India designs chips for almost every major semiconductor company in the world, and in 2026 it finally started packaging them too. Here is who employs VLSI engineers, in which city, for which role, and how freshers usually get in.
For two decades India's chip industry meant one thing: design. Intel, Texas Instruments, Qualcomm, NVIDIA, AMD and dozens of others run some of their largest engineering sites in Bengaluru, Hyderabad and Noida, and the work there is real silicon work: RTL, verification, physical design, DFT and analog. Most experienced VLSI engineers in India work at one of these centres or at a design-services firm that supports them.
Manufacturing is the new part. Under the India Semiconductor Mission (ISM), 12 projects have been approved. Four assembly and test plants are now shipping chips: Micron's ATMP in Sanand (inaugurated February 2026), Kaynes Semicon in Sanand (March), CG Semi in Sanand (July) and Suchi Semicon near Surat (September). Tata's ATMP in Assam and the HCL–Foxconn unit near Jewar are under construction, and Tata's 300 mm fab at Dholera is targeted for 2028.
For a fresher this creates two separate job markets. Design roles still need strong digital or analog fundamentals and usually go to B.Tech/M.Tech graduates who interview well. The new plants hire for test, product, packaging, quality and equipment roles, often from diploma, B.Tech and M.Sc backgrounds, and they're hiring in volume while they ramp.
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The India Semiconductor Mission projects. These plants hire for process, test, packaging, quality and equipment roles, many at entry level.
India's first commercial fab, built with Taiwan's PSMC at mature nodes (28 nm and up), with a separate assembly-and-test plant in Assam. Both are under construction, and Tata is already recruiting and training engineers ahead of start-up.
The first ISM plant to start production, in February 2026. It assembles and tests Micron memory, and hires test, product, equipment and packaging engineers.
Inaugurated in March 2026, the second ISM unit to start. Part of the Kaynes Technology group, which already makes electronics for automotive, industrial and aerospace customers.
A CG Power joint venture with Renesas and Stars Microelectronics. Started commercial production in July 2026 and plans to export to Japan, the US and Europe.
An Indian-owned OSAT that began commercial production in September 2026. A smaller, newer employer, which often means broader roles for early hires.
A joint venture between HCL and Foxconn near the new Noida international airport. Ground was broken in February 2026, so hiring is at an early stage.
MeitY's own fab. It fabricates strategic chips and the student designs from the Chips to Startup programme. Recruitment is through periodic government notifications.
The biggest employers of VLSI engineers in India and usually the best-paid route for freshers. Most hire through campus placements and internships, plus experienced hiring all year.
One of Intel's largest sites outside the US, covering design, pre- and post-silicon validation and software. Intel restructured heavily in 2025, so watch openings closely, but the Bengaluru teams still do core silicon work.
TI's first R&D centre outside the US (1985) and still one of its biggest. The best-known analog employer in India, with a strong campus intern pipeline and the WiSH program for women engineering students.
Large design, verification and physical design teams working on Snapdragon platforms, plus big software groups. Hyderabad is one of Qualcomm's largest sites anywhere.
ASIC design, verification, physical design and timing for GPU and data-centre chips. Selective, well paid, and keen on interns who can go deep on fundamentals.
Two decades of chip work in India, now including the former Xilinx FPGA teams in Hyderabad. Hires across verification, physical design, DFT and FPGA.
Samsung's semiconductor R&D centre in India works on SoC design, memory solutions and design enablement for its foundry. Recruits heavily from campuses.
Mostly experienced hiring for networking and custom AI-ASIC work, with some campus intake. Physical design and verification teams are large.
Sizeable design and verification teams on networking, storage and custom data-centre chips.
A strong destination for analog and mixed-signal designers, layout engineers and applications engineers.
Separate from the Sanand plant: Micron's Hyderabad and Bengaluru teams do memory circuit design, verification, product engineering and software.
Builds and verifies the processor and system IP that most of the world's chips license. A great place to learn micro-architecture and formal verification.
Hiring in India includes silicon validation, physical design and CAD roles. Mostly experienced positions, rarely advertised as fresher roles.
Google's Bengaluru hardware teams work on custom silicon, with verification, physical design and design roles. Highly selective, mostly experienced.
Design and verification for MediaTek's mobile and connectivity chips. Campus hiring at both sites.
One of the larger automotive-semiconductor design teams in India. Good for DFT, verification and embedded roles.
A long-standing design centre with digital, analog, DFT and CAD teams.
Design, verification and software teams for Infineon's automotive and power products.
Grew through acquisitions (Intersil, IDT, Dialog). Hires across digital, analog and applications roles.
Broad mix of design, verification, applications and FPGA roles across three cities.
Analog, power and digital design teams supporting onsemi's automotive and industrial products.
Fabless startups designing their own silicon, many backed by the government's Design Linked Incentive scheme. Small teams, wide roles, faster learning.
Founded out of the IIT Madras ecosystem. Builds its own SoCs for IoT and smart-camera products and has raised venture funding to scale.
Configurable RISC-V cores and tooling for chip companies. Good for engineers interested in micro-architecture and verification of processors.
One of the best-funded DLI-backed startups, building AI chips for cameras and smart devices.
Analog/RF-heavy startup. A rare place in India to work on RF front-ends end to end.
Spun out of IISc research, building reconfigurable compute silicon.
A fabless startup founded by industry veterans to build India-designed camera and surveillance chips.
