Technologist - Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom
Originally posted 22 June 2026 by the employer — open 80 days.
About the role
This role focuses on exploring, developing, and demonstrating novel technology and system architecture concepts for future product differentiation. You will take early-stage ideas through feasibility assessment, modelling, prototyping, experimentation, and demonstration.
What you'll do
- Develop and advance new technology concepts from early-stage ideas through to demonstrated feasibility.
- Assess the feasibility and practicality of novel approaches, identifying key risks, trade-offs, and fundamental limitations.
- Develop prototypes, experimental platforms, and proof-of-concept demonstrators to evaluate new technologies and solutions.
- Define and execute experiments, analyze data, and drive lab-based validation to characterize performance, validate hypotheses, and guide technical direction.
- Develop models, algorithms, and analysis techniques to investigate new concepts and address complex problems.
- Present findings clearly and contribute to technical reviews through effective communication and documentation.
What you'll need
- Degree in Electrical / Electronic Engineering, Physics, Mathematics, Computer Science, or a related discipline.
- Strong analytical and mathematical skills.
- Ability to work across disciplines, combining electronics, algorithms, modelling, and system-level thinking.
- Proven experience developing prototypes and experimental systems to evaluate new ideas and technologies.
- Hands-on lab experience, including development of measurement methodologies and systems, test automation, experimental characterisation, and data analysis.
- Experience with MATLAB, Python, or similar tools for modelling, data analysis, prototyping, and automation.
Nice to have
- Experience working with sensors, signal processing, or data-driven algorithms.
- Experience developing novel measurement techniques or methodologies for characterizing emerging technologies.
- Experience applying statistical analysis, data visualization, or advanced data-processing techniques to experimental data.
- Experience developing customer demonstrations to showcase the value of new concepts and technologies.
- Demonstrated ability to rapidly learn and apply new tools, technologies, and techniques to solve unfamiliar problems.
Skills: new technology concepts, prototypes, experimental platforms, sensors, signal processing, lab experience
This role has been open 80 days — well below the 130-day median for MEMS/Sensor Design roles.
MEMS/Sensor Design · Mems Sensors
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Open roles in category
36
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Median days open
130 d
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Median salary
$164k
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| Metric | Cirrus Logic | All employers we track in this specialty (36 roles · 13 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in category | 1 | 36 |
| Median days open | 80 d | 130 d (−50 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $164k |
Skills observed across this category: new technology concepts, prototypes, experimental platforms, sensors, signal processing, lab experience
Who's hiring in this category
- SiTime · 9 open roles · median 169 d
- STMicroelectronics · 7 open roles · median 149 d
- Analog Devices · 5 open roles · median 65 d
- Qualcomm · 4 open roles · median 72 d
- Infineon Technologies · 3 open roles · median 20 d
- AIXTRON · 1 open role · median 165 d
How we counted: 36 open MEMS/Sensor Design (Mems Sensors) roles from 13 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 10 Sept 2026. Figures refresh nightly.