Tesco is a leading British multinational retailer that stands as the largest grocery store chain in the United Kingdom. Headquartered in Welwyn Garden City, England, the company operates thousands of supermarkets, convenience stores, and a major e-commerce platform. It offers a wide variety of products ranging from fresh food and clothing to household items and financial services.
Kraków • Pune • Edinburgh • Bengaluru • Milton Keynes • Hardware • Industrial Hardware • Commerce • Retail & Shop Systems • E-commerce Platforms • Est. 2004
SLI HRMS is a specialized cloud-based human resource management platform designed to streamline core HR operations, payroll, and workforce administration. The software provides tools for employee attendance tracking, leave management, performance evaluations, and automated payroll processing to reduce administrative burden. By centralizing employee data into a single portal, it enables organizations to increase operational efficiency and foster seamless employee self-service capabilities.
HQ: Bengaluru, India • Human Resources • Software • 5000+ employees
≈ $62k – $167k per year (Estimated) • Lead • Remote/Hybrid (Bristol, Birmingham, United Kingdom) • Full-Time • Principal
≈ $45k – $124k per year (Estimated) • Remote/Hybrid (Bristol, United Kingdom) • Bachelor's Degree • Full-Time
$57k – $70k per year • Remote/Hybrid (Glasgow, Bristol, United Kingdom) • Full-Time
DuckDuckGo is an independent American software company headquartered in Paoli, Pennsylvania. The company is private held with a team of passionate people from over 15 counties.
Singapore • Search Engines • Est. 2008
$179k per year • Equity • Senior • 7+ years exp • Singapore • Remote (United States, United Kingdom, Canada) • Full-Time • Senior
Graphcore is a British semiconductor company founded in Bristol in 2016 that designs the Intelligence Processing Unit, a processor architected specifically for machine learning rather than adapted from graphics. Its chips place large amounts of memory directly on the die and expose fine-grained parallelism, an approach aimed at sparse and irregular models that map poorly onto conventional accelerators. The company sells IPU systems and the Poplar software stack to research and enterprise customers, and has operated as a wholly owned subsidiary of SoftBank Group since its acquisition in 2024.
HQ: Bristol, United Kingdom • Hardware • Artificial Intelligence • Machine Learning • AI Infrastructure • Semiconductors • 1001-5000 employees • Est. 2016
≈ $67k – $162k per year (Estimated) • Senior • In office (Bristol, United Kingdom) • Visa sponsorship • Senior
≈ $54k – $150k per year (Estimated) • In office (Bristol, United Kingdom)
≈ $54k – $150k per year (Estimated) • In office (Bristol, United Kingdom)
Northrop Grumman solves the toughest problems in space, aeronautics, defense and cyberspace to meet the ever evolving needs of our customers worldwide. Our 95,000 employees define possible every day using science, technology and engineering to create and deliver advanced systems, products and services.
HQ: Falls Church, United States • National Security • Government • Military
$136k – $204k per year • Senior • 8+ years exp • Huntsville • Remote (United States, United Kingdom, United Arab Emirates) • Relocation • Bachelor's Degree • Full-Time • Staff
We believe in Space as humankind’s new horizon to build a better, sustainable Life on Earth. In Space, governments, institutions and companies rely on us to design, operate and deliver a whole range of satellite-based systems.
Victoria • Montreal • Orlando • Burlington • Irvine • Environmental Science • Space & Aerospace • Earth Observation • 5000+ employees
≈ $69k – $184k per year (Estimated) • Lead • 3+ years exp • In office (Bristol, United Kingdom) • Relocation • Master's Degree • Full-Time • Principal
C++
MATLAB
SystemVerilog
Verilog
VHDL
Chips/EDA
OSVVM
Siemens ModelSim
Siemens QuestaSim
UVVM
Canonical is the publisher of Ubuntu, the world's most widely used Linux distribution, headquartered in London. Founded in 2004 by Mark Shuttleworth, the company provides enterprise-grade services, support, and security for open-source software, enabling organizations to deploy and manage workloads consistently across diverse environments. Their portfolio spans the entire compute spectrum - from public and private cloud infrastructure (OpenStack), container orchestration (Kubernetes/MicroK8s), and data center management to specialized edge and IoT computing.
HQ: London, United Kingdom • Artificial Intelligence • Software • Information Technology • 1001-5000 employees • Est. 2004
Remote (AMER, EMEA, APAC) • Internship
Debian
RTOS
Ubuntu
Marketing
Salesforce
≈ $94k – $200k per year (Estimated) • Senior • Remote • Bachelor's Degree • Senior
C++
DevOps
Debian
Docker
Kubernetes
Ubuntu
Stryker is a global leader in medical technologies and, together with our customers, we are driven to make healthcare better. We offer innovative products and services in MedSurg, Neurotechnology, Orthopaedics and Spine that help improve patient and healthcare outcomes. Alongside its customers around the world, Stryker impacts more than 150 million patients annually.
HQ: Kalamazoo, United States • Real Estate • Biotechnology • Health Care • Medical Devices • 1001-5000 employees
≈ $84k – $171k per year (Estimated) • Staff+ • 8+ years exp • Belfast • Remote (United Kingdom) • Bachelor's Degree • Full-Time • Staff
Artificial Intelligence To Serve Our DemocraciesOur purpose is to attain technological leadership so that democratic societies are free to make sovereign decisions and control their ethical standards.
