lowRISC CIC Offers sponsorship
A not-for-profit company that develops and maintains open-source silicon designs, hardware, software, and engineering tools.
The UK Home Office lists lowRISC CIC as a licensed sponsor (A-rated, Skilled Worker route). lowRISC CIC explicitly offers visa sponsorship in some of its current job adverts — look for the “Sponsorship offered” label below. Home Office figures released under the Freedom of Information Act show lowRISC CIC assigned 10 Certificates of Sponsorship in 2021–24 for Skilled Worker and Global Business Mobility visas. We're showing 4 of their current openings.
Sponsor licence details
Sourced from the UK Home Office register of licensed sponsors.
Sponsorship history
Certificates of Sponsorship lowRISC CIC assigned each year, from Home Office figures released under the Freedom of Information Act.
Skilled Worker and Global Business Mobility routes. One certificate is assigned for each sponsored hire, visa extension or change of employer, so a person can be counted more than once. “1–5” is withheld by the Home Office; the 2025 figures list only sponsors with 5 or more (“—”). Matched to this employer by its name on the sponsor register. Sources: FOI 2025/12841 (2021–24), FOI2026/03501 (2025). Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Licence timeline Pro
Every change we've seen on the Home Office register for lowRISC CIC, and what its recent adverts say about sponsorship.
See this employer's full licence history: when it was licensed, rating and route changes, and when it last offered sponsorship in an advert.
Unlock with ProAbout lowRISC CIC
lowRISC CIC is a not-for-profit company that uses collaborative engineering to develop and maintain open-source silicon designs, software, and tools. The organisation aims to make open-source silicon a commercial reality and widely adopted throughout the technology industry.
The company acts as the steward for major projects including the Ibex 32-bit RISC-V CPU core and OpenTitan, an open-source silicon root of trust used in commercial datacentres and devices. It possesses engineering capabilities spanning processors, compute subsystems, memory safety, and hardware verification. Alongside project stewardship, the company provides engineering consultancy services around its open-source designs and third-party projects.
Open roles
4 live positions matched to this sponsor licence.