Semiconductor Jobs

IonQ · Oxford

Integrate all features needed to operate quantum computers into complex multi-layer ion-trapping chips, guiding designs from requirements through layout and tape-out. Work closely with scientists and fabrication engineers on metal-track routing and photonics/CMOS interfaces, using GDSFactory in Python and Cadence. Hybrid role, three days per week in the Oxford office.

IonQ · Oxford

Owns full-chip mixed-signal modelling and verification for cryo-CMOS ASICs used in trapped-ion quantum processors, building Verilog-A/AMS and real-number models correlated against schematic and measured silicon. Leads AMS methodology, sign-off criteria and reviews, runs Cadence AMS/Xcelium-Spectre co-simulation regressions, and mentors engineers through tape-out and bring-up.

Cambridge GaN Devices · Cambridge

Design and layout of GaN power ICs using EDA tools, covering schematic capture, analog simulation, chip layout review, PEX and PLS. The role also involves wafer-level and packaged device testing, SPICE model development, and supporting patent and IP management within a growing R&D engineering team.

Cambridge GaN Devices · Cambridge

Owns the planning and delivery of internal product and technology development projects plus public-funded R&D projects, supporting them from concept and requirements through to completion. Coordinates cross-functional teams, runs project reviews and status meetings, maintains documentation, handles financial reporting and budget tracking, and helps coordinate bid-writing for public-funded work. Reports directly to the VP of R&D and helps shape the project management function as the company grows.

Forefront RF · Cambridge

Hands-on role driving semiconductor assembly and packaging for RF products, working with OSATs and manufacturing partners on process development. Supports new product introduction, yield improvement, root-cause analysis, reliability testing and qualification, and maintains assembly documentation and process flows. Newly created position shaping the transition from prototype to volume production.

Forefront RF · Cambridge

Owns and develops the Quality Management System to ISO 9001 standards, establishing scalable quality and reliability processes for new product introduction, qualification and manufacturing ramp. Leads reliability testing, failure analysis and root cause investigations while managing quality relationships with foundries, OSATs and test providers, and supports customer qualification requirements.

Semtech · Sevenoaks

Designs analogue and mixed-signal subsystems for high-speed TIA and laser driver ICs supporting data rates up to 200G, taking ownership of blocks from concept through validation and volume production. Works with layout, verification and product teams on performance, power and area targets, using Cadence tools within a Stansted and Ottawa design centre.

Semtech · Sevenoaks

Leads the design and development of high-speed analog ICs from concept through to volume production, acting as technical authority on circuit architecture and chip subsystems. Works across Stansted and Ottawa design centres on transimpedance amplifiers and laser drivers for datacentres, 5G and fibre-to-the-home, mentoring junior engineers and collaborating with cross-functional teams.

Beautiful Recruitment · Hereford

Provide technical and engineering support to Epitaxy Shift Equipment Engineers and Technicians, maintaining Veeco and Aixtron MOVPE/MOCVD equipment, troubleshooting complex faults including bioreactors, and leading improvements, upgrades and installations. The role involves process gas systems, hazardous materials and SCBA use, plus supervising contractors and driving preventative maintenance in a semiconductor fab cleanroom.

Archangel Lightworks · Oxford · £25,000 – £60,000 pa

Develops laser communication terminal optical and photonic subsystems, from requirements definition and trade-off analysis through modelling, breadboard testing, and assembly, integration and test. Works closely with the Product Technical Lead and optical engineering team, managing component suppliers and providing technical leadership of subsystem projects, with system-level testing and field trials.

Amazon · Cambridge

Architect and implement SoC designs for Blink/Ring smart home cameras and doorbells, owning the flow from RTL delivery through synthesis, power analysis and timing closure. The role also involves defining microarchitecture specs, mentoring junior engineers, and evaluating emerging IP blocks in a vertically integrated environment spanning architectural modelling to post-silicon validation.

Teledyne FLIR · Wilsonville, United States

Strategic HR Business Partner supporting the largest division within the Defense business, acting as a trusted advisor to senior leaders across a global organization. The role covers organizational design, talent and succession planning, workforce analytics, employee relations and change management, with roughly 25-30% domestic and occasional international travel.

Octagon Group · Manchester · £30,000 – £40,000 pa

Supports yield and quality improvements across wafer fabrication and assembly, reviewing lots on hold and leading root cause analysis and corrective actions. Maintains automotive process controls, PROMIS routes and yield reports, and works with Python/R and SPC tools on new product introduction and Six Sigma projects in a cleanroom manufacturing setting.

Morson Edge · Edinburgh · £51 – £70 ph

Develops firmware and FPGA designs for next-generation surveillance radar systems, covering requirement capture, architecture definition, design verification and integration with hardware and software. Works closely with mixed-discipline teams, mentors junior engineers and helps shape firmware processes across UK-wide delivery teams. Based on-site in Edinburgh with some travel flexibility.

TRS Consulting · Stafford · £43,000 pa

Servicing, installing, repairing and calibrating sophisticated scientific and laboratory optical laser systems used in pharmaceutical and research environments. The role is field-based, covering high-value capital equipment, with full product training provided for engineers from related instrumentation backgrounds.