Tenstorrent is a Canadian semiconductor company founded in 2016 and led by veteran chip architect Jim Keller. It designs artificial intelligence accelerators and RISC-V processors, and sells intellectual property licences as well as hardware, with an open-source software stack. Investors and licensees include major automotive and technology groups seeking an alternative to closed accelerator ecosystems.
HQ: Toronto, Canada • Embedded Systems • Hardware • Machine Learning • Est. 2016
$100k – $500k per year • Lead • In office (Toronto, Canada) • Full-Time • Staff
SystemVerilog
AI/ML
Edge AI
Chips/EDA
Cocotb
UVM
$100k – $500k per year • Senior • In office (Boston, United States) • Full-Time • Senior
C++
Python
SystemVerilog
AI/ML
Claude
Copilot
Cursor
Edge AI
Chips/EDA
Cocotb
UVM
FuriosaAI designs high-performance, power-efficient AI accelerators (NPUs) used in data centers for computer vision, GenAI, LLMs, and demanding workloads.
Seoul • Hwaseong • Santa Clara • San Jose • Data Centers • LLM & Generative AI • Artificial Intelligence
Senior • 5+ years exp • In office (Seoul, South Korea) • Bachelor's Degree • Senior
Perl
Python
SystemVerilog
Chips/EDA
UVM
Cocotb
Jump Trading is a proprietary trading firm focused on quantitative and high-speed strategies. It invests heavily in networking, hardware acceleration and research computing. The firm also runs ventures in cryptocurrency infrastructure and machine learning research.
HQ: Chicago, United States • Est. 1999
Intern • In office (London, United Kingdom) • Internship • Intern
C++
Python
SystemVerilog
Verilog
VHDL
AI/ML
Claude
Claude Code
OpenCL
DevOps
HPC
Chips/EDA
Cocotb
Intern • In office • Internship • Intern
C++
Python
SystemVerilog
Verilog
VHDL
Chips/EDA
Cocotb
$250k per year • Intern • In office (Chicago, United States) • Visa sponsorship • Internship • Intern
Bluespec
C++
Chisel
Python
SystemVerilog
Verilog
VHDL
AI/ML
OpenCL
AI Agents
DevOps
HPC
Chips/EDA
Cocotb
Light Conversion is a Lithuanian photonics company founded in 1994 and headquartered in Vilnius. It builds femtosecond lasers and optical parametric amplifiers used in research and manufacturing. The company is a world leader in ultrafast laser technology.
HQ: Vilnius, Lithuania • Laboratory Equipment • Hardware • Lasers & Photonics • Est. 1994
$56k – $84k per year • In office (Vilnius, Lithuania) • Full-Time • Italian: C1
C++
Python
SystemVerilog
Verilog
VHDL
DevOps
Git
Chips/EDA
Cocotb
pyuvm
UVM
$84k – $105k per year • Senior • In office (Vilnius, Lithuania) • Full-Time • Senior • Italian: C1
C++
Python
SystemVerilog
Verilog
VHDL
DevOps
Git
Chips/EDA
Cocotb
pyuvm
UVM
Normal Computing is an artificial intelligence and semiconductor technology company headquartered in New York City, New York, and founded in 2022. The firm develops a full-stack platform including AI-native Electronic Design Automation software and thermodynamic Application-Specific Integrated Circuits designed to optimize AI inference and long-context reasoning. Backed by investors such as Samsung Catalyst, the company partners with major semiconductor manufacturers to deploy its co-design solutions for complex system-on-chip verification and hardware acceleration.
HQ: New York, United States • Machine Learning • LLM & Generative AI • EDA • Software • Semiconductors • AI Infrastructure • Hardware • Artificial Intelligence • Est. 2022
$200k – $400k per year • Remote/Hybrid (New York, United States) • Full-Time
C++
Python
SystemVerilog
VHDL
DevOps
CI/CD
Docker
GitLab CI
GitLab
Chips/EDA
Synopsys HAPS
Xilinx Vivado
Cocotb
UVM
Tower Research Capital is a quantitative trading firm operating automated strategies globally. It builds its own trading infrastructure, exchange connectivity and research systems. The firm supports multiple independent trading teams under one platform.
