA Engineer (Outside IR35)Cambridge – OnsiteRate DOE6 month duration (initial)Active SC Clearance is required for this role, DV would be highly advantageous.Our client, a specialist in advanced engineering and defence technologies, is seeking an FPGA contractor to support the...

SoCode Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom £50 – £80 ph