Semiconductor Jobs

• Oxford
• Lead · manages people

Lead a three-person electronics team within the Systems group, acting as a player-coach with roughly 60% leadership and 40% hands-on design. Own the electronics roadmap for quantum systems, from schematic capture and PCB layout through board and system-level test, including mixed-signal, high-speed digital and QPU drive architecture, while moving prototypes to rack-ready production.

Altium · Jira · Smartsheet +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

• Southampton
• £37,369 – £39,560 pa
• Entry level
• Contract

Investigates 2D semiconductors and ferroelectric materials to build non-volatile memory that co-locates storage and processing for low-power AI hardware. Combines materials characterisation, interface engineering and device fabrication at the Southampton Nanofabrication Centre, with short research visits to Cambridge and NPL. Based in the 2D-MINDs team and the ECS Centre for Neuromorphic Technologies.

Raman Spectroscopy · Photoluminescence · AFM +2

• Cambridge
• On-site
• Senior
• Permanent

Design GaN power ICs and Si gate drivers using EDA tools, covering schematic capture, RTL, analog/digital and mixed-signal simulation, synthesis, STA, PNR and AMS verification. Also develops test solutions, analyses wafer-level and packaged device data, documents designs, debugs ICs and generates IP for patent applications within a growing R&D engineering team.

EDA Tools · GaN · Si Gate Drivers

• Cambridge
• On-site
• Director · manages people
• Permanent

Senior leadership role owning the packaging function for GaN power semiconductors, combining people leadership with hands-on design of wirebond, flip chip and embedded packages. Involves multiphysics simulation, supplier development, qualification testing and roadmap input, working with internal teams and overseas partners from the Cambridge office.

GaN

• Guildford
• On-site
• £40,000 – £46,000 pa
• Entry level

Join a multidisciplinary team building integrated software-hardware systems for defence and security, spanning low-power embedded devices to high-throughput server applications. You'll apply C/C++, FPGA, and electronics skills to complex projects combining custom hardware with innovative software, with labs and prototyping facilities on site.

FPGA · VHDL · PCB

• Whitchurch
• Hybrid · 3 days in office
• £70,000 – £80,000 pa
• Senior
• Permanent

Hands-on staff-level role in a specialist embedded software team, owning low-level firmware and software for advanced capacitive sensing products across the full lifecycle from concept to production. Involves bare metal development in a pre-RTOS environment, Embedded C and Python, DSP and IC interaction including IC bring-up and pre-tapeout validation, plus architecture decisions and mentoring.

• Newport
• On-site
• £85 ph
• Senior
• Contract

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.

Xilinx · Altera · Microsemi +5

• 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

• Bristol
• Remote
• £50 – £60 ph
• Senior

Verification of a next-generation multi-die SoC, covering subsystem- and SoC-level functional verification with SystemVerilog/UVM and processor-driven C test programs on embedded cores. Involves adapting existing UVM environments, debugging RTL simulation failures, running regressions and driving functional coverage closure, with scripting in Python, Perl or shell.

SystemVerilog · UVM · ARM +3

• Swindon
• Hybrid
• Senior
• Permanent

Provides technical leadership for a global EDA/CAD compute and engineering infrastructure, spanning Linux environments, LSF batch compute, EDA license servers, Perforce and project/workspace provisioning. Combines hands-on Python and shell automation with architecture, monitoring and capacity planning, working across engineering, CAD and IT/IS teams to keep semiconductor development environments consistent and reliable worldwide.

LSF · Perforce Helix · IPLM +6

• Fareham
• Hybrid · 3 days in office
• £70,000 – £75,000 pa
• Senior
• Permanent

Support the integration of semiconductor products into customer devices, testing internal developments and providing direct technical support for design-in activities. Design and build hardware tooling, coordinate project tasks, and act as a technical interface to customers, including international travel. The role also carries technical leadership across multiple teams, mentoring engineers and driving autonomous development.

• Bristol
• £23 – £24 ph
• Mid-level
• Contract

Drive quality improvements across manufacturing, engineering and supplier operations, maintaining the ISO 9001:2015 QMS, conducting internal and supplier audits, and managing SCARs. Investigate non-conformances, support NPI and First Article Inspections, and monitor KPIs with Power BI reporting. Based in Bristol on an initial six-month contract within a leading engineering and manufacturing business.

Power BI · SharePoint · Microsoft Office +2

• 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

• Cambridge
• Hybrid
• £90,000 – £120,000 pa
• Senior
• Permanent

Lead the transition of advanced semiconductor products into high-volume manufacturing, defining and building the Product Engineering function from the ground up. Manage technical relationships with OSAT and fabrication partners, drive yield improvement, change control and root-cause investigations, and develop control plans and containment strategies. Works closely with design and test teams in a hybrid setup.

OSAT · Yield Analysis Tools · Manufacturing Data Analytics