Semiconductor Jobs

Redline Group · Devizes · £80,000 – £90,000 pa

Translate probabilistic algorithms from Python, C++, MATLAB and pseudocode into pipelined, resource-efficient FPGA RTL, writing custom VHDL from scratch where vendor IP is unsuitable. Architect high-speed data acquisition pipelines using ultra-fast ADCs, PCIe, Ethernet and transceivers, and handle verification, bring-up and timing/power optimisation across multiple clock domains alongside hardware, software, research and ASIC teams.

Platform Recruitment · Oxford · £60,000 – £80,000 pa

Design and implement DSP algorithms for satellite communications and space-based sensors, translating system requirements into FPGA firmware using VHDL/Verilog. Work across the full firmware lifecycle, from simulation and testbench development to hardware integration and space-system qualification. Contribute technical leadership within a multidisciplinary team developing next-generation space technologies.

Teledyne FLIR · UK - Lincoln

Manufacture, assemble and test precision energetic initiation and electronic safety modules within a regulated, multidisciplinary engineering team. Supports product development, process qualification and NPI, providing manufacturability feedback and maintaining build folders while working to quality standards and KPIs.

Teledyne FLIR · UK - Lincoln

Designs discrete electronic architecture for safety-critical product lines, covering concept, schematic capture, PCB layout, testing hardware and qualification. Works within a regulated engineering team, performing peer reviews, reliability assessments (FMECA/FTA), obsolescence management and bid support. Requires strong analytical skills and hands-on assembly of electronic components.

Redline Group · Glasgow · £80,000 – £110,000 pa

Lead a multi-disciplinary team of up to 100 people, driving pure NPI development for next-generation semiconductor products. Responsibilities include creating project proposals, presenting to customers, providing technical leadership across hardware, software and mechanical teams, and managing project schedules, budgets and resource allocation. Works closely with the General Manager on complex, electronically biased product development.

Platform Recruitment · United Kingdom · £55,000 – £75,000 pa

Design and develop advanced sensing electronics from concept through multi-layer PCB layout and manufacture, using Altium, Xilinx FPGAs and DSP techniques. Lead testing, failure analysis and root-cause repair of high-precision systems while working with technical directors on analogue and data-acquisition challenges. A visible technical-authority role within a small expert team.

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.

CBSbutler Holdings Limited trading as CBSbutler · Northampton · £50,000 – £60,000 pa

First-line process engineering support in a 24/7 wafer fabrication cleanroom, troubleshooting process issues, managing holds and deviations, coordinating tool requalification after maintenance, and creating measurement macros. Involves 12-hour rotating shifts with written handovers and close work with manufacturing and technical teams.

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.

Spectrum IT Recruitment · Southampton · £100,000 – £110,000 pa

Lead technical direction across complex signal-processing, modem and communications products, defining system architectures, hardware/software partitioning and interfaces. Guide trade-offs spanning software, FPGA and ASIC platforms, run customer feasibility and integration work, and mentor engineers while shaping long-term technology strategy.

Spectrum IT Recruitment · Southampton · £80,000 – £85,000 pa

Shapes complex high-performance products from requirements through implementation, spanning software, FPGA and ASIC. Defines hardware/software partitioning, interfaces and implementation strategies, evaluates trade-offs in performance, latency, resource usage and power, and builds architectural models with performance analysis. Works closely with software, algorithm, FPGA and ASIC engineers plus customers on feasibility and integration.

STEM · Guildford · £44,000 – £47,000 pa

Graduates simulate and implement signal, image or data processing algorithms in VHDL for FPGAs, design PCBs with SoCs, high-speed network interfaces and analogue/RF filtering, and perform schematic capture in OrCAD. The role also covers managing PCB fabrication and assembly subcontractors, writing test firmware and developing Linux device drivers, within a consultancy serving government and technology clients.

Copello · Bristol · £80,000 – £900,000 pa

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.

Anonymous · London

Own the full electronics development lifecycle for photonic computing hardware, from analogue and mixed-signal circuit design through schematic capture, PCB layout, prototyping and lab verification. Work alongside physicists, optical and embedded software engineers in a collaborative R&D team, testing with oscilloscopes and spectrum analysers and supporting integration and EMC.

Shorterm Group · Cambridge · £45,000 – £65,000 pa

Hands-on product development role spanning the full electronics lifecycle, from requirements and circuit design through PCB layout, manufacture, integration, testing and validation. You'll design analogue and digital circuits, manage PCB fabrication with external suppliers, and debug prototype hardware while collaborating closely with software, optics and mechanical engineers on advanced sensing and measurement systems.