Top Design Jobs in Bristol

The Silicon Physical Design Engineer will develop AI chips focusing on performance and power efficiency, collaborating within the team and across departments.

Own the function’s AI transformation strategy, prioritize high-impact opportunities, map workflows, and drive measurable adoption. Build and manage AI agents using no-code and low-code tools, configure skills and MCP connections, evaluate agent performance, and iterate solutions. Lead change management, champion networks, cross-functional collaboration, intake processes, and alignment with Enterprise AI and executive stakeholders.

The Director of Silicon Logical Design leads the Logical Design team, overseeing micro-architecture and RTL design. Responsibilities include setting strategic direction, enhancing methodologies, and ensuring high-quality silicon delivery.

Supports rail design and engineering projects through planning, scheduling, reporting, project controls, stakeholder coordination, risk and issue tracking, financial monitoring, commercial administration, and process improvement. The role independently prepares project documentation, analyzes project data, identifies anomalies, and develops recommendations while supporting delivery to time, cost, and quality requirements.

Design and advise on HVDC and AC transmission systems, including feasibility studies, electrical system studies, dynamic modeling, stability analysis, control and protection strategies, equipment specifications, tendering, and commissioning tests. The consultant will support customers, develop proposals, contribute to service strategy and industry standards, represent DNV externally, pursue business development, and mentor junior consultants. Travel of up to 20% is expected.

Design and advise on FACTS and AC transmission systems, including feasibility studies, electrical system studies, dynamic modeling, stability analysis, control and protection strategies, specifications, tendering, and commissioning tests. Prepare reports and commercial proposals, support business development, represent DNV at industry forums, contribute to standards, and mentor junior consultants. The role involves international collaboration and up to 20% travel.

Design Safety Engineers assess design concepts, failure modes, hazards, risks, and safety impacts for military aero-engine systems. Responsibilities include developing hazard mitigation strategies, performing FMECA and deterministic/probabilistic analyses, evaluating human-system risks, identifying critical parts, producing safety cases, and operating FRACAS. Roles range from graduate to experienced specialist levels and require collaboration with design teams to ensure applicable safety and reliability standards are met.

Design and deliver micro-architecture specifications and RTL for Graphcore chips. Collaborate across Silicon teams, use EDA tools and flows, contribute to block- and chip-level checks (lint, synthesis, timing, CDC/RDC, coverage), and work closely with Physical Design, Verification and DFT teams to meet silicon delivery goals.

Supports the design and full lifecycle development of fluid mechanical test rigs for Airbus landing gear and fuel systems, from requirements capture and detailed design through manufacturing, integration, and validation. Uses CATIA V5 and technologies including fibre optics, vacuum systems, motion tables, and instrumentation. The graduate programme includes rotational placements across system integration, software development, avionics testing, flight test analysis, fluid mechanical testing, and facility operations.

As a Test Design Engineer, you will lead the design of test solutions for aerospace and defence systems, ensuring compliance with standards and customer requirements. You will collaborate with stakeholders and integrate testing systems throughout the product lifecycle.

Lead multidisciplinary design teams delivering complex hyperscale, colocation, and enterprise data centre projects across Europe. Oversee projects from site due diligence and campus planning through detailed design and construction documentation. Ensure high-quality, timely outputs, manage risks, support commercial governance, maintain client relationships, coordinate permitting and localization requirements, and present to stakeholders. Regular travel across UK&I and European offices is required.

Lead the architecture and development of mechanical systems and sub-assemblies from 3D CAD through production. Collaborate with mechanical, industrial design, electrical, manufacturing, supplier, and user teams. Manage engineers, establish design standards, support rapid prototyping and design-for-manufacturing, and drive novel robotics products from concept to market. This hands-on role focuses on elegant, user-centered solutions for HaloBraid, a robotic hair-braiding device.

Create 3D models and 2D drawings for naval vessels using Siemens NX, producing arrangements, P&IDs, and BOMs. Manage design data in Teamcenter PLM, collaborate across engineering disciplines on system integration, support design reviews, ensure safety and regulatory compliance, and improve CAD standards, libraries, and digital workflows.

Lead the end-to-end product experience across acquisition, onboarding, avatar selection, chat, media generation, and retention. Drive conversion, retention, and LTV through hypotheses, prioritization, A/B testing, and data-informed design. Establish the product’s design direction and design system, lead a multidisciplinary design team, and partner with product, analytics, marketing, engineering, research, and support.

Write distinctive, engaging copy across blogs, newsletters, brand materials, sales and marketing pages, headlines, and campaigns. Collaborate with an editor and creative lead, respond constructively to feedback, iterate quickly, and support documentation and other writing needs. The role prioritizes a strong personal voice, creativity, versatility across formats, and a portfolio demonstrating range over specific years of experience.

Own Anaconda’s design system across Figma, design tokens, documentation, and production code components. Lead migration to shadcn/ui and Storybook, establish governance and release processes, and create AI-forward patterns for agentic product experiences. Partner closely with engineering, prototype in TypeScript and React, review AI-generated code, and influence a senior design team through critique and pairing.

Lead end-to-end verification of high-throughput, real-time digital pipelines. Build SystemVerilog/UVM verification environments, assertion-based checks, constrained-random tests, and formal properties. Model algorithms in MATLAB/Simulink or Python, support FPGA prototyping and silicon bring-up, analyze results to drive fixes, and collaborate across digital, optical, mixed-signal, and software teams. Mentor junior engineers and contribute to verification methodology and documentation.

The EMEA Design Manager will oversee design delivery for data center projects, manage multidisciplinary teams, ensure compliance with standards, and report on project metrics.

Lead delivery and technical quality for HVDC projects including cable system modelling, rating calculations, routing and installation studies, converter station layouts, specifications, drawings, testing support, and mentoring junior engineers while supporting bid and business development activities.

The role involves designing, implementing, and verifying DFT strategies for digital pipelines, collaborating across teams, and mentoring junior engineers.

Design and validate high-speed SerDes and mixed-signal subsystems for next-gen SoCs, oversee full lifecycle from implementation to lab validation.

Seeking a Senior/Staff Digital Design Engineer for CMOS digital design, responsible for implementing high-speed data-processing circuits and prototyping in FPGA. Requires 7+ years of experience in high-performance ASICs and proficiency in algorithm modeling and hardware debugging.

As a Senior Mechanical Design Engineer, you will develop fluid systems, create CAD drawings, and collaborate with multi-disciplinary teams to ensure design compliance and quality standards.

The role involves developing 3DExperience solutions for PLM in aircraft engineering, including design authoring and system installation processes.

Own and improve development infrastructure, tooling, Linux environments, CI/CD pipelines, automation, and engineering platforms. Administer tools such as Git, JIRA, Bitbucket, and Confluence; troubleshoot infrastructure, networking, and software issues; standardize development environments; and support secure, traceable SDLC processes. The role also contributes to cybersecurity, compliance, documentation, audits, wider technology projects, and developer productivity improvements.