Semiconductor Jobs

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

A 12-week summer internship in the Product Test and Diagnosis team within Manufacturing Operations, working hands-on with advanced AI hardware across silicon, boards, server blades or rack-scale systems. You'll develop automated test solutions, run system-level tests and analyse results, connecting manufacturing test to design, validation and performance.

Python · Linux · Bash +2

• 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

• Sevenoaks
• On-site
• Senior

Design high-speed validation PCBs in Cadence Allegro, from schematic capture and stack-up definition through layout and release, for silicon operating at 25Gbit/s and above. Bring up, debug and characterise RF and data comms boards on the bench, automate measurements in Python, and write validation reports that directly influence what ships.

Cadence Allegro

• Bristol
• Hybrid · 4 days in office
• Senior

Graduate role validating next-generation high-speed semiconductor devices, working hands-on in the lab from week one. You'll build test automation in Python or LabVIEW, take measurements on components running at 10Gbit/s and above, and learn high-speed signal integrity with Altium PCB tools. Based in Bristol, hybrid with four days in office.

Python · LabVIEW · Altium

• Cambridge
• £60,000 – £90,000 pa
• Senior

Own the full product lifecycle for complex instruments used in defence and security, from concept through to prototype production. Day-to-day work centres on HDL design with VHDL or SystemVerilog, using toolchains such as Vivado or Quartus, running simulations and testbenches, and performing hardware-level debugging. Requires UK security clearance.

Vivado · Quartus

• Stevenage
• On-site
• Mid-level
• Contract

Work across all phases of the FPGA design and verification cycle, generating complex architectures in VHDL and Simulink for Xilinx, Intel and Microsemi devices. Verify implementations using VHDL and SystemVerilog/UVM testbenches with QuestaSim and ModelSim, and write low-level C for FPGA test and integration within a multidiscipline team.

Xilinx · Intel · Microsemi +3

• Camberley
• Senior
• Permanent

Hands-on senior role spanning analogue and digital circuit design, embedded C/C++ and FPGA logic for sophisticated instrumentation. You will refine existing designs, diagnose faults across hardware and software, use Python for test automation, and provide technical direction in design reviews without direct reports.

Altium · SPI · I2C +2

• Cheltenham
• £45,000 – £55,000 pa
• Entry level

Contribute to advanced electronic systems by implementing signal, image and data-processing algorithms in VHDL, designing PCBs with FPGAs, SoCs and high-speed interfaces, and completing schematic capture in OrCAD. The role also covers test firmware, embedded software, Linux device drivers and bringing up newly designed boards within a multidisciplinary engineering team.

FPGA · VHDL · OrCAD +4

• United Kingdom
• £300 – £600 pd

Hands-on verification role covering subsystem and SoC functional verification, reusing and enhancing System Verilog/UVM testbenches, and developing processor-based C tests. The engineer runs regressions, debugs complex RTL simulation failures with waveform tools, and drives functional coverage closure while collaborating on verification planning.

SystemVerilog · UVM · Python +2

• United Kingdom
• On-site
• £500 – £1,000 pd
• Contract

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.

Ethernet · TCP/IP · SPI +6

• 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

• Lincoln
• On-site
• £42,500 – £52,500 pa
• Mid-level
• Permanent

Design, develop and test FPGA-based systems for real-time RF and signal processing in an electronic warfare context. Work hands-on with RFSoC platforms, high-speed ADC/DAC interfaces, VHDL/SystemVerilog and MATLAB/Simulink, supporting lab integration and test with RF instrumentation. Mostly on-site in Lincoln alongside domain specialists and MOD/RAF customer environments.

RFSoC · Vivado · Quartus +5

• Chelmsford
• On-site
• Mid-level
• Permanent · Shift work

Hands-on electronics role supporting silicon wafer processing, package and test equipment across three cleanroom areas. You respond rapidly to equipment faults, lead preventive maintenance and installations, manage contractors and risk assessments, and work with gases, chemicals, robotics, vacuum and electronics on a double day shift.

• Cambridge

Hands-on development of kernel generation and computational graph optimizations for next-generation NVIDIA GPUs, solving complex compilation problems for AI inference and training workloads. The role involves co-designing future silicon with software, hardware and research teams, and optimizing datacenter-scale AI deployments using MLIR, C/C++ and Python.

MLIR · GPU · CPU +1

• Nailsea And Backwell
• Hybrid · 3 days in office
• Mid-level
• Permanent

Designs and develops electrical modules and sub-assemblies for specialist environmental technology systems used in semiconductor manufacturing, taking products from initial design through verification and documentation. Works within a multidisciplinary team, selecting components, running calculations and tests, and producing models, drawings and bills of materials to machinery safety and industry standards.

AutoCAD Electrical · PLC