Semiconductor Jobs

Analog Devices · Edinburgh

Join a collaborative Edinburgh team developing low-power analog and power-management IP for highly integrated mixed-signal ICs. The intern contributes to architecture, transistor-level design, simulation and verification of DC/DC converter IP such as buck, boost and buck-boost topologies, including analog sub-circuits like error amplifiers, comparators and gate drivers. Work spans behavioural modelling, layout review and potentially laboratory silicon evaluation.

Analog Devices · Newbury

Field Applications Engineer role focused on system-level engagement with Aerospace, Defense and Communications customers at ADI's Newbury Catalyst site. You will develop and execute pilot demos using evaluation boards, system platforms and COTS modules, write Python code to tailor solutions, and work on-site with customers customising radar, electronic warfare and sensing designs. Part of the wider European System Platforms team, feeding customer insights back into future ADI products.

Beautiful Recruitment · Towcester

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.

Beautiful Recruitment · Towcester

Provide equipment engineering leadership in a UK wafer fab, covering advanced fault-finding, preventative maintenance and optimisation of semiconductor process tools handling hazardous chemicals and speciality gases. Mentor technicians and junior engineers, manage vendors and contractors, and drive TPM and 8-step improvement projects while reporting OEE metrics to executives.

Semtech · Sevenoaks

Designs analogue and mixed-signal subsystems for high-speed TIA and laser driver ICs supporting data rates up to 200G, taking ownership of blocks from concept through validation and volume production. Works with layout, verification and product teams on performance, power and area targets, using Cadence tools within a Stansted and Ottawa design centre.

Semtech · Sevenoaks

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.

University of Warwick · Coventry · £21,805 pa

Develops medium-voltage solid-state transformer cells for hyperscale AI data centres and net-zero grids, tackling high-frequency power conversion, compact magnetic links and electrical-thermal degradation under high-dv/dt stress. Combines multi-physics finite-element modelling in ANSYS/COMSOL with experimental validation in a high-voltage power electronics lab, culminating in a scaled hardware prototype.

Search Consultancy · Greenock · £13 – £17 ph

Working within a clean room environment, you will support the semiconductor manufacturing process by following set procedures and maintaining high standards of cleanliness and accuracy in line with health and safety guidelines. Full training is provided, so no prior manufacturing experience is needed, and you will work rotational 12-hour day and night shifts as part of a team.

Avanti Recruitment · ELY · £50,000 – £65,000 pa

Hands-on ownership of FPGA architecture for advanced sensing and Edge-AI products, spanning high-speed data acquisition, SoC-FPGA integration, real-time DSP and future CNN acceleration. Day-to-day work covers VHDL/Verilog/SystemVerilog RTL, ADC and LVDS acquisition, DMA, AXI and PS/PL integration, DDR streaming pipelines, timing closure and CDC, plus hardware bring-up and Embedded Linux/PetaLinux integration.

Avanti Recruitment · Southampton · £50,000 – £80,000 pa

Hands-on role across the full FPGA development lifecycle, covering VHDL design, verification and SoC-based systems using Xilinx devices and Vivado. Work spans video/image processing, high-speed data, signal processing and embedded integration for defence and mission-critical products, with ownership of technical decisions and mentoring of junior engineers.

Teledyne FLIR · Chelmsford

Assembly and test operator role ensuring timely throughput of imaging devices while meeting quality requirements. Duties include microscope inspection, setting up and running tools, maintaining production records and reporting progress to the line manager, working in a cleanroom on alternating double day shifts.

Teledyne FLIR · Chelmsford

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.

Pragmatic Semiconductor · Durham

Operates production equipment in a 24/7 cleanroom, preparing, handling and processing substrates to standard operating procedures. Monitors equipment performance, logs process data into a Factory MES and maintains safe working practices. Suits those with lean, high-volume manufacturing experience; semiconductor or optical microscope skills are a plus.

Jonathan Lee Recruitment · Maidenhead

Lead the architecture, design, implementation, integration and verification of FPGA-based firmware for high-assurance defence and cyber systems, using VHDL and structured V-model methodologies. Chair design reviews, translate ambiguous requirements into verifiable specifications, and mentor firmware engineers while working with protocols such as UART, SPI, I2C and TCP/IP. Based onsite in Maidenhead and requires security clearance eligibility.

Archangel Lightworks · Oxford · £25,000 – £60,000 pa

Develops laser communication terminal optical and photonic subsystems, from requirements definition and trade-off analysis through modelling, breadboard testing, and assembly, integration and test. Works closely with the Product Technical Lead and optical engineering team, managing component suppliers and providing technical leadership of subsystem projects, with system-level testing and field trials.