FOUNDRY / FAB
Campus + interns
SMIC
Shanghai · Beijing · Shenzhen
China's largest foundry
Produces a wide range of nodes, including advanced chips despite export controls.
Process & fabTest & productCAD / EDA
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COMPANIES · CHINA
Semiconductor companies in China
China is building a self-sufficient chip industry at enormous scale, from foundries and memory to tools and EDA. Hiring is strong and mostly domestic, shaped by export controls that cut many firms off from US tools and technology.
- 15COMPANIES LISTED
- 4MAIN CLUSTERS
- MandarinWORKING LANGUAGE
- DomesticMOST HIRING
Checked by hand, last reviewed October 2026. Plant status, office cities and hiring change quickly, so confirm openings on each company's own careers page.
THE LANDSCAPE
Self-reliance as the strategy
SMIC and Hua Hong lead in foundry, YMTC and CXMT in memory, and HiSilicon, UNISOC and hundreds of smaller fabless firms in design. Domestic equipment (Naura, AMEC) and EDA (Empyrean) makers are growing fast because export controls limit access to US and allied tools.
For most international engineers, China's industry is hard to join: work is in Mandarin, many companies are on export-control lists, and engineers in some countries face restrictions on working for listed entities. Check your own country's rules before applying.
It still matters to understand. Chinese firms are major customers for global equipment and IP, and the industry's growth affects hiring and prices everywhere.
DIRECTORY
All 15 companies, filterable
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FOUNDRIES AND MEMORY
Foundries and memory makers
FOUNDRY / FAB
Campus + interns
Hua Hong Semiconductor
Shanghai · Wuxi
Specialty foundry
Power, embedded memory and analog processes.
Process & fabTest & product
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IDM
Campus + interns
YMTC
Wuhan
3D NAND
China's NAND champion.
Memory designProcess & fab
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IDM
Campus + interns
CXMT
Hefei
DRAM
China's DRAM leader, expanding into HBM.
Memory designProcess & fab
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FOUNDRY / FAB
Freshers & experienced
Nexchip
Hefei
Display-driver foundry
Mature-node foundry focused on display drivers.
Process & fab
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DESIGN
Fabless design companies
FABLESS
Campus + interns
HiSilicon (Huawei)
Shenzhen
Kirin SoCs, Ascend AI chips
Huawei's chip arm, the largest design house in China.
RTL designVerificationPhysical designArchitecture
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FABLESS
Campus + interns
UNISOC
Shanghai
Mobile and IoT SoCs
Low-cost mobile and IoT platforms.
RTL designVerificationPhysical design
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FABLESS
Freshers & experienced
Will Semiconductor (OmniVision)
Shanghai
Image sensors and analog
Owns OmniVision, a major image-sensor supplier.
Analog / mixed-signalVerification
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FABLESS
Freshers & experienced
GigaDevice
Beijing
Flash memory and microcontrollers
NOR flash and the GD32 microcontroller family.
Memory designRTL designEmbedded / firmware
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FABLESS
Freshers & experienced
Cambricon
Beijing
AI accelerators
One of China's leading AI-chip designers.
RTL designArchitectureVerification
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FABLESS
Freshers & experienced
Loongson
Beijing
Domestic CPUs
Designs its own CPU architecture.
RTL designArchitectureVerification
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EQUIPMENT AND EDA
Equipment and EDA
EQUIPMENT / MATERIALS
Campus + interns
Naura Technology
Beijing
Etch, deposition and thermal tools
China's largest equipment maker.
Process & fab
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EQUIPMENT / MATERIALS
Campus + interns
AMEC
Shanghai
Etch and MOCVD equipment
Etch tools used in advanced fabs.
Process & fab
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EDA / IP
Freshers & experienced
Empyrean Technology
Beijing
Domestic EDA tools
China's largest EDA developer.
CAD / EDA
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OSAT / ATMP
Campus + interns
JCET Group
Jiangyin
Assembly and test
One of the world's largest OSATs.
Test & productProcess & fab
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BY ROLE
Who hires for which VLSI role
Counted from the companies on this page. Use it to shortlist: if you're preparing for verification, start with the employers in that row.
| ROLE | LISTED | EXAMPLES |
|---|---|---|
| Verification | 5 | HiSilicon (Huawei), UNISOC, Will Semiconductor (OmniVision), Cambricon, Loongson |
| RTL design | 5 | HiSilicon (Huawei), UNISOC, GigaDevice, Cambricon, Loongson |
| Physical design | 2 | HiSilicon (Huawei), UNISOC |
| Analog / mixed-signal | 1 | Will Semiconductor (OmniVision) |
| Architecture | 3 | HiSilicon (Huawei), Cambricon, Loongson |
| Memory design | 3 | YMTC, CXMT, GigaDevice |
| Embedded / firmware | 1 | GigaDevice |
| CAD / EDA | 2 | SMIC, Empyrean Technology |
| Process & fab | 8 | SMIC, Hua Hong Semiconductor, YMTC, CXMT, Nexchip, Naura Technology, AMEC and 1 more |
| Test & product | 3 | SMIC, Hua Hong Semiconductor, JCET Group |
GETTING IN
What international engineers should know
- Check export-control rules firstMany Chinese chip companies are on US or allied restricted lists. Working for them can carry legal or career consequences in other countries.
- Mandarin is essentialAlmost all roles work in Mandarin.
- Most hiring is domesticGraduates of Chinese universities fill most roles. See China programs.
KEEP GOING
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FAQ
Common questions
Can foreigners work in China's chip industry?
It's possible but uncommon. Most roles require Mandarin, and export controls mean some engineers face restrictions on working for listed companies.
Why are Chinese EDA and equipment firms growing?
Export controls limit access to US tools, so domestic equipment makers such as Naura and AMEC and EDA firms such as Empyrean are filling the gap.
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