Larsen & Toubro's semiconductor company. It designs its own chips and works with foundries, with longer-term manufacturing plans.
One of India's earliest fabless product companies, now part of Tejas Networks.
They deliver design and verification work for chip companies worldwide. The biggest fresher hirers in India; pay starts lower, but you see many projects quickly and can switch to a product company after two to four years.
Known for post-silicon test and characterisation as well as design services. A strong entry point for test and product engineering.
Large engineering-services firm with silicon, FPGA and embedded practices. Regular fresher intake.
A listed Indian semiconductor-services company offering spec-to-silicon ASIC work.
A sizeable services firm that recruits freshers in verification and physical design.
Silicon services sit alongside large embedded and product-engineering practices.
Includes the former Sankalp Semiconductor teams. Analog, digital and verification services at scale.
Growing semiconductor practice covering verification, physical design and embedded work.
The toolmakers. EDA companies hire R&D, applications and CAD engineers; equipment makers hire for engineering, software and field service.
Synopsys's largest R&D presence outside the US. Applications-engineer roles are a great fit for freshers who like both tools and design.
Big R&D and applications teams, plus verification IP work that hires many verification engineers.
Formerly Mentor Graphics. R&D and applications roles across physical verification and functional verification tools.
Large engineering centre for semiconductor equipment: mechanical, electrical, software and process-support roles.
Engineering and software teams that support Lam's global equipment development.
Strong software and algorithm teams for yield and inspection tools.
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| ROLE | LISTED | EXAMPLES |
|---|---|---|
| Verification | 38 | Intel India, Texas Instruments India, Qualcomm India, NVIDIA India, AMD India, Samsung Semiconductor India Research, Broadcom India and 31 more |
| RTL design | 23 | Intel India, Texas Instruments India, Qualcomm India, NVIDIA India, AMD India, Samsung Semiconductor India Research, Marvell India and 16 more |
| Physical design | 27 | SCL Mohali (Semi-Conductor Laboratory), Intel India, Qualcomm India, NVIDIA India, AMD India, Samsung Semiconductor India Research, Broadcom India and 20 more |
| STA | 7 | Intel India, Qualcomm India, NVIDIA India, AMD India, Broadcom India, Marvell India, Mirafra Technologies |
| DFT | 10 | Intel India, Texas Instruments India, Qualcomm India, AMD India, Broadcom India, Marvell India, NXP India and 3 more |
| Analog / mixed-signal | 14 | Texas Instruments India, Broadcom India, Analog Devices India, NXP India, STMicroelectronics India, Infineon India, Renesas India and 7 more |
| Analog layout | 6 | Texas Instruments India, Analog Devices India, STMicroelectronics India, onsemi India, Fermionic Design, HCLTech (ER&D) |
| Architecture | 6 | Intel India, Qualcomm India, NVIDIA India, Arm India, InCore Semiconductors, Morphing Machines |
| Memory design | 2 | Samsung Semiconductor India Research, Micron India (design) |
| FPGA | 5 | AMD India, Microchip India, Saankhya Labs, eInfochips (an Arrow company), L&T Technology Services |
| Embedded / firmware | 16 | Texas Instruments India, Qualcomm India, MediaTek India, NXP India, Infineon India, Renesas India, Mindgrove Technologies and 9 more |
| CAD / EDA | 10 | Tata Electronics, NVIDIA India, Samsung Semiconductor India Research, Micron India (design), Apple India, STMicroelectronics India, Synopsys India and 3 more |
| Applications | 6 | Analog Devices India, Renesas India, Microchip India, Synopsys India, Cadence India, Siemens EDA India |
| Process & fab | 10 | Tata Electronics, Micron Technology (Sanand ATMP), Kaynes Semicon, CG Semi, Suchi Semicon, HCL–Foxconn semiconductor unit, SCL Mohali (Semi-Conductor Laboratory) and 3 more |
| Test & product | 12 | Tata Electronics, Micron Technology (Sanand ATMP), Kaynes Semicon, CG Semi, Suchi Semicon, HCL–Foxconn semiconductor unit, SCL Mohali (Semi-Conductor Laboratory) and 5 more |
Product companies fill most entry-level seats through campus programs and internship conversions. Everyone else gets in through services firms, off-campus drives or referrals.
By volume, design-services firms such as Tessolve, eInfochips, MosChip, Mirafra and LTTS hire the most freshers. Among product companies, Intel, Texas Instruments, Qualcomm, NVIDIA, AMD, Samsung, Micron, NXP and STMicroelectronics run regular campus programs, mostly for B.Tech and M.Tech graduates.
Four ISM assembly-and-test plants are in commercial production: Micron in Sanand (February 2026), Kaynes Semicon in Sanand (March), CG Semi in Sanand (July) and Suchi Semicon near Surat (September). Tata's Assam plant and the HCL–Foxconn unit are under construction, and Tata's Dholera fab is targeted for 2028.
No. Bengaluru has the most roles, but Hyderabad is a close second, Noida has a large EDA and European-IDM base, Chennai has a growing RISC-V startup scene, and Gujarat is where the new manufacturing jobs are.
If you have a product-company offer, take it. If you don't, a services role with real project work is better than waiting. Many engineers switch to product companies after two to four years, usually with a large raise.
Design centres mostly hire B.Tech/M.Tech graduates. The new OSAT and ATMP plants hire technicians and operators from diploma and B.Sc backgrounds, and train them on the job.
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