Semiconductor Jobs

• Bristol
• Senior

Develop manufacturing tests for advanced PCB assemblies, analysing designs for testability and manufacturing risks. Build boundary scan and embedded functional tests, diagnose faults to component level, and deploy and support solutions in factory and field environments alongside design and manufacturing teams.

JTAG · Boundary Scan · ICT +5

• Bristol

Develop and deploy board and PCBA hardware tests to expose manufacturing defects in advanced circuit boards, taking tests from design analysis through to factory and field support. Build boundary scan and embedded functional tests, assess PCB testability and failure mechanisms, and work with Hardware Design and contract manufacturers to resolve hardware problems.

Boundary Scan · Automated Optical Inspection · Automated X-ray Inspection

• Northamptonshire
• On-site
• Shift work

Provide first-line engineering support for wafer fabrication and epitaxy process tools, handling fault diagnosis, repairs and preventative maintenance on lithography, etch, PVD, PECVD and MOVPE reactor systems. Work a continental 12-hour shift pattern in a safety-critical cleanroom, managing vacuum, pneumatic, mechanical, electrical and RF systems plus chemical and specialty gas supplies. Open to Armed Forces technical trades and aerospace/defence backgrounds, with training provided.

Lithography · Etch · PVD +6

• Bristol
• Senior

Owns sub-system architecture for highly integrated AI silicon, translating product requirements into specifications, models and validation plans. Assesses third-party hard and soft IP, works with vendors on integration, and supports silicon bring-up and characterisation. Sits within a silicon architecture team reporting to the Director of Silicon Architecture, mentoring engineers and representing the team in cross-functional groups.

• Bristol

Deliver power integrity solutions across silicon, package and PCB designs, developing and analysing power delivery networks using simulation, measurement and lab correlation. Own decoupling strategy, stack-up decisions and bring-up debug within a Signal and Power Integrity team, collaborating across chip, package, board and system engineering.

PowerDC · PowerSI · HFSS +6

• Bristol

Build and maintain test systems for advanced AI hardware platforms, covering preproduction test across system and board-level products. Define test methods, specify equipment and automate testing for high-speed serial links, high-current power supplies and PCBA debug, working closely with silicon, firmware and production teams.

Python · LabVIEW · Ethernet +4

• Bristol
• Senior

Translate product requirements into specifications for complex, highly integrated silicon devices, owning sub-system architecture, modelling, validation and evaluation. Assess third-party hard and soft IP, specify integration across the platform, and contribute to silicon bring-up and characterisation. Works with processor, SoC and system architects, reporting to the Director of Silicon Architecture.

• Bristol
• Senior

Hands-on role owning reliability of AI compute hardware from lab bring-up to data centre deployment. You will diagnose failures across server blades, racks, power, thermal, network and BIOS/BMC issues, lead root cause analysis and improve hardware diagnostics while guiding junior engineers.

BIOS · BMC

• Bristol

Designs and validates high-speed signal paths for AI compute hardware, covering 112Gbps and 224Gbps SERDES, DDR and processor interfaces. Involves PCB structure extraction and simulation, defining launches, vias, transmission lines and stack-ups, plus lab validation with VNAs and oscilloscopes from concept through prototype bring-up and manufacture support.

ANSYS SIWave · HFSS · Mentor HyperLynx +3

• 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.

VCS · Verdi · Python +3

• Bristol
• Senior · manages people

Lead a team of hardware engineers developing power, timing and control circuits for AI compute hardware, providing schematics and electrical constraints for PCB layout. Line-manage and coach engineers, coordinate reviews and corrective actions, and plan tools and compute resources. Work cross-functionally with SI/PI, layout, mechanical, thermal, systems and firmware teams through to production.

• Bristol
• Lead

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

• Bristol

Designs circuit solutions for AI processor systems and validation platforms, turning requirements into schematics, layout constraints and testable hardware. Owns boards from first schematic through bring-up, lab validation, debug and production transfer, working closely with silicon, architecture, firmware and PCB CAD teams.

Linux · Python · Bash +7

• Bristol
• £45,000 pa
• Entry level
• Permanent

Two-year graduate programme supporting silicon packaging and PCB assembly production in Taiwan, analysing performance data and using test design to investigate hardware and software issues. You'll contribute to quality planning, audits, process control, component selection and bill of materials management, working with Product Test, Quality and Supply Chain teams across the UK, Taiwan and India.

• Bristol
• £2,500 pm
• Entry level
• Internship

A 12-week summer internship in the Manufacturing Operations team, supporting silicon packaging or PCB assembly production in Taiwan. Tasks may include analysing performance data, investigating hardware or software issues, and supporting quality planning, process checks and BOM reviews, working alongside Product Test, Quality and Supply Chain colleagues across the UK, Taiwan and India.

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