Semiconductor jobs for hardware engineers and architects in Switzerland

30 open roles for hardware engineers and architects at 25 companies in Switzerland. 27 of them are open to candidates of any nationality; the rest ask for citizenship or a government security check. 2 mention relocation support.

Rebuilt 31 Oct 2026
open roles
30
companies
25
open to any nationality
90%
estimated median pay
$175k

Companies hiring

CompanyOpen rolesAny nationalityRelocation
Kandou3100%
Destinus2100%
Viasat2100%
Sonova2100%
CSEM1100%
Auterion10%
Logitech1100%
Autexis1100%
Hitachi1100%
Lonza1100%1
Wemolo1100%
IonQ10%
Laelaps AI1100%
Hamilton Jobs1100%
Exoscale1100%

Newest roles

Contactrh

contactrh.com
contactrh.com · 1001-5000 employees · Hiring 46, 25 new
1001-5000 employees · Hiring 46, 25 new
No named decision-maker yet.
No careers mailbox known
≈ $98k – $223k per year (Estimated) · Senior · 3+ years exp · In office (Winterthur, Switzerland) · Full-Time · Senior · German: B2 · English: B2
VHDL
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Consulteer

consulteer.com
consulteer.com · Zurich · Munich · Bern · Belgrade · Lucerne · Digital Goods · Information Security · Cybersecurity · 201-500 employees · Trust B · Hiring 10, 3 new
Zurich · Munich · Bern · Belgrade · Lucerne · Digital Goods · Information Security · Cybersecurity · 201-500 employees · Trust B · Hiring 10, 3 new
Consulteer helps organizations create secure, human-centered digital products, platforms and systems through consulting, human-centered design, software engineering, cybersecurity and digital transformation expertise.
François-Pierre Vivot · CEO · decision-maker
Careers mailbox is known
Verified live · 3 hours ago 4 days ago Hiring now · 90%

Systems Engineer – Radio Communications & Antenna Technology (m/f/d)

≈ $107k – $245k per year (Estimated) · Senior · 5+ years exp · In office (Zurich, Switzerland) · Citizenship or vetting required · Senior · English
MATLAB
DevOps
Wi-Fi
BGP
OSPF
MPLS
Cybersecurity
Wireshark
SpaceTech
IBM DOORS
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Kandou

kandou.ai
kandou.ai · Bengaluru · Hyderabad · Taipei · Pune · Dortmund · Memory & Storage Chips · 501-1000 employees · Startup · Hiring 39, 3 new
Bengaluru · Hyderabad · Taipei · Pune · Dortmund · Memory & Storage Chips · 501-1000 employees · Startup · Hiring 39, 3 new
Revolutionary Copper MIMO technology eliminates costly HBM chips. 10X lower cost, 3X lower power, 8X more scale for next-gen AI systems and connectivity.
No named decision-maker yet.
No careers mailbox known
Verified live · 3 hours ago 5 days ago Hiring now · 90%

EDA/CAD Engineer

≈ $136k – $288k per year (Estimated) · Staff+ · 10+ years exp · Hybrid (Hyderabad, Bengaluru, India, Cambridge, United States) · Master's Degree · Full-Time · Staff
Perl
Python
DevOps
Git
Chips/EDA
Cadence Virtuoso
Synopsys Design Compiler
Cadence Innovus
Synopsys IC Compiler II
Siemens Calibre
Cadence Quantus
Cadence Pegasus
Cadence AFS
+3
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Verified live · 3 hours ago 2 months ago Long shot · 23%

Director of Silicon Characterization

≈ $205k – $397k per year (Estimated) · Head+ · 10+ years exp · In office (Saint-Sulpice, Switzerland) · Master's Degree · Full-Time · Architect
EVMS
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Cisco Systems

