Semiconductor Jobs

• Edinburgh
• Entry level
• Internship

Hands-on internship in a design verification team, validating IP and subsystem-level designs for high-performance semiconductor products. You will develop System Verilog/UVM testbenches, run simulations, debug failures, create directed and constrained-random tests, and track functional, code and assertion coverage while supporting regression automation with scripting.

SystemVerilog · Verilog · UVM +7

• 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

• Swindon
• Hybrid
• Lead
• Permanent

Provide technical leadership for a global engineering compute and design-data-management environment, combining hands-on CAD work with Perforce Helix and IPLM-based data management. You will develop Linux-based engineering environments, Python and shell automation, project/workspace methodologies, and migration paths from legacy platforms, while supporting EDA tool integration and training engineering teams.

Perforce Helix · Methodics IPLM · Cadence Virtuoso +3

• Durham
• On-site
• Mid-level
• Permanent · Shift work

Responsible for maintaining, installing and fault-finding 300mm photolithography equipment including steppers, wafer tracks and bake tools, while supporting production operators and minimising tool downtime. Involves training technicians, developing maintenance procedures and reporting on equipment KPIs within a cleanroom semiconductor scale-up environment.

300mm Semiconductor Equipment · MES · PLC +7

• Cambridge
• Lead · manages people

Technical leadership role owning product-level characterisation strategy, translating requirements and risks into proportionate test coverage, analysis and reporting. Leads a small team developing automated volume test solutions while hands-on with wafer-level ATE characterisation, RF/analogue test design and large-dataset analysis, presenting findings to stakeholders from project inception through production transfer.

Python · LabVIEW · C# +2

• Bristol
• Hybrid · 4 days in office
• Senior

Drive validation strategy for next-generation high-speed semiconductor devices, architecting end-to-end test solutions spanning software, hardware and documentation. Build Python or LabVIEW automation, take precision lab measurements at 10Gbit/s and above, and apply signal integrity expertise to schematic entry and PCB layout in Altium. Lead validation reviews and mentor engineers within a Bristol R&D team.

Python · LabVIEW · Altium

• Fareham
• £33,000 – £38,000 pa
• Junior

Develop and debug embedded C firmware for microcontrollers, support capacitive sensing algorithm development, and use Python for modelling, simulation and data analysis. Work alongside software, hardware and applications engineering teams on new features, investigating performance issues across software and hardware.

Git · SVN · MATLAB +1

• Southampton
• £30,000 – £75,000 pa
• Mid-level

Hands-on FPGA Engineer role in Southampton, owning the full FPGA lifecycle from design and VHDL simulation to system-level integration and verification. You'll work with SoC devices such as Zynq UltraScale+ and toolchains like Vivado, Quartus and ModelSim, collaborating with system and electronic engineers on high-reliability products.

Vivado · Quartus · ModelSim +1

• Fareham
• Senior

Design and implement FPGA functionality in VHDL for advanced embedded communication products, verifying designs through simulation, testing and hardware validation. Work alongside software, electronics, RF and systems engineers across the full product lifecycle, integrating FPGAs with processors and embedded software and resolving system-level issues in existing products.

AMD/Xilinx · Vivado · Embedded Linux +2

• Bristol
• Hybrid
• £80,000 – £900,000 pa
• Senior
• Permanent

Take technical ownership of FPGA and programmable logic design for advanced gimbal payload systems, covering video capture and processing, sensor and high-speed serial interfaces, and real-time pointing and stabilisation control. Lead RTL design, verification, synthesis and hardware bring-up, taking in-house boards from prototype to qualified production while mentoring other engineers.

Altium · Oscilloscopes · Logic Analysers +1

• Cambridge
• Hybrid
• £100,000 – £160,000 pa
• Senior

Design and develop reusable FPGA modules in SystemVerilog for deployment across multiple next-generation products, with RTL verification and timing closure work. You'll write specifications, review code and documentation, and collaborate with hardware, software and mechanical engineers in a hybrid Cambridge team.

SystemVerilog · Python · Cocotb +4

• Farnborough

Design, develop and test embedded software and firmware for specialist engineering applications, contributing across the full lifecycle from research and prototyping to validation and product development. Work within a multidisciplinary team spanning software, FPGA and hardware engineering, with opportunities to broaden expertise across FPGA, DSP, electronics and RF technologies.

Vivado · Vitis · ModelSim +3

• Farnborough
• Hybrid · 4 days in office
• Permanent

End-to-end FPGA engineering role covering requirements, architecture, implementation, verification and system-level test for secure digital design products. You'll lead FPGA delivery into production, develop testbenches, manage external IP suppliers, and coordinate other engineers within a multi-disciplinary team. Hybrid working, four days onsite in Farnborough, in a UK SC-cleared environment.

Microchip · Libero · ModelSim +7

• Cheltenham
• £45,000 – £55,000 pa
• Entry level

Contribute to advanced electronic systems by implementing signal, image and data-processing algorithms in VHDL, designing PCBs with FPGAs, SoCs and high-speed interfaces, and completing schematic capture in OrCAD. The role also covers test firmware, embedded software, Linux device drivers and bringing up newly designed boards within a multidisciplinary engineering team.

FPGA · VHDL · OrCAD +4

• Towcester
• On-site
• £60,000 – £65,000 pa
• Senior
• Permanent

Hands-on engineering support for epitaxy equipment in a semiconductor fab, covering maintenance, fault finding, repairs and continuous improvement to maximise uptime. Coordinates maintenance, equipment upgrades and new tool installations, working with process engineering, operations and facilities. Also leads technical initiatives, guides technicians and liaises with external suppliers.

MOVPE · MOCVD · PLC