Semiconductor Jobs

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

Join the Silicon Architecture team to specify, model and evaluate complex SoC subsystems for next-generation AI hardware, with guidance from experienced architects. Work spans architectural modelling, IP assessment, design trade-offs and silicon bring-up, collaborating across design, verification, hardware and software teams. A two-year graduate programme with mentoring and growing ownership.

PCIe · Ethernet · DDR

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

A 12-week summer internship working on the electronic hardware behind AI compute platforms, focusing on either Hardware Design (schematic and circuit design, PCB development, board bring-up, lab testing) or Signal Integrity (high-speed links like PCIe and Ethernet, DDR memory interfaces, simulation and measurement). Interns work on a scoped design, analysis, validation or debugging task with guidance from Staff Hardware Engineers and Team Leads, using tools such as Mentor Expedition, Ansys HFSS and Keysight ADS.

Mentor Expedition · Ansys HFSS · Keysight ADS +3

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

Provide first-line engineering support for wafer fabrication and epitaxy equipment, covering fault diagnosis, repair, preventative maintenance and optimisation of lithography, etch, PVD, PECVD and MOVPE reactor systems. The role works a continental 12-hour shift pattern in a cleanroom, handling hazardous process gases and chemicals and supporting gas delivery, exhaust and abatement systems.

Lithography · Etch · PVD +7

• Oxford
• Hybrid
• Senior · manages people
• Permanent

Owns a Python-based performance and power modelling framework predicting how photonic AI hardware runs real inference workloads, covering compute engines, interconnect, memory and bridge interfaces. Characterises operators against hardware, RTL or emulation, builds compiler-agnostic MLIR interfaces and runs benchmarks to give architecture and compiler teams a shared source of truth.

Python · MLIR · UL Procyon +7

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

A 12-week summer internship contributing to firmware for next-generation AI hardware, from first boot to system monitoring. You'll write code, develop unit tests and debug behaviour on real hardware using logs, oscilloscopes and logic analysers, working alongside silicon and hardware teams within System Software.

O'Reilly

• 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
• 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
• Director · manages people

Lead the Bristol post-silicon validation team, bringing up new AI SoCs by running pre-production software on fresh silicon and proving quality, reliability and functionality before production. Drive cross-domain debug across silicon, firmware, OS and platform, and scale validation through emulation, prototyping and automation.

Linux

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

Join one of four specialist silicon teams—logical design, verification, physical design or design for test—contributing to real AI chip development over a 12-week summer placement. You'll work with industry-standard EDA tools on tasks such as RTL design, SOC integration, verification methods or physical implementation, with support from experienced engineers.

EDA Tools

• 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
• On-site
• Mid-level
• Permanent

Contribute technically to next-generation AI superchips, delivering sign-off-quality layouts in leading-edge process technologies. Work spans floorplanning, synthesis, place and route, CTS, timing analysis, physical verification and flow/tool development in Tcl and Python, collaborating closely with RTL, verification, DFT, architecture and packaging teams. Engineers are trusted to own their designs and improve flows, methodologies and infrastructure.

Tcl · Python · GDSII +7

• Bristol

You will build and maintain test systems for AI hardware platforms, defining test methods, specifying equipment and automating checks for high-speed serial links, high-current power supplies and PCBA debug. Embedded in the Hardware Test team, you work closely with silicon, firmware and production groups, improving coverage and transferring robust solutions into production.

Ethernet · PCIe · Python +4