Semiconductor Jobs

• Cambridge
• Hybrid
• Mid-level
• Permanent

Conducts AI/ML research at Graphcore, generating ideas, designing experiments and translating them into scalable implementations, with a focus on hardware-aware algorithms and performance optimisation. Works with researchers, silicon and software engineers, and publishes at conferences such as NeurIPS, ICML and ICLR. Requires strong Python/PyTorch or JAX skills plus lower-level C++/CUDA/Triton programming.

PyTorch · JAX · XLA +1

• 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

• Edinburgh
• On-site
• Entry level
• Internship

Join a collaborative Edinburgh team developing low-power analog and power-management IP for highly integrated mixed-signal ICs. The intern contributes to architecture, transistor-level design, simulation and verification of DC/DC converter IP such as buck, boost and buck-boost topologies, including analog sub-circuits like error amplifiers, comparators and gate drivers. Work spans behavioural modelling, layout review and potentially laboratory silicon evaluation.

Cadence Virtuoso · Spectre · SIMPLIS +2

• Southampton
• £37,369 – £39,560 pa
• Entry level
• Contract

Investigates 2D semiconductors and ferroelectric materials to build non-volatile memory that co-locates storage and processing for low-power AI hardware. Combines materials characterisation, interface engineering and device fabrication at the Southampton Nanofabrication Centre, with short research visits to Cambridge and NPL. Based in the 2D-MINDs team and the ECS Centre for Neuromorphic Technologies.

Raman Spectroscopy · Photoluminescence · AFM +2

• 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
• 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