Funding news, startup deep dives, and weekly job picks from the UK hard tech ecosystem.
A £140k photonic computing counsel role at Olix with visa sponsorship, plus openings at DeepMind, Gigaton, Cambridge GaN Devices and Salience Labs.
This week: photonics software at Salience Labs, agentic AI at PhysicsX, verification at AccelerComm, power integrity at Graphcore, and partnerships at CuspAI.
This week: RL research at Wayve, infrastructure at PhysicsX, radar at CHAOS Industries, SoC architecture at Graphcore, and ecosystem growth at CuspAI.
Model inference at DeepMind, defence simulation at Hadean, nuclear gas turbines at Nuclear Turbines, satellite IP at AccelerComm, and drone propulsion at Greenjets.
Maritime autonomy at Kraken Technology, defence AI agents at Arondite, silicon photonics at Salience Labs, drone propulsion at Greenjets, and IT at Olix.
Forward-deployed defence engineering at ARX and Helsing, in-memory AI silicon at Fractile, cell therapy robotics at Mytos, and delivery ops at PhysicsX.
Chip infrastructure at Fractile, AI simulation at PhysicsX, plus hardware roles at Graphcore and Wayve and a strategy job at Helsing.
Gigaton is hiring a Head of Engineering at up to £170k, plus roles at Hadean, PhysicsX, Graphcore and Isometric.
Fusion plant systems at Proxima, agent engineering at CuspAI after its $450M Series B, plus RF hardware at Helsing and mission ops at Anduril.
A £235,000 Laser Architect role at photonics unicorn Olix, plus openings at CuspAI, Gigaton, PhysicsX and Helsing.
Software at CHAOS Industries and Helsing, hardware at Anduril and Proxima Fusion, plus a quality leadership role at $1B photonics startup Olix.
World models at Wayve, photonic AI chips at Olix, memory design at Fractile's new Bristol facility, plus defence electronics and field ops roles in London.
Principal architect at Wayve, cloud platform at Graphcore, ASIC verification at Fractile, plus hardware at Helsing and IT ops at Anduril.
Senior robotics, agentic AI at Anduril, AI chip layout at Fractile, plus a £90k+ product role at carbon removal registry Isometric.
This week's picks: senior flight test engineering with Anduril in Wales, electronics leadership at Helsing's new Plymouth factory, and three more.
Fresh openings at DeepMind, Anduril, Fractile, Olix and Proxima Fusion across AI research, defence software, chip design and ops.
Three visa-sponsoring roles this week, including Olix at £124k and two positions at Graphcore, plus Humanoid and Helsing.
37 startups, 127 investors, and 252 open roles: a data-driven snapshot of the UK hard tech ecosystem in Q1 2026, covering semiconductors, defence tech, robotics, climate tech, and more.
This week: 3D rendering at Wayve, graduate DevOps at Graphcore, mechatronics at Helsing, stress engineering at Anduril, and robotics TPM at DeepMind.
This week: humanoid robotics RL, autonomous driving ML, photonic chip verification, grid-scale power systems, and defence deployment strategy.
The UK's robotics companies are hiring across autonomous vehicles, humanoid robots, defence systems, and more. Here's who's building what, and the roles they're filling.
Defence tech, autonomous robotics, and AI chip roles from CHAOS Industries, ARX Robotics, and Graphcore.
This week's picks from the Hard Tech UK job board: a £174k compiler role at Olix, two senior positions at Fractile, and a defence deployment role at Anduril.
Introducing our blog covering the UK's hard tech ecosystem — funding news, startup deep dives, and the best engineering roles each week.