Semiconductor jobs for chip design, verification and FPGA engineers in China

60 open roles for chip design, verification and FPGA engineers at 26 companies in China. None of them states a citizenship or security-check demand.

Rebuilt 29 Oct 2026
open roles
60
companies
26
open to any nationality
100%
estimated median pay
$59k

Companies hiring

CompanyOpen rolesAny nationalityRelocation
NVIDIA13100%
Bosch6100%
Analog Devices5100%
Iluvatar CoreX4100%
Synopsys4100%
MediaTek3100%
Monolithic Power Systems2100%
Flex2100%
Dyson2100%
NXP Semiconductors2100%
Rambus2100%
AUMOVIO1100%
Qualcomm1100%
InfiScale1100%
Mercedes-Benz1100%

Newest roles

Rambus

rambus.com
rambus.com · HQ: San Jose, United States · Semiconductor IP & Chip Design Services · Memory & Storage Chips · 1001-5000 employees · Est. 1990 · NASDAQ: RMBS · Hiring 41, 2 new
HQ: San Jose, United States · Semiconductor IP & Chip Design Services · Memory & Storage Chips · 1001-5000 employees · Est. 1990 · NASDAQ: RMBS · Hiring 41, 2 new
Founded in 1990, Rambus Inc. is a technology and semiconductor company headquartered in San Jose, California. The company specializes in high-speed memory interface chips, silicon intellectual property (IP), and embedded hardware security solutions. Serving data center hyperscalers, semiconductor manufacturers, and memory module builders, its technology optimizes data transfer speeds, enhances memory bandwidth, and secures hardware systems across high-performance computing, artificial intelligence, automotive, and enterprise server platforms.
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Verified live · 7 min ago 2 days ago Hiring now · 90%

SPE Verification Engineering

≈ $55k – $116k per year (Estimated) · Staff+ · 10+ years exp · In office (Shanghai, China) · PhD · Staff · English
Verilog
SystemVerilog
DevOps
Unix
Linux
Chips/EDA
UVM
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Verified live · 7 min ago 2 days ago Hiring now · 90%

PE Verification Engineering

≈ $42k – $98k per year (Estimated) · Senior · 5+ years exp · In office (Shanghai, China) · PhD · Senior · English
Verilog
SystemVerilog
DevOps
Unix
Linux
Chips/EDA
UVM
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Koch Industries

kochinc.com
kochinc.com · HQ: Wichita, United States · Paper & Pulp Manufacturing · Chemical Manufacturing · Oil & Gas · Glass & Ceramics Manufacturing · 5000+ employees · Est. 1940 · Trust A · Hiring 1607, 368 new
HQ: Wichita, United States · Paper & Pulp Manufacturing · Chemical Manufacturing · Oil & Gas · Glass & Ceramics Manufacturing · 5000+ employees · Est. 1940 · Trust A · Hiring 1607, 368 new
Headquartered in Wichita, Kansas, Koch Industries is one of the largest privately held multinational conglomerates in the United States. The company operates a highly diverse portfolio of businesses encompassing manufacturing, petroleum refining, chemicals, energy, paper products, and commodities trading. Through its numerous global subsidiaries, it employs tens of thousands of people worldwide and continually invests in industrial innovation and technological advancement.
Cara Chennault-Reid · Executive Officer · decision-maker
Sheryl Corrigan · Executive Officer · decision-maker
Phillip Glenn · Executive Officer · decision-maker
Raymond Geoffrey III · Executive Officer · decision-maker
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Verified live · 1 hour ago 3 days ago Hiring now · 90%

