Semiconductor Jobs

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

Graduate role developing firmware for next-generation AI hardware, covering bootup, power control, telemetry and monitoring. You'll write and review code, work with continuous integration and build systems, and collaborate with silicon and hardware teams in Agile ceremonies. Part of a two-year graduate programme with hands-on embedded software development.

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

Join one of four specialist silicon teams — logical design, verification, physical design or design for test — contributing to real AI chip development. You'll work on RTL design, SOC integration, verification methods or physical implementation using industry-standard EDA tools, taking ownership of clear tasks with support from experienced engineers over a two-year programme.

EDA Tools

• 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

• Edinburgh
• Entry level
• Internship

Join a Consumer Audio design team in Edinburgh to work on real mixed-signal IC development, from circuit architecture research and feasibility studies to transistor-level design, simulation and verification of analog blocks. You will build testbenches, analyse trade-offs around noise, distortion and power, and collaborate with layout engineers through physical implementation and design reviews.

Cadence Virtuoso · Spectre · MATLAB +3

• Newcastle upon Tyne
• Lead

Develops and maintains a C++ codebase for next-generation EDA tools, focusing on computational geometry, geometry manipulation and algorithmic complexity for sub-20nm IC design. Involves writing design, function and test specifications, interfacing with build and regression systems, and collaborating with a global cross-functional team.

Qt · Linux · Unix

• Didcot
• Hybrid · 4 days in office
• £41,414 – £67,481 pa
• Senior
• Contract

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.

Xilinx · Vivado · MATLAB +7

• Swansea
• On-site
• Mid-level
• Shift work

Provide first-line engineering support for wafer fabrication and epitaxy equipment, covering fault diagnosis, repair and preventative maintenance on lithography, etch, PVD, PECVD and MOVPE reactor systems. The role also involves managing chemical and specialist gas supply systems, spare parts inventory and continuous improvement work such as Kaizen, 6S and 8D. It is based in a cleanroom on a continental shift pattern, including SCBA use and emergency response duties.

Lithography · Etch · PVD +7

• 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

• Eastbourne
• On-site
• £80,000 – £110,000 pa
• Senior · manages people
• Permanent

Lead a multi-disciplinary team of up to 100 people, driving pure NPI development for next-generation semiconductor products. Responsibilities include creating project proposals, presenting to customers, providing technical leadership across hardware, software and mechanical teams, and managing project schedules, budgets and resource allocation. Works closely with the General Manager on complex, electronically biased product development.

Vacuum Technology

• Oxford
• Hybrid
• Senior
• Permanent

Own the embedded software bringing a novel optical AI accelerator to life: Linux kernel and bare-metal device drivers, firmware for control processors, and deterministic RTOS control tasks. Lead board support package bring-up on new custom silicon revisions, debugging with JTAG, scopes and logic analysers, and set the embedded team's coding standards and test methodology.

Linux · JTAG · SWD +3

• Oxford
• Hybrid
• Junior
• Permanent

Builds firmware, peripheral drivers and RTOS-based control software for an optical AI accelerator, covering RTOS tasks and IPC, board support package bring-up, boot loaders and first-boot debugging on custom hardware. Works closely with a senior embedded engineer and hardware teams, writing unit and integration tests and maintaining embedded CI pipelines.

FreeRTOS · Zephyr · JTAG +7

• Durham
• On-site
• Entry level
• Permanent

Operate die prep tools and equipment, perform wafer inspection under a microscope, handle wafers and carry out manual tag assembly on a continental shift pattern. Work to SOPs, run process checks and keep activity logs in a lab environment, with full training provided and no formal qualifications required.

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