Semiconductor Jobs in Edinburgh

• Edinburgh
• £40,000 – £70,000 pa
• Mid-level

Designs and simulates photonic components and Photonic Integrated Circuits for next-generation networking applications, working with foundries and external partners on fabrication and delivery. Builds experimental test environments and measurement methods to characterise packaged photonic devices, analysing results to drive performance improvements. Requires hands-on optical lab work and PIC design using tools such as Lumerical or IPKISS.

Lumerical · IPKISS

• Edinburgh
• Senior · manages people
• Permanent

Define test strategies for mixed-signal ICs and develop software and hardware test solutions on ATE platforms such as Advantest V93K, Cohu DiamondX and Teradyne UltraFLEX. The role covers silicon characterisation, production testing, correlation and release at production facilities, plus leading the test development project and mentoring junior engineers.

Advantest V93K · Cohu DiamondX · Teradyne UltraFLEX +2

• Edinburgh
• Entry level
• Permanent

Support silicon evaluation and applications engineering, working hands-on with real devices, evaluation boards and lab equipment. The intern collects and analyses measurement data, debugs device and board issues, and develops scripts for automated measurements alongside experienced engineers.

Oscilloscopes · Digital Multimeters · Power Supplies +1

• Edinburgh
• Entry level
• Internship

Graduate engineering roles spanning electronic engineering and software development, working alongside hardware teams on planning, systems architecture, design, debugging and testing. Projects cover IoT smart buildings, automotive radar, vital signs monitoring and 5G infrastructure, with growing focus on machine learning and AI. Based across Edinburgh, Glasgow, Newbury and London.

IoT · 5G · Automotive Radar

• Edinburgh
• £30,000 – £40,000 pa
• Entry level

Join a disruptive semiconductor company designing and validating high-speed digital electronics, FPGA solutions and embedded software. You will build automated test and characterisation rigs in Python, support customer evaluations and demonstrations, and represent the company at trade shows and on international customer visits.

Altium · OrCAD

• Edinburgh
• Lead

Develops verification and emulation environments for complex Chiplet designs, building UVM-SV scoreboards, functional coverage, and SystemVerilog assertions for formal and simulation. Integrates Cadence VIP and accelerated VIP, manages vPlans in vManager, and maintains automated regression environments using Jenkins and GIT within an experienced Chiplet team.

Cadence Palladium · Cadence VIP · Cadence vManager +3

• Edinburgh
• Entry level
• Internship

Join a Consumer Audio design team in Edinburgh to work on real mixed-signal IC development, from circuit architecture research and feasibility studies to transistor-level design, simulation and verification of analog blocks. You will build testbenches, analyse trade-offs around noise, distortion and power, and collaborate with layout engineers through physical implementation and design reviews.

Cadence Virtuoso · Spectre · MATLAB +3