Semiconductor Jobs

• Oxford
• Hybrid
• £60,000 – £80,000 pa
• Senior

Design, simulate and implement DSP algorithms for telecommunications and sensing, then turn them into FPGA firmware in VHDL and/or Verilog. You'll own simulations, testbenches and verification plans, support hardware integration and space-system qualification, and maintain existing firmware while contributing technical leadership across complex programmes.

Xilinx Versal AI Engines · SoC · Vector Processors

• Edinburgh
• £30,000 – £40,000 pa
• Entry level

Join a disruptive semiconductor company designing and validating high-speed digital electronics, FPGA solutions and embedded software. You will build automated test and characterisation rigs in Python, support customer evaluations and demonstrations, and represent the company at trade shows and on international customer visits.

Altium · OrCAD

• Darlington

Characterise and model compound semiconductor devices, developing compact models for GaN and GaAs technologies and running DC, pulsed I-V, noise and small/large-signal RF testing. You will build and validate MMIC Process Design Kits, support customer design queries and work with design engineers on new process development. Requires UK nationality and security clearance.

IC-CAP · ADS · Microwave Office +2

• Sevenoaks
• Hybrid · 4 days in office
• Lead · manages people

Leads a multidisciplinary team of analog circuit and layout engineers across multiple high-speed IC product lines, owning the full NPI lifecycle from product definition to volume production. Drives tape-out, qualification, post-silicon bring-up and performance optimisation for TIAs and laser driver ICs up to 200G, working with teams in Stansted and Ottawa.

SAP

• Bristol
• Hybrid · 4 days in office
• Lead · manages people

Lead a Bristol team of analog IC design engineers, spanning associate to senior level, with direct oversight of performance, development and recruitment. The role is hands-on, guiding complex design work while managing project schedules, budgets and cross-functional priorities for optical communications ICs such as laser drivers, TIAs and transceivers.

SiGe BiCMOS · CMOS · GaAs +2

• Staverton Bridge
• £60,000 – £80,000 pa
• Senior

Hands-on role spanning complex PCB design and FPGA development in VHDL for signal and image processing, including high-speed interfaces and RF. Involves hardware bring-up, test firmware, Linux device driver work, plus leading projects and mentoring junior engineers within a small technical team.

FPGA · VHDL · Linux +2

• Stevenage
• Hybrid
• £65 ph
• Senior
• Contract

Design, simulate and implement DSP algorithms for advanced communications and sensing systems, and develop, test and verify FPGA firmware in VHDL and/or Verilog. Working from system requirements and functional specifications, you support hardware integration and debugging within a multidisciplinary engineering team.

Xilinx Versal AI Engines · LTE