Semiconductor Hiring India 2026: 1,016 Roles

1,016 semiconductor roles showed up in the May 20 scrape across AMD, Intel, NXP Semiconductors, Qualcomm, STMicroelectronics and Texas Instruments. The cleanest signal is concentration: Qualcomm and AMD account for 609 roles, and Bengaluru plus Hyderabad account for 870.

Call this a design-and-platform hiring batch. The role mix points to SoC, CPU and IP work, platform software, verification, validation, embedded firmware, physical design and analog. AI appears too, mostly as silicon-adjacent work around inference, NPUs, DSPs and platform tooling.

TL;DR

• We captured 1,016 active semiconductor roles in the May 20 batch across six loaded employers.
• Qualcomm leads with 350 roles, followed by AMD (259), NXP Semiconductors (168), Texas Instruments (136), Intel (99) and STMicroelectronics (4).
• Bengaluru and Hyderabad dominate the map: 538 roles in Bengaluru and 332 in Hyderabad, or 85.6% of the visible India-heavy batch when combined.
• The top role domains are Software Engineering (404), Research & Science (296), IT & Infrastructure (136) and Manufacturing (62).
• Top primary required skills at levels 2-4 include Design Verification (131), Real-Time Computing (89), Analog Design (66), Software Engineering (55), Design for Excellence (54) and Physical Design (44).

Company-by-company read

Qualcomm is the volume leader in the visible scrape, but the caveat matters: its PCSX route returned a 403 at offset 360, so 350 should be treated as a floor for this batch rather than a complete Qualcomm India count. AMD is the clearest second pole, with a strong Bengaluru-Hyderabad split and a title mix that reads like CPU platform engineering, firmware, drivers and verification.

NXP is the interesting middle case. Its 168 roles are spread across Bengaluru, Noida, Pune and Hyderabad, which makes it less city-concentrated than the rest of the group. Texas Instruments and Intel are more Bengaluru-heavy in this run. STMicroelectronics appears only as a four-role signal, so it belongs in the table for transparency rather than market inference.

Where the jobs are clustered

Bengaluru is still the center of gravity. Hyderabad has its own weight: Qualcomm alone contributes 218 Hyderabad roles, and AMD adds 98 more. Together, those two employers explain most of Hyderabad's weight in the semiconductor slice.

Noida and Pune are smaller, but NXP makes both worth watching. Chennai is mainly Qualcomm in this scrape. A few non-India or malformed source locations slipped into the filtered set, including Gratkorn, Toulouse and Austin labels. Treat those as location-hygiene artifacts.

The role mix: silicon plus software

The normalized role-domain field puts software first, followed by research-heavy engineering categories.

Title patterns give a more semiconductor-specific view. These categories overlap: one role can be both "SoC" and "verification", or "firmware" and "platform software".

That mix is useful for candidates because "semiconductor jobs" can mean very different hiring lanes. There is classic chip work here: design verification, physical design, analog, DFT, STA, SoC design and CPU architecture. There is also a large software surface: Linux kernel, drivers, firmware, real-time systems, compilers, DevOps, AI platform work and high-performance computing.

Sales and support roles exist, but they are a smaller part of this scrape. Manufacturing shows up in the role-domain data, but title-level manufacturing and process signals are lighter than the design, verification and software signals.

Top skills from the batch

I filtered the skill rows to required levels 2-4 and focused on primary requirements. The raw taxonomy still surfaces broad tags like Collaboration, Research Experiences, Real World Data and Innovation. Those matter as posting language, but they are weak training targets. The table below keeps the skill labels that a candidate can reasonably prove in a CV, project or interview.

The hardware side is led by design verification, analog design, physical design, hardware design, mixed-signal ICs, digital hardware design and CPU design. This is the lane for candidates who can show RTL, UVM/SystemVerilog, DFT/STA exposure, analog or mixed-signal fundamentals, timing closure, silicon validation or lab debug.

