Semiconductor Jobs

Octagon Group · Manchester · £30,000 – £40,000 pa

Supports yield and quality improvements across wafer fabrication and assembly, reviewing lots on hold and leading root cause analysis and corrective actions. Maintains automotive process controls, PROMIS routes and yield reports, and works with Python/R and SPC tools on new product introduction and Six Sigma projects in a cleanroom manufacturing setting.

Octagon Group · Andover · £40,000 – £45,000 pa

Hands-on maintenance engineering role in an ISO 7 semiconductor assembly and test facility, covering scheduled preventative maintenance, fault investigation and repairs. Involves servicing HVAC, HEPA filtration and LEV systems, supporting utilities such as compressed air, nitrogen and power, and coordinating external service engineers alongside Production, Process Engineering and Quality.

Enterprise Recruitment · Towcester · £60,000 – £65,000 pa

This role involves hands-on engineering support for production operations, maintaining and improving epitaxy equipment, and driving continuous improvement initiatives. You will coordinate maintenance, support equipment upgrades, and collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure high equipment uptime and compliance with safety standards.

Theo James Recruitment · Newton Aycliffe · £53,350 pa

Multi-skilled maintenance role in a specialist semiconductor manufacturing environment, covering planned and preventative maintenance, breakdown response and electrical, electronic and mechanical fault finding. You will drive equipment improvements, support continuous improvement and structured problem-solving, liaise with vendors and train fellow technicians and apprentices on a 4-day, 12-hour day shift pattern.

Theo James Recruitment · Newton Aycliffe · £53,350 pa

Carry out planned and preventative maintenance, respond to breakdowns and perform electrical, electronic and mechanical fault finding on sophisticated semiconductor production equipment. Work within a multi-skilled engineering team alongside Process Engineering, supporting continuous improvement, major fault investigations and the training of fellow technicians and apprentices.

Belcan · Newport · £85 ph

Owns the full FPGA development lifecycle on a defence and aerospace programme, from requirements capture and architecture through VHDL implementation, verification and integration onto target hardware. Also leads and mentors other engineers, manages work packages to cost and quality targets, and reports progress to engineering leadership. Based fully on-site in Newport under SC clearance.

Gold Group · Bedford · £54 – £64 ph

Lead the design, development and support of mixed electrical/electronic LRU solutions from concept to completion through a phase-gate process, including analogue, digital, microprocessor and FPGA circuitry, schematic capture and PCB layout. The role provides technical governance to the team, reviews supplier capabilities and produces documentation, working on-site two mandatory days a week.

Forefront RF · Cambridge

Hands-on role driving semiconductor assembly and packaging for RF products, working with OSATs and manufacturing partners on process development. Supports new product introduction, yield improvement, root-cause analysis, reliability testing and qualification, and maintains assembly documentation and process flows. Newly created position shaping the transition from prototype to volume production.

Pragmatic Semiconductor · Durham

Responsible for maintaining, installing and fault-finding 300mm photolithography equipment including steppers, wafer tracks and bake tools, while supporting production operators and minimising tool downtime. Involves training technicians, developing maintenance procedures and reporting on equipment KPIs within a cleanroom semiconductor scale-up environment.

Lumai · Oxford

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.

Shorterm Group · Cambridge · £45,000 – £65,000 pa

Hands-on product development role spanning the full electronics lifecycle, from requirements and circuit design through PCB layout, manufacture, integration, testing and validation. You'll design analogue and digital circuits, manage PCB fabrication with external suppliers, and debug prototype hardware while collaborating closely with software, optics and mechanical engineers on advanced sensing and measurement systems.

Line Up Aviation · Newport · £85 ph

Responsible for executing allocated FPGA work packages within cost, time and quality constraints, covering requirements analysis, architectural and detailed design, implementation, verification and integration onto target platforms. Requires proficiency in VHDL, simulation and synthesis tools, with recent experience of Altera, Microsemi or Xilinx devices, plus technical support and review of team members' work.

ARM · Newport · £75 – £85 ph

Six-month contract designing FPGA solutions for a defence and aerospace client, covering requirements analysis, architectural and detailed design, implementation, verification and integration onto target platforms. The engineer also provides technical support, reviews team members' work and helps maintain the company's FPGA development processes. Hands-on VHDL work with Altera, Microsemi or Xilinx devices and simulation/synthesis tools.

Vacgen · East Sussex

Bridges design and manufacture, supporting New Product Introduction and developing manufacturing routes, BOMs and ERP data. Designs vacuum chambers, fixtures and tooling in 3D CAD, produces drawings and documentation, and drives continuous improvement using 8D, DFMEA, PFMEA and PPAP. Works hands-on with shop floor, customers and suppliers on ultra-high vacuum technology.

Belcan · Newport · £85 ph

Design, develop and verify FPGA solutions in VHDL across the full development lifecycle, from requirements capture and architecture definition to simulation, validation and hardware integration. You'll provide technical leadership within a multidisciplinary team on a Defence & Aerospace programme, using Xilinx, Altera or Microsemi devices with Vivado, Quartus II, ModelSim or Libero tooling.