HQ: New York, United States • Artificial Intelligence • Financial AI • Est. 1998
≈ $22k – $52k per year (Estimated) • Middle • 3+ years exp • Remote/Hybrid (Gurgaon, India) • Bachelor's Degree • Part-Time • Middle
C++
Python
SystemVerilog
Verilog
VHDL
Chips/EDA
Cocotb
Formal Verification
UVM
Fractile is a London semiconductor company founded in 2022 that designs chips for large language model inference. Its in-memory computing architecture aims to remove the memory bottleneck that limits how fast transformer models can run. The company is backed by prominent artificial intelligence investors including a NVIDIA venture arm.
HQ: London, United Kingdom • AI Infrastructure • Artificial Intelligence • Hardware • 501-1000 employees • Est. 2022
≈ $67k – $164k per year (Estimated) • Senior • 6+ years exp • In office • Internship • Senior
C++
Python
SystemVerilog
SystemC
Verilog
DevOps
Bazel
Chips/EDA
UVM
Cocotb
Formal Verification
Icarus Verilog
Verilator
≈ $67k – $164k per year (Estimated) • Senior • 6+ years exp • In office (London, United Kingdom) • Internship • Senior
C++
Python
SystemVerilog
SystemC
Verilog
DevOps
Bazel
Chips/EDA
UVM
Cocotb
Formal Verification
Icarus Verilog
Verilator
≈ $63k – $150k per year (Estimated) • Middle • 3+ years exp • In office • Internship • Middle
C++
Python
SystemVerilog
SystemC
Verilog
DevOps
Bazel
Chips/EDA
UVM
Cocotb
Formal Verification
Icarus Verilog
Verilator
ENIGMA Systemy Ochrony Informacji | Bezpieczne państwo, bezpieczne instytucje, bezpieczny obywatel | Znajdź rozwiązanie dla swojego sektora.
Warsaw • National Security • Cybersecurity • Information Security
$45k – $64k per year • In office (Warsaw, Poland) • Full-Time • Polish: C1
Python
SystemVerilog
Verilog
DevOps
CI/CD
GitLab CI
GitLab
Chips/EDA
Cocotb
Xilinx Vivado
Ursa Major manufactures rocket engines and solid propulsion systems as a merchant supplier. Its Hadley and Draper engines serve launch vehicles and hypersonic programmes. The company uses additive manufacturing to shorten production cycles.
HQ: Berthoud, United States • Manufacturing • Defense Manufacturing • Military • 201-500 employees • Est. 2015
$150k – $180k per year • Equity • Staff+ • 15+ years exp • In office (Berthoud, United States) • Bachelor's Degree • Internship • Staff
Assembly
C++
MATLAB
Python
SystemVerilog
Verilog
VHDL
MATLAB
Simulink
Chips/EDA
Cocotb
UVM
EMBEDDED INDUSTRIESWITH THEIR NEXT BEST EXPERT AT THE HEART OF BELGIUM Explore Active Consultants CONNECT WITH US WE STEP UP TOGETHER At our consultancy, we're driven by a collective commitment to mutual success, embodied in our slogan
Brussels • Leuven • 6th of October City • Antwerp • Mechelen • Embedded Software • Software • Hardware
Senior • In office • Senior
Python
Verilog
VHDL
DevOps
Jenkins
Chips/EDA
Cocotb
Siemens ModelSim
Siemens QuestaSim
Nu Quantum is a Cambridge company founded in 2018 that builds networking hardware for quantum computers. Its interconnects and control systems link separate quantum processors into larger machines and support quantum data centre architectures. The company spun out of the Cavendish Laboratory.
