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Semiconductor Design Engineer Jobs in Toronto, Canada

What chip design work looks like in Toronto, from AMD graphics to Tenstorrent AI accelerators, plus pay, visas, and who hires.

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Semiconductor Design Engineer Jobs in Edinburgh, UK

What chip design work looks like in Edinburgh, from Cirrus Logic audio ICs to Arm CPU verification, plus who hires and what it pays.

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Semiconductor Design Engineer Jobs in Cambridge, UK

What chip design work looks like in Cambridge, from Arm CPU and GPU IP to the AI-chip startup cluster, plus pay, visas, and who hires.

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Semiconductor Design Engineer Jobs in Munich, Germany

What chip design work looks like in Munich, from Infineon power semiconductors and automotive ICs to RF at Rohde & Schwarz, plus pay and language notes.

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Semiconductor Design Engineer Jobs in Eindhoven, Netherlands

What semiconductor design work looks like in Eindhoven, from NXP automotive and secure ICs to ASML lithography, plus pay and language notes.

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Semiconductor Design Engineer Jobs in Tokyo, Japan

Where semiconductor design roles cluster in Tokyo, from Renesas automotive MCUs to Sony image sensors, plus who hires and what they pay.

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Semiconductor Design Engineer Jobs in Seoul, South Korea

Seoul and its metro area, from Suwon to Yongin, anchor Korea's chip industry, with Samsung and SK Hynix hiring across memory, logic, and RF design.

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Semiconductor Design Engineer Jobs in Hsinchu, Taiwan

Hsinchu Science Park packs TSMC, MediaTek, Winbond, and Macronix into one district, so design engineers can work a short walk from the foundry running their tapeout.

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Chip Design Engineer Jobs in Taipei, Taiwan

Chip design roles in Taipei run from MediaTek mobile SoCs to Novatek display drivers and Realtek networking IC, with TSMC and UMC foundry support next door.

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ASIC Design Engineer Jobs in Chennai, India

ASIC design roles in Chennai span RTL, physical design, verification, and automotive mixed-signal work at Renesas, Verisilicon, and the IITM Research Park cluster.

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Semiconductor Design Engineer Jobs in Noida, India

Noida and Delhi NCR chip design hiring centers on Samsung's R&D lab, with STMicroelectronics and NXP adding roles.

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Semiconductor Design Engineer Jobs in Pune, India

Pune's analog and automotive IC work draws hiring from Texas Instruments, Synopsys, Cadence, and Analog Devices.

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