Semiconductor Jobs

• Edinburgh
• £30,000 – £40,000 pa
• Entry level

Join a disruptive semiconductor company designing and validating high-speed digital electronics, FPGA solutions and embedded software. You will build automated test and characterisation rigs in Python, support customer evaluations and demonstrations, and represent the company at trade shows and on international customer visits.

Altium · OrCAD

• Bristol

Designs circuit solutions for AI processor systems and validation platforms, turning requirements into schematics, layout constraints and testable hardware. Owns boards from first schematic through bring-up, lab validation, debug and production transfer, working closely with silicon, architecture, firmware and PCB CAD teams.

Linux · Python · Bash +7

• Bristol

Hands-on lab role validating and debugging memory and system interfaces on advanced AI compute hardware, focusing on LPDDR5-9600, slow-speed interfaces, PCB issues, power behaviour and signal integrity. You own board bring-up, root cause analysis and memory subsystem tuning, working closely with architecture, silicon, firmware and PCB design teams.

LPDDR5-9600 · Oscilloscopes · BERT +2

• 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

• 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

• 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

• United Kingdom
• £50,000 – £70,000 pa
• Senior

Join a Surrey technical consultancy building custom hardware and software solutions for UK government clients, spanning embedded C/C++, FPGAs, PCB design and signal processing. You will mentor junior engineers, drive new project direction and manage client relationships through reports and presentations. Requires UK nationality due to project sensitivity.

FPGA · VHDL · PCB

• 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

• Bassaleg
• £85 – £100 ph
• Senior · manages people
• Contract

Responsible for executing allocated FPGA work packages within cost, time and quality constraints, from requirements analysis and architectural design through VHDL implementation, verification and integration onto target platforms. Also provides technical support, reviews team members' work and contributes to FPGA development process updates. Requires proficiency in VHDL, simulation and synthesis tools, with recent experience of Altera, Microsemi or Xilinx devices.

Altera · Xilinx · Microsemi +5

• Didcot
• Hybrid · 4 days in office
• £41,414 – £58,679 pa
• Senior
• Contract

Develop and maintain HDL firmware for Xilinx FPGAs in Vivado, implementing feedback control, filtering and interlock handling with state machines for magnet power supply controllers. The role covers simulation, verification and on-hardware validation using logic analysers, plus Ethernet-based control interfaces, within a not-for-profit scientific organisation on a major facility upgrade.

Xilinx · Vivado · ADC +7

• Stevenage
• Hybrid
• £90 – £100 ph
• Mid-level
• Contract

Full lifecycle FPGA development for defence and aerospace programmes, covering architecture, design, verification, integration and delivery. You'll work with VHDL, Simulink, SystemVerilog/UVM and low-level C, targeting Xilinx, Intel (Altera) and Microsemi devices using QuestaSim and ModelSim, alongside multidisciplinary systems, software and hardware teams.

Xilinx · Intel (Altera) · Microsemi +3

• 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

• Oxford
• £80,000 – £120,000 pa
• Lead

Lead the architecture and full lifecycle delivery of high-throughput FPGA subsystems for next-generation medical device platforms, from requirements through RTL implementation, ASIC bring-up and lab validation. The role combines hands-on SystemVerilog/Verilog design using AMD/Xilinx toolchains with technical leadership, mentoring mid/senior engineers and championing CI/CD automation.

AMD · Xilinx · Vivado +3

• Cambridge
• On-site
• Senior
• Permanent

Define and architect test hardware for GaN power devices and ICs, covering fixtures, sockets, probing, switching and multi-site parallel setups for static, dynamic and mixed-signal measurements. Lead test hardware workstreams from concept to release, write specifications, review designs, and mentor engineers while shaping the test equipment roadmap.

HTRB · HTOL

• 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