Semiconductor Jobs

Eclectic Recruitment · Stevenage · £70,000 – £85,000 pa

Lead a team of FPGA and digital design engineers while providing hands-on technical direction across FPGA architecture, RTL design, simulation, synthesis, timing closure and hardware validation. Own project execution including planning, estimation, scheduling and risk management, and work with Systems, Software, Hardware and Verification teams to deliver integrated solutions from concept through to production.

Belcan · Newport · £85 ph

Design, develop and verify FPGA solutions in VHDL across the full development lifecycle, from requirements capture and architecture definition to simulation, validation and hardware integration. You'll provide technical leadership within a multidisciplinary team on a Defence & Aerospace programme, using Xilinx, Altera or Microsemi devices with Vivado, Quartus II, ModelSim or Libero tooling.

Precept Recruit · Derby · £55,000 – £60,000 pa

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.

Matchtech · Portsmouth · £82 ph

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.

Cortech Talent Solutions · Stirling · £40,000 – £65,000 pa

Develop, test and debug embedded software for electronics, supporting integration of microprocessors, microcontrollers, FPGAs and SoC devices. Assist with FPGA development including RTL design, simulation and verification using Verilog and VHDL, and perform system-level testing and hardware/software integration for flight-computer solutions.

Diamond Light Source · Didcot · £41,414 – £67,481 pa

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.

SoCode · Cambridge · £45,000 – £55,000 pa

Own significant blocks of RTL from specification through implementation, verification and into working hardware, focused on physical layer design in the communications space. Work alongside senior and principal engineers on digital RF and fixed-point DSP, with hands-on lab time on AMD/Xilinx FPGA platforms. A new role in a small, established team with low attrition.

Holt Executive · Farnborough · £80,000 – £90,000 pa

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.

Empresaria Group plc · Bristol · £70,000 – £85,000 pa

Supports the development of advanced semiconductor manufacturing equipment across the full product lifecycle, translating product concepts into system requirements and architectures. Leads Integration, Verification & Validation activities and develops Functional, Logical and Behavioural models using MBSE approaches. Works under the Systems Engineering Manager within a multidisciplinary product development team.

Renesas Electronics · Edinburgh

Design and verify CMOS analog blocks such as amplifiers, oscillators, LDOs, comparators and reference/biasing circuits for custom ASICs, balancing performance, area, power and timescale. The role carries technical leadership of sub-systems from specification through to production ramp, guiding layout, DFT and test engineers, driving silicon debug and lab evaluation, and mentoring less experienced team members.

EMBS Engineering · United Kingdom · £500 – £1,000 pd

Contract roles spanning embedded software, FPGA and electronics hardware engineering for a UK SME delivering complex systems in highly regulated, secure environments. Day-to-day work includes low-level C/C++ development, VHDL/Verilog FPGA design, digital and electronic hardware design, debugging, and lifecycle work from requirements through integration, verification and test alongside multidisciplinary teams.

Graphcore · Bristol

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.

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.

Gold Group · Bedford · £54 – £64 ph

Lead the design, development and support of mixed electrical/electronic LRU solutions from concept to completion through a phase-gate process, including analogue, digital, microprocessor and FPGA circuitry, schematic capture and PCB layout. The role provides technical governance to the team, reviews supplier capabilities and produces documentation, working on-site two mandatory days a week.

Platform Recruitment · Coventry · £40,000 – £60,000 pa

Work across the full FPGA design cycle, from requirements analysis and specification through RTL design, implementation and verification. Define module architectures, run synthesis and timing analysis, and integrate FPGAs into target hardware, using VHDL or Verilog and leading vendor tools alongside senior engineers and system architects.