HQ: Cambridge, United Kingdom • Science & Engineering • Hardware • Quantum Science & Computing • Est. 2018
≈ $56k – $156k per year (Estimated) • In office (Cambridge, United States) • Visa sponsorship • Full-Time
Python
Rust
SystemVerilog
Verilog
VHDL
C
C
Embedded C
DevOps
CI/CD
Chips/EDA
Migen
Cocotb
eleQtron is a Siegen company founded in 2020 that builds trapped ion quantum computers. Its MAGIC technology controls qubits with microwaves rather than lasers, which simplifies scaling the hardware. The company was the first German quantum computing company founded on ion trap technology.
HQ: Siegen, Germany • Hardware • Quantum Computing Hardware • Quantum Science & Computing • Est. 2020
≈ $52k – $125k per year (Estimated) • Middle • 3+ years exp • In office • Middle • English: C1
Python
SystemVerilog
Verilog
VHDL
DevOps
CI/CD
Git
Chips/EDA
Cocotb
Formal Verification
Vitis
Xilinx Vivado
planqc is a deep-tech quantum computing hardware enterprise headquartered in Garching (near Munich), Germany. Founded in 2022 by Dr. Alexander Glätzle, Dr. Sebastian Blatt, Dr. Johannes Zeiher, and Lukas Reichsöllner as the first commercial spin-off from the Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics (MPQ) and LMU Munich within the Munich Quantum Valley initiative, the venture has raised over €80 million in total funding and major government contracts from investors including CATRON Holding, DeepTech & Climate Fonds (DTCF), UVC Partners, Speedinvest, and Amadeus Capital.
Garching bei München • Science & Engineering • Quantum Science & Computing • Quantum Computing Hardware • Hardware • Est. 2022
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FPGA Engineer
≈ $52k – $125k per year (Estimated) • Middle • 3+ years exp • Remote/Hybrid (Garching bei München, Germany) • Relocation • Visa sponsorship • Bachelor's Degree • Full-Time • Middle
Python
SystemVerilog
Verilog
VHDL
Chips/EDA
Cocotb
PetaLinux
Vitis
Xilinx Vivado
Salary range
| Seniority |
Jobs |
25% |
Median |
75% |
| All levels |
8 |
$89K |
$106K |
$107K |
Few employers in this selection publish pay, so these figures are Alion estimates built from comparable listings by role, level and country. Gross annual, converted to USD.
The market right now
Alion currently lists 19 open Cocotb jobs from 13 companies. 1 of them was posted or refreshed in the last seven days. 12 of the employers have posted something in the last three months, which is the pool worth watching if you are starting a search now. Every listing links straight to the employer, so you apply on their own board rather than through an intermediary.
What these roles pay
Most employers in this selection do not publish a figure, so the range below is Alion's own estimate, derived from 8 comparable listings priced by role, level and country. Across them the middle half of the market sits between $89K and $107K a year, with a median of $106K. Figures are gross annual amounts converted to US dollars, so roles in different currencies stay comparable.
Where the work is
The largest concentrations of these roles are Lithuania (2), Poland (1), and South Korea (1). 16% offer a hybrid arrangement, while the rest expect you on site.
Who is hiring
The employers with the most open Cocotb jobs right now are Fractile (4), Jump Trading (3), Light Conversion (2), Tenstorrent (1), Furiosa (1), and Normal Computing (1). Each company page on Alion carries its size, funding stage, tech stack and every other position it has open, so you can judge the employer before you spend an evening on the application.
What employers ask for
Reading across the current listings, the tools that come up most often are Cocotb (19), Python (19), SystemVerilog (18), Verilog (16), C++ (13), VHDL (12), UVM (11), and Formal Verification (6). The counts are how many of these openings name each one, which is a better guide to what is actually being hired for than a generic skills list.
Relocation, visas and equity
Of the current Cocotb jobs, 3 state visa sponsorship, 1 offers a relocation package, and 1 includes equity. These are filters on the list above, so you can narrow it to the ones that make a move possible for you.