Sr Engineer, FPGA

≈ $34k – $78k per year (Estimated) · Senior · 5+ years exp · In office (Wuhan, China) · Bachelor's Degree · Senior · English
Verilog
SystemVerilog
VHDL
MATLAB
Python
AI/ML
Quantization
Chips/EDA
Siemens ModelSim
Xilinx Vivado
Lattice Diamond
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AMD

amd.com
amd.com · HQ: Santa Clara, United States · Computer Components · AI Chips & Accelerators · Processors, MCUs & AI Chips · 1001-5000 employees · Est. 1969 · Trust B · Hiring 1068, 106 new
HQ: Santa Clara, United States · Computer Components · AI Chips & Accelerators · Processors, MCUs & AI Chips · 1001-5000 employees · Est. 1969 · Trust B · Hiring 1068, 106 new
AMD is an American semiconductor company founded in 1969 and headquartered in Santa Clara, California, that designs processors, graphics chips and adaptive computing hardware without owning fabrication plants. Its Ryzen and Threadripper processors and Radeon graphics serve consumers and creators, EPYC server chips have taken a large share of the data centre market from Intel, and the Instinct accelerators compete for AI training and inference workloads. The 2022 acquisition of Xilinx added field-programmable gate arrays and adaptive systems on chip, and the company also supplies the custom silicon inside the PlayStation and Xbox consoles.
Jean Hu · Chief Financial Officer · decision-maker
Lisa Su · Chair & Chief Executive Officer · decision-maker
Jerry Sanders · Co-Founder & former Chief Executive Officer · founder
Victor Peng · former President of Adaptive and Embedded Computing
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Verified live · 2 hours ago 10 days ago Likely open · 69%

Silicon Design Engineer

≈ $19k – $53k per year (Estimated) · In office (Shanghai, China) · Bachelor's Degree
Perl
Python
Chips/EDA
Cadence Innovus
Synopsys Fusion Compiler
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Synopsys

synopsys.com
synopsys.com · HQ: Sunnyvale, United States · Simulation & Digital Twin Software · Semiconductor IP & Chip Design Services · EDA Software · 5000+ employees · Est. 1986 · NASDAQ: SNPS · Trust A · Hiring 470, 46 new
HQ: Sunnyvale, United States · Simulation & Digital Twin Software · Semiconductor IP & Chip Design Services · EDA Software · 5000+ employees · Est. 1986 · NASDAQ: SNPS · Trust A · Hiring 470, 46 new
Synopsys is an American software company founded in 1986 that supplies electronic design automation tools used to design and verify integrated circuits, together with a large portfolio of licensable semiconductor IP such as interface, memory and processor blocks. Its 2025 acquisition of Ansys added engineering simulation software for structures, fluids and electromagnetics, while it sold its application security business, now Black Duck, in 2024. Listed on Nasdaq, it hires applications engineers, SoC solutions engineers and R&D staff in the United States, India and Vietnam. The company is headquartered in Sunnyvale, California, United States.
Mike Ellow · Executive Officer · decision-maker
Janet Lee · Executive Officer · decision-maker
Aart de Geus · Executive Officer, Director · decision-maker
Shelagh Glaser · Executive Officer · decision-maker
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Verified live · 3 hours ago 13 days ago Likely open · 62%

Validation / Verification Eng, Staff Engineer

≈ $46k – $98k per year (Estimated) · Staff+ · 5+ years exp · In office (Shanghai, China) · Staff
Linux
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Verified live · 3 hours ago 14 days ago Likely open · 62%

Validation / Verification Eng, Sr Engineer

≈ $35k – $81k per year (Estimated) · Senior · 5+ years exp · In office (Shenzhen, China) · Senior
Linux
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NVIDIA

nvidia.com
nvidia.com · HQ: Santa Clara, United States · Computer Components · Servers & Data Center Hardware · AI Chips & Accelerators · Processors, MCUs & AI Chips · 5000+ employees · Est. 1993 · Trust B · Hiring 2485, 180 new
HQ: Santa Clara, United States · Computer Components · Servers & Data Center Hardware · AI Chips & Accelerators · Processors, MCUs & AI Chips · 5000+ employees · Est. 1993 · Trust B · Hiring 2485, 180 new
NVIDIA is an American technology company founded in 1993 that invented the graphics processing unit and has become the dominant supplier of accelerated computing platforms for artificial intelligence. Its portfolio spans data centre GPUs and systems built on the Hopper and Blackwell architectures, GeForce consumer graphics, automotive and robotics platforms, high-speed networking acquired with Mellanox, and the CUDA software stack that binds the ecosystem together. Headquartered in Santa Clara, California, the company sells to cloud providers, enterprises, research institutions and gamers worldwide and is one of the most valuable listed businesses on the Nasdaq.
Jensen Huang · Co-Founder, President & Chief Executive Officer · decision-maker
Jay Puri · Executive Vice President, Worldwide Field Operations · decision-maker
Colette Kress · Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer · decision-maker
Curtis Priem · Co-Founder & former Chief Technical Officer · founder
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Verified live · 12 min ago 18 days ago Likely open · 56%

