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

62 open roles for chip design, verification and FPGA engineers at 38 companies in Germany. 61 of them are open to candidates of any nationality; the rest ask for citizenship or a government security check. 5 mention relocation support.

Rebuilt 30 Oct 2026
open roles
62
companies
38
open to any nationality
98%
estimated median pay
$117k

Companies hiring

CompanyOpen rolesAny nationalityRelocation
Apple12100%
Synopsys3100%
Bosch3100%
Liebherr Group3100%
Tenstorrent2100%
Renesas Electronics2100%
Alcon2100%2
Astera Labs2100%
ALTEN2100%
AUMOVIO2100%
OHB2100%
Terra Quantum10%
Thales Group1100%
GE Vernova1100%1
Ingenics Digital1100%

Newest roles

Semron

semron.com
semron.com · HQ: Dresden, Germany · AI Chips & Accelerators · Processors, MCUs & AI Chips · 11-50 employees · Est. 2020 · Startup · Trust B · Hiring 8, 1 new
HQ: Dresden, Germany · AI Chips & Accelerators · Processors, MCUs & AI Chips · 11-50 employees · Est. 2020 · Startup · Trust B · Hiring 8, 1 new
SEMRON is a German semiconductor company founded in 2020. It designs 3D-stacked memcapacitive chips for on-device AI inference. The technology targets low-power edge applications.
Kai-Uwe Demasius Co-Founder · CEO · decision-maker
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Verified live · 3 hours ago 3 days ago Hiring now · 86%

Senior IC Layout & Physical Design Engineer

≈ $91k – $173k per year (Estimated) · Senior · 5+ years exp · In office (Dresden, Germany) · Bachelor's Degree · Full-Time · Senior
Python
Chips/EDA
Cadence Virtuoso
Synopsys Custom Compiler
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Bosch

bosch.com
bosch.com · HQ: Gerlingen, Germany · HVAC & Refrigeration · Industrial Automation · Sensors & Transducers · Motors, Drives & Motion Control · Home Appliances · Tools & DIY Supplies · Automotive Components · 5000+ employees · Est. 1886 · Trust B · Hiring 3632, 362 new
HQ: Gerlingen, Germany · HVAC & Refrigeration · Industrial Automation · Sensors & Transducers · Motors, Drives & Motion Control · Home Appliances · Tools & DIY Supplies · Automotive Components · 5000+ employees · Est. 1886 · Trust B · Hiring 3632, 362 new
Bosch is a German engineering and technology group founded in Stuttgart in 1886 by Robert Bosch as a workshop for precision mechanics and electrical engineering. It is the largest automotive supplier in the world, making braking, steering, powertrain, sensor and driver assistance systems for nearly every carmaker, and it also produces power tools, home appliances through BSH, industrial drives through Rexroth, and building security and heating systems. Around ninety per cent of the company is owned by a charitable foundation, an ownership structure that gives it unusual freedom to invest across long research cycles including semiconductors and hydrogen.
Markus Forschner · Chief Financial Officer · decision-maker
Stefan Hartung · Chairman of the Board of Management · decision-maker
Robert Bosch · Founder · founder
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Verified live · 9 min ago 4 days ago Likely open · 63%

ASIC Digital Design Engineer (f/m/div.)

≈ $76k – $145k per year (Estimated) · Senior · 5+ years exp · Hybrid (Munich, Germany) · Master's Degree · Full-Time · Middle · German: C1 · English: C1
Verilog
VHDL
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Verified live · 9 min ago 1 month ago Fading · 29%

Lead Engineer Analog ASIC Design (f/m/div.)

$98k per year · Lead · Hybrid (Reutlingen, Germany) · Full-Time · Middle · German · English: B2
Verilog
Chips/EDA
Cadence Virtuoso
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Saab

saab.com
saab.com · HQ: Linköping, Sweden · Missiles · Naval Systems · C4ISR · Combat Aircraft · Defense Manufacturing · 1001-5000 employees · Est. 1937 · Trust A · Hiring 497, 111 new
HQ: Linköping, Sweden · Missiles · Naval Systems · C4ISR · Combat Aircraft · Defense Manufacturing · 1001-5000 employees · Est. 1937 · Trust A · Hiring 497, 111 new
Saab is a Swedish aerospace and defense company headquartered in Linkoping and founded in 1937. The company develops and manufactures advanced products and systems for military defense and civil security, including fighter aircraft, submarines, radar systems, and missiles. It operates globally with a presence in over 30 countries and serves customers in more than 100 nations, focusing on innovation and international partnerships.
No named decision-maker yet.
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Verified live · 4 hours ago 5 days ago Hiring now · 90%

Senior FPGA Developer – Signal Processing (m/w/d)