The software side sits close to the silicon edge: embedded C, embedded software, firmware, Linux kernel, drivers, real-time computing, high-performance computing, compilers and AI/ML inference. A backend engineer can move toward this market, but the proof needs to sit near systems, performance, devices or infrastructure.

Surprising signals and gaps

The first surprise is how software-heavy the batch looks. Software Engineering plus IT & Infrastructure accounts for 540 roles, while manufacturing is 62. Semiconductor hiring in India is carrying a large platform and systems-software workload.

The second surprise is the breadth of verification and validation demand. Design Verification appears as a primary level 2-4 skill 131 times across five companies. Title patterns add 118 verification/DV roles and 99 validation/test roles. For candidates, this is one of the cleanest lanes in the dataset.

The third signal is AI, but with a semiconductor accent. We see 83 AI/ML/Data title matches and primary skill demand for AI/ML Inference and Machine Learning. The job titles point toward NPU, DSP, model tooling, AI platforms and performance validation more than generic AI application development.

The gaps are just as important. NVIDIA and Micron are missing because PCSX returned 403s. Qualcomm is partial because PCSX returned a 403 at offset 360. ARM Holdings returned zero India jobs on the current TalentBrew route. Read this as a clean view of the companies that loaded successfully on May 20, with the full market ranking still open.

What this means for candidates

Early-career (0-3 years). Pick one lane before you apply. The highest-signal entry paths are design verification, embedded C/firmware, validation/test and analog fundamentals. A CV that says "semiconductor enthusiast" will be weaker than a CV with one UVM testbench, one embedded C project, one Linux driver contribution or one analog design lab project.

Mid-career (3-10 years). Software engineers have a credible bridge into this market if they can prove systems depth. Linux kernel, drivers, firmware, real-time systems, high-performance computing and DevOps for R&D platforms all show up in the batch. Hardware candidates should tune the CV around verification, physical design, DFT/STA, SoC/IP integration, analog or validation rather than a broad VLSI label.

Senior (10+ years). The senior opportunity is ownership: CPU/IP architecture, SoC integration, pre-silicon and post-silicon validation, platform enablement, design verification leadership and AI inference platforms. The strongest senior CVs will show that you can coordinate across design, software, validation and customer enablement without turning the document into a management essay.

What to watch next

• Whether NVIDIA and Micron load after the PCSX 403 issue is resolved.
• Whether Qualcomm's full pagination changes the company ranking.
• Whether ARM's TalentBrew route continues to return zero India roles.
• Whether Noida and Pune keep appearing as NXP-led semiconductor centers.
• Whether AI inference and NPU/DSP roles grow from a visible signal into a larger hiring lane.

The one move to make this week

Choose one target lane from this issue: design verification, embedded firmware, validation, physical design, analog, Linux/kernel, AI inference or SoC architecture. Then compare your CV against that lane before applying. The fastest improvement is usually making your existing proof legible to the exact job family.

For a wider market comparison, read the earlier Myro hiring map on 30,000+ India jobs and the fintech snapshot on 257 India fintech roles.

Methodology

This issue uses Myro's May 20, 2026 jobs scrape for active roles tagged to the semiconductor industry. The analysed batch contains 1,016 active roles across AMD, Intel, NXP Semiconductors, Qualcomm, STMicroelectronics and Texas Instruments. Company, city and role-domain counts reflect roles captured at scrape time. Skill counts use Myro's skill taxonomy, filtered to primary requirements at required levels 2-4. Role-pattern counts come from job-title matching and can overlap, so they should be read as directional signals rather than mutually exclusive buckets.

Coverage caveats: NVIDIA and Micron were blocked by PCSX 403 responses. Qualcomm is partial because PCSX returned a 403 at offset 360. ARM Holdings returned zero India jobs on the current TalentBrew route. A few source-location anomalies appear in the raw data. This is a point-in-time hiring snapshot rather than a complete view of every semiconductor job open in India.