Semiconductor Jobs

• Farnborough

Design, develop and test embedded software and firmware for specialist engineering applications, contributing across the full lifecycle from research and prototyping to validation and product development. Work within a multidisciplinary team spanning software, FPGA and hardware engineering, with opportunities to broaden expertise across FPGA, DSP, electronics and RF technologies.

Vivado · Vitis · ModelSim +3

• Cambridge
• Hybrid
• £35,000 – £45,000 pa
• Mid-level

Develops FPGA and embedded firmware for high-performance data acquisition and signal processing systems used in biomedical research. Writes VHDL for FPGA functionality and C for low-level hardware control, integrating and debugging digital electronics alongside hardware and software engineers. Offers real project ownership and a progression route to senior engineering roles.

AMD Vivado · Xilinx Vivado · Intel Quartus +5

• 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
• £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

• 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

• 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

• Fareham
• £33,000 – £38,000 pa
• Junior

Develop and debug embedded C firmware for microcontrollers, support capacitive sensing algorithm development, and use Python for modelling, simulation and data analysis. Work alongside software, hardware and applications engineering teams on new features, investigating performance issues across software and hardware.

Git · SVN · MATLAB +1

• 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

• Whiteley
• £50,000 – £80,000 pa
• Senior

Design and optimise capacitive sensing architectures, develop and verify RTL in Verilog/SystemVerilog, and write embedded C/C++ software for sensing and signal processing. Lead silicon bring-up, debugging and validation across analogue, digital and firmware domains, collaborating with global teams on HMI solutions.

Verilog · SystemVerilog · C/C++ +7

• Farnborough
• On-site
• £80,000 – £90,000 pa
• Mid-level
• Permanent

Owns FPGA solutions end to end, from requirements capture and architecture through VHDL implementation, verification, hardware integration and production. Works in a multidisciplinary team on secure digital design for cyber and information-assurance applications, coordinating other engineers and external suppliers, with four days a week onsite in Farnborough.

Microchip · Libero · ModelSim +7

• Oxford
• Hybrid
• Senior

Lead validation and characterisation of analogue and mixed-signal ASICs for trapped-ion quantum processors, from test planning and platform development through first-silicon bring-up, debug and system integration. The role spans room-temperature and cryogenic (around 4 K) measurements on packaged parts, chip-on-board assemblies and bare die, with heavy Python automation and test PCB work.

Python · Git · SPI +7

• Bristol
• Lead

Lead FPGA and SoC design for airborne imaging and sensor systems, owning architecture for video processing, sensor integration, stabilisation and control. Hands-on work spans RTL development in VHDL/SystemVerilog, simulation, synthesis, timing closure, hardware bring-up and verification, plus mentoring junior engineers and reviewing schematics and constraints.

Xilinx · AMD · Intel +4

• 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

• Guildford
• £44,000 – £47,000 pa
• Entry level

Graduates simulate and implement signal, image or data processing algorithms in VHDL for FPGAs, design PCBs with SoCs, high-speed network interfaces and analogue/RF filtering, and perform schematic capture in OrCAD. The role also covers managing PCB fabrication and assembly subcontractors, writing test firmware and developing Linux device drivers, within a consultancy serving government and technology clients.

FPGA · VHDL · OrCAD +3

• 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