120 jobs for “test engineer”
Graphcore
Owns yield, quality and cost outcomes for advanced semiconductor products from launch through high-volume manufacturing, spanning chip test, PCBA and rack-scale systems. Partners with OSATs and internal test, quality and data teams, using SPC, DOE and Python/SQL/JMP analysis to turn manufacturing data into action.
Python · SQL · JMP
Graphcore
Define and implement DFT architecture and features for next-generation AI silicon aimed at data centre applications, developing DFT flows and methodologies and supporting their verification. Work spans structural test vectors, test coverage, scan-based testing and ATPG, alongside silicon bring-up and yield learning with design, verification, physical design and product engineering teams.
VCS · Verdi · Python +3
Semtech
Owns new product introduction for high-speed analog and mixed-signal ICs, from concept through volume manufacturing and end-of-life. Defines DfT/DfM requirements, drives ATE test program development, PVT characterisation, ATE-to-bench correlation, yield analysis and DOE-based optimisation. Works cross-functionally with design, test, quality and operations, and mentors junior engineers.
Excel · JMP · Galaxy +6
Semtech
Owns new product introduction for high-speed analog and mixed-signal ICs, from concept through volume manufacturing. Defines DfT/DfM requirements, runs ATE-to-bench correlation and PVT characterization, and drives yield, test-time and cost optimization with design, test and foundry teams. Also mentors junior engineers and leads failure analysis and corrective actions.
Excel · JMP · Galaxy +6
Line Up Aviation
Design and verify complex FPGA architectures for signal processing, embedded and safety-critical systems, targeting Xilinx, Intel and Microsemi devices. Work spans VHDL and SystemVerilog/UVM verification, low-level C for test and integration, and documentation within a multidiscipline team on a 12-month contract.
Xilinx · Intel · Microsemi +3
Rise Technical Recruitment
Develop and maintain HDL firmware for Xilinx FPGAs in Vivado, implementing feedback control, filtering and interlock handling with state machines for magnet power supply controllers. The role covers simulation, verification and on-hardware validation using logic analysers, plus Ethernet-based control interfaces, within a not-for-profit scientific organisation on a major facility upgrade.
Xilinx · Vivado · ADC +7
Cirrus Selection
Take mixed electrical and electronic designs from concept to completion within a structured phase-gate process, covering analogue, digital, microprocessor and FPGA design, power electronics, simulation, test and PCB layout. Work on defence and aerospace hardware for harsh environments, using Altium, JTAG debug and Windchill, with ownership of processes, supplier reviews and compliance documentation.
Altium · Windchill · PLM +1
Forefront RF
Designs and develops RF front-end circuits and functional blocks, integrating them into low-loss, high-performance multi-chip modules. Works closely with IC designers, systems, algorithm and software teams to optimise module performance and define test plans in a fast-moving fabless semiconductor start-up.
Forefront RF
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.
OSAT
Holt Executive
Owns FPGA solutions end to end, from requirements capture and architecture through VHDL implementation, verification, hardware integration and production. Works in a multidisciplinary team on secure digital design for cyber and information-assurance applications, coordinating other engineers and external suppliers, with four days a week onsite in Farnborough.
Microchip · Libero · ModelSim +7
Pragmatic Semiconductor
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
Octagon Group
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
Matchtech
Designs production-ready digital electronics, covering component selection, simulation, schematic capture and PCB layout guidance. Develops FPGA/CPLD solutions in VHDL and verifies designs through simulation, analysis and test, including EMC and system bring-up. Works within a multi-disciplinary Mission Systems team on defence electronics, supporting peer and formal design reviews.
FPGA · CPLD · VHDL +4
Diamond Light Source
Develop and debug HDL firmware for Xilinx FPGAs in Vivado, implementing full-cycle designs for magnet power supplies on the Diamond-II upgrade, including feedback control, filtering and interlock state machines. Work with ADCs, DACs, memory and microcontrollers, verifying designs via simulation and on-hardware testing, and collaborate with hardware and control engineers on Ethernet-based interfaces.
Xilinx · Vivado · MATLAB +7
Precept Recruit
Contribute across the FPGA development lifecycle, from system and module design to verification and documentation, reporting to the Head of FPGA Development. Work with VHDL, SoC technologies, simulation tools like Riviera Pro or QuestaSim, and scripting in TCL within a multidisciplinary engineering team. The role evolves with the company's technologies and may involve UK travel between sites.
Riviera Pro · QuestaSim