≈ $74k – $141k per year (Estimated) · Senior · In office (Nuremberg, Germany) · Full-Time · Senior · German: B2 · English: B2
VHDL
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Apple

apple.com
apple.com · HQ: Cupertino, United States · Smartwatches & Fitness Trackers · Operating Systems · Tablets · Laptops · Smartphones · 5000+ employees · Est. 1976 · Trust A · Hiring 3800, 295 new
HQ: Cupertino, United States · Smartwatches & Fitness Trackers · Operating Systems · Tablets · Laptops · Smartphones · 5000+ employees · Est. 1976 · Trust A · Hiring 3800, 295 new
Apple is an American multinational technology company founded in 1976 by Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak and Ronald Wayne, and headquartered in Cupertino, California. It designs and sells consumer hardware including the iPhone, Mac, iPad, Apple Watch, AirPods and Vision Pro, together with the operating systems and silicon that run them. A growing services division built around the App Store, iCloud, Apple Music, Apple TV+ and Apple Pay now contributes a large share of profit, making Apple one of the most valuable companies in the world.
Sabih Khan · Chief Operating Officer · decision-maker
Kevan Parekh · Chief Financial Officer · decision-maker
Tim Cook · Chief Executive Officer · decision-maker
Steve Wozniak · Co-Founder · founder
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Verified live · 13 min ago 8 days ago Hiring now · 99%

Early Career - SoC Digital Design Engineer (M, F, D)

≈ $87k – $209k per year (Estimated) · Junior · In office (Munich, Germany) · Junior · English
Verilog
SystemVerilog
Perl
C++
Python
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Verified live · 13 min ago 8 days ago Hiring now · 99%

Experienced SoC Digital Design Engineer (M, F, D)

≈ $114k – $229k per year (Estimated) · In office (Munich, Germany) · Senior
Verilog
SystemVerilog
Perl
C++
Python
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NEWTEC

newtec.com
newtec.com · Mannheim · Freiburg im Breisgau · Bremen · Ulm · Konstanz · Industrial Machinery · 51-200 employees · Est. 1976 · Hiring 33, 3 new
Mannheim · Freiburg im Breisgau · Bremen · Ulm · Konstanz · Industrial Machinery · 51-200 employees · Est. 1976 · Hiring 33, 3 new
Newtec is an industry leading manufacturer of high-quality, high-performance weighing, packaging, and sorting machinery that our customers can trust.
No named decision-maker yet.
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Verified live · 3 hours ago 10 days ago Hiring now · 78%

FPGA Engineer (m/w/d)

≈ $49k – $119k per year (Estimated) · Junior · 2+ years exp · In office (Ulm, Germany) · Full-Time · GMP / cleanroom · Junior · German: C1 · English: B2
VHDL
MedTech
ISO 13485
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OHB

ohb.de
ohb.de · HQ: Bremen, Germany · Earth Observation · Satellite Manufacturing · 1001-5000 employees · Est. 1981 · Trust B · Hiring 139, 25 new
HQ: Bremen, Germany · Earth Observation · Satellite Manufacturing · 1001-5000 employees · Est. 1981 · Trust B · Hiring 139, 25 new
OHB is a European space and technology group headquartered in Bremen, Germany, that develops and builds satellites and complete space systems, supplies components for launcher programmes and operates satellite systems. Controlled by the Fuchs family since 1981, the listed group has built navigation satellites for the Galileo programme along with weather, Earth observation and reconnaissance spacecraft, and employs over 3,000 people at sites including Munich, Mainz, Augsburg, Gilching and Brno. It hires spacecraft design, avionics, embedded software and radar subsystem engineers, product assurance and AIT team leads, Earth observation project managers and dual study students.
No named decision-maker yet.
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Verified live · 2 hours ago 10 days ago Likely open · 62%

Entwicklungsingenieur:in (m/w/d) FPGA Design

≈ $65k – $131k per year (Estimated) · In office (Bremen, Germany) · German: C1
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Skills these roles ask for

SystemVerilog 15VHDL 15Verilog 12Python 10UVM 9Xilinx Vivado 7Siemens ModelSim 6C++ 6MATLAB 5Cocotb 4Verification & Validation 4Cadence Virtuoso 4Simulink 4OSVVM 3Git 3Linux 3

Where the roles are

Munich 28Ulm 4Dresden 3Berlin 2Erlangen 2Regensburg 2Nuremberg 2Stuttgart 1Braunschweig 1Rostock 1

Questions

Can a foreigner apply for these roles?

61 of the 62 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?

Apple (12), Synopsys (3), Bosch (3), Liebherr Group (3), Tenstorrent (2).

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: 62 live postings on employers' careers boardsUpdated 30 Oct 2026MethodologyJSONCC BY-SA 4.0