cisco.com
cisco.com · HQ: San Jose, United States · Endpoint Security · Observability & APM · Unified Communications · Network Security · Network Equipment · 5000+ employees · Est. 1984 · NASDAQ: CSCO · Trust B · Hiring 1168, 132 new
HQ: San Jose, United States · Endpoint Security · Observability & APM · Unified Communications · Network Security · Network Equipment · 5000+ employees · Est. 1984 · NASDAQ: CSCO · Trust B · Hiring 1168, 132 new
Cisco Systems is an American networking company founded in 1984 by Stanford computer scientists Leonard Bosack and Sandy Lerner, and headquartered in San Jose, California. It is the largest supplier of enterprise networking equipment in the world, building the routers, switches, wireless access points and optical systems that carry traffic across corporate networks, service providers and data centres, together with the software and silicon that run them. The company has diversified heavily into security, observability through Splunk, collaboration with Webex, and AI infrastructure networking, and now earns a growing share of revenue from software subscriptions rather than hardware sales.
Mark Patterson · Chief Financial Officer · decision-maker
Chuck Robbins · Chair & Chief Executive Officer · decision-maker
Sandy Lerner · Co-Founder · founder
Leonard Bosack · Co-Founder · founder
No careers mailbox known
Verified live · 26 min ago 6 days ago Likely open · 63%

ASIC Engineering Technical Leader

≈ $181k – $411k per year (Estimated) · Lead · 8+ years exp · Hybrid (Thalwil, Switzerland) · Master's Degree · Full-Time · Staff
Perl
MATLAB
Python
Chips/EDA
Cadence Virtuoso
Management
Jira
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Siemens Healthineers Cancer Care

cancercare.siemens-healthineers.com
cancercare.siemens-healthineers.com · HQ: Palo Alto, United States · Medical AI · EHR & Clinical Software · Health & Medical Electronics · 1001-5000 employees · Trust B · Hiring 442, 38 new
HQ: Palo Alto, United States · Medical AI · EHR & Clinical Software · Health & Medical Electronics · 1001-5000 employees · Trust B · Hiring 442, 38 new
Siemens Healthineers Cancer Care is the radiation oncology business of Siemens Healthineers, built on Varian, and is based in Palo Alto, California. It develops linear accelerators, radiosurgery and proton therapy systems such as Edge, HyperArc and HyperSight, along with treatment planning and oncology software and AI tools like AI-Rad Companion, and Varian was acquired by Siemens Healthineers in 2021. The linked job board is the wider Siemens Healthineers US board, hiring field service engineers, manufacturing technicians, software developers, imaging engineers, sales specialists and nuclear pharmacists.
No named decision-maker yet.
Careers mailbox is known
Verified live · 2 hours ago 7 days ago Likely open · 63%

Systems Verification Engineer

≈ $78k – $178k per year (Estimated) · Middle · 3+ years exp · In office (Switzerland) · Master's Degree · Full-Time · Middle · English: C1
C#
C++
Cybersecurity
GDPR
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marcofuhrer.ch · Zurich · Bern · Sankt Gallen · Cham · Solothurn · Human Resources · Professional Services · Recruiting & Staffing · Management Consulting · Hiring 25
Zurich · Bern · Sankt Gallen · Cham · Solothurn · Human Resources · Professional Services · Recruiting & Staffing · Management Consulting · Hiring 25
Marco Fuhrer Unternehmensberatung is an internationally active personnel and management consultancy, mainly present in Germany, Liechtenstein, Austria and Switzerland. It recruits IT specialists such as security engineers, SAP consultants, data engineers and solution architects for client companies. The company is based in Switzerland.
No named decision-maker yet.
No careers mailbox known
10 days ago Hiring now · 90%

Senior Software Engineer - Embedded (f/m/d)

≈ $108k – $246k per year (Estimated) · Senior · 5+ years exp · In office (Zurich, Switzerland) · Full-Time · Senior
C++
Python
DevOps
Linux
CI/CD
Robotics
GStreamer
EtherCAT
CANopen
ROS2
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Skills these roles ask for

Python 9C++ 7Linux 4CI/CD 3SystemVerilog 3MATLAB 3VHDL 2Wireshark 2Jenkins 2Docker 2SolidWorks 2LTspice 2Ansys SIwave 2Unix 2Verilog 2Perl 2

Where the roles are

Zurich 10Lausanne 4Bengaluru 2Hyderabad 2Geneva 2Stäfa 2Neuchâtel 1Villmergen 1Lenzburg 1Visp 1

Other fields in Switzerland

Questions

Can a foreigner apply for these roles?

27 of the 30 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?

Kandou (3), Destinus (2), Viasat (2), Sonova (2), CSEM (1).

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: 30 live postings on employers' careers boardsUpdated 31 Oct 2026MethodologyJSONCC BY-SA 4.0