Senior Circuit Characterization Engineer

≈ $51k – $119k per year (Estimated) · Senior · 8+ years exp · In office (Shanghai, China) · Bachelor's Degree · Full-Time · Senior
C++
Python
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Verified live · 12 min ago 18 days ago Likely open · 53%

ASIC Verification Engineer - Hardware

≈ $33k – $80k per year (Estimated) · Junior · 2+ years exp · In office (Shanghai, China) · Full-Time · Junior · English: C1
SystemVerilog
Perl
C++
Python
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nxp.com · HQ: Eindhoven, Netherlands · Analog & Power Semiconductors · RF & Wireless Hardware · Processors, MCUs & AI Chips · 5000+ employees · Est. 2006 · NASDAQ: NXPI · Trust B · Hiring 721, 57 new
HQ: Eindhoven, Netherlands · Analog & Power Semiconductors · RF & Wireless Hardware · Processors, MCUs & AI Chips · 5000+ employees · Est. 2006 · NASDAQ: NXPI · Trust B · Hiring 721, 57 new
NXP Semiconductors is a Dutch chipmaker established in 2006 when Philips spun out its semiconductor division, and it concentrates on embedded processing rather than general purpose computing. Its largest market is automotive, where it supplies radar sensors, vehicle networking, battery management and the secure processors behind keyless entry and digital car keys, alongside industrial and internet of things microcontrollers, mobile secure elements and communications infrastructure silicon. Headquartered in Eindhoven and listed on Nasdaq, it is one of the leading suppliers of near field communication and automotive processing chips in the world.
Bill Betz · Chief Financial Officer · decision-maker
Rafael Sotomayor · President and Chief Executive Officer · decision-maker
Kurt Sievers · Former President and Chief Executive Officer
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Verified live · 2 hours ago 18 days ago Likely open · 52%

SoC Physical Designer

≈ $18k – $50k per year (Estimated) · In office (Tianjin, China) · Master's Degree · Full-Time · English
Perl
C++
Python
AI/ML
Machine Learning
DevOps
Unix
Linux
Chips/EDA
Cadence Innovus
Synopsys PrimeTime
Synopsys Fusion Compiler
Siemens Calibre
+2
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Verified live · 2 hours ago 18 days ago Likely open · 52%

SoC Design Engineer

≈ $18k – $49k per year (Estimated) · In office (Tianjin, China) · Bachelor's Degree · Full-Time
Verilog
SystemVerilog
VHDL
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Skills these roles ask for

SystemVerilog 18Python 17UVM 14Perl 14Verilog 14C++ 9Linux 8Formal Verification 7VHDL 5Unix 3Cadence Allegro 3Cadence Xcelium 2Altium Designer 2Mentor PADS 2Cadence JasperGold 2Machine Learning 2

Where the roles are

Shanghai 35Shenzhen 6Suzhou 5Hefei 3Beijing 3Wuhan 2Tianjin 2Chengdu 1Guangzhou 1Wuxi 1

Questions

Can a foreigner apply for these roles?

60 of the 60 roles here state no citizenship or security-check demand. A role that does says so in its advert, and the card marks it.

Which companies hire most chip and hardware engineers?

NVIDIA (13), Bosch (6), Analog Devices (5), Iluvatar CoreX (4), Synopsys (4).

Which roles count here?

Every hardware, chip design, embedded, electrical and semiconductor process role at any employer, and the engineering, science, technician and IT roles of the semiconductor companies - chip designers, fabs and foundries, equipment makers, photonics. Their sales, finance and office roles are left out.

How fresh is this?

Every role is re-checked on the employer's own careers board at least every 48 hours, and the page is rebuilt every night.

Source: 60 live postings on employers' careers boardsUpdated 29 Oct 2026MethodologyJSONCC BY-SA 4.0