Nice • Military • Artificial Intelligence • Defense AI
≈ $58k – $160k per year (Estimated) • Remote (United Kingdom) • Relocation • Visa sponsorship • Master's Degree • Contractor
C++
Rust
SystemVerilog
Verilog
VHDL
AI/ML
Computer Vision
Ray
Reinforcement Learning
Oxford Quantum Circuits is a quantum hardware and Quantum-Compute-as-a-Service (QCaaS) enterprise. Headquartered in Reading, United Kingdom, and spun out of the University of Oxford, the deep-tech firm designs and manufactures superconducting quantum processors built on its proprietary, patented Coaxmon and 3D-integrated Dimon® qubit architectures.
HQ: Reading, United Kingdom • Hardware • Science & Engineering • Quantum Computing Hardware • Quantum Science & Computing
≈ $56k – $156k per year (Estimated) • Remote (United Kingdom) • Visa sponsorship • Bachelor's Degree
C++
Python
Rust
Cython
Verilog
VHDL
C++
CMake
Cython
Meson
PyBind11
DevOps
CI/CD
Collabora + Flipper. Opening up the RK3576 for the Flipper One!
Content Management Systems (CMS) • IT Consulting
≈ $51k – $143k per year (Estimated) • Remote (United Kingdom) • Full-Time
Rust
DevOps
Debian
GitHub
GitLab
Robotics
GStreamer
AECOM is a leading global infrastructure consulting firm that provides end-to-end design, engineering, program management, and environmental services. The company partners with public and private sector clients to deliver complex projects across transportation, buildings, water, energy, and environmental restoration.
HQ: Dallas, United States • Environmental Science • Science & Engineering • Civil & Structural Engineering • 1001-5000 employees • Est. 1996
≈ $68k – $184k per year (Estimated) • Lead • Remote/Hybrid (Bristol, United Kingdom) • Full-Time • Senior • English
≈ $68k – $181k per year (Estimated) • Lead • Remote/Hybrid (Bristol, United Kingdom) • Bachelor's Degree • Full-Time • Middle • English
≈ $58k – $141k per year (Estimated) • Senior • Remote/Hybrid (Bristol, United Kingdom) • Full-Time • Middle • English
Assystem (Euronext Paris: ASY) is a top-tier global engineering, project management, and digital transformation consultancy headquartered in Courbevoie (Paris), France. Founded in 1966 to oversee the commissioning of France’s initial nuclear power plant fleet, the company operates across 12 countries with over 7,500 domain experts.
HQ: Courbevoie, France • Energy & Utilities • Nuclear Energy • Nuclear Engineering • Science & Engineering • 1001-5000 employees • Est. 1966
≈ $51k – $125k per year (Estimated) • Senior • Remote/Hybrid (Bristol, United Kingdom) • Full-Time • Principal
≈ $43k – $119k per year (Estimated) • Remote/Hybrid (Bristol, United Kingdom) • Full-Time • Principal
≈ $60k – $160k per year (Estimated) • Lead • Remote/Hybrid (Bristol, United Kingdom) • Full-Time • Principal
Solidgate is a financial technology company headquartered in London, United Kingdom, and founded in 2018. The company provides a payment orchestration platform that enables businesses to manage multiple payment service providers, optimize transaction routing, and handle subscription billing, fraud prevention, and tax calculation. It serves global clients in the software-as-a-service and e-commerce sectors, offering infrastructure that supports card acquiring, alternative payment methods, and multi-currency treasury operations.
HQ: London, United Kingdom • Commerce • Fraud Detection • Cybersecurity • Billing & Invoicing • Software • FinTech • Financial Services • Payments • 201-500 employees • Est. 2018
Warsaw • Nicosia • Kyiv • Lviv • Remote (Europe, Cyprus) • Full-Time
Python
DevOps
AWS
Cybersecurity
MITRE ATT&CK
PCI DSS
Chips/EDA
PoC Library
Management
Google Workspace
Salary range
| Seniority |
Jobs |
25% |
Median |
75% |
| All levels |
28 |
$101K |
$102K |
$125K |
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 37 open Hardware Engineer jobs in Bristol from 14 companies. 2 of them were posted or refreshed in the last seven days. 14 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 28 comparable listings priced by role, level and country. Across them the middle half of the market sits between $101K and $125K a year, with a median of $102K. 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 United Kingdom (4), Cyprus (1), Poland (1), Ukraine (1), and Singapore (1). 32% of the listings are fully remote and a further 30% are hybrid, so a large part of this market is open to you regardless of where you live.
Who is hiring
The employers with the most open Hardware Engineer jobs in Bristol right now are Graphcore (13), SLI HRMS (4), Canonical (4), AECOM (4), Assystem (3), and Tesco (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 Python (8), C++ (8), Verilog (6), Debian (4), Rust (4), SystemVerilog (4), Ubuntu (4), and VHDL (3). 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 Hardware Engineer jobs in Bristol, 6 state visa sponsorship, 3 offer 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.
