Ensilica (AIM:ENSI), the AIM-listed maker of mixed-signal application-specific integrated circuits and standard products, will open a Space & Communications Semiconductor Centre of Excellence in Milan.
The site will initially recruit 20 specialist modem and mmWave engineers over the next six months.
It becomes Ensilica's third European location, joining a design centre in Budapest and a sales centre in Munich.
The Milan team will focus on modem architecture, physical-layer algorithms, digital signal processing and mmWave communications systems, working alongside Ensilica's existing ASIC engineering and operations staff.
Ensilica chose Milan for northern Italy's semiconductor, communications and space technology cluster, citing access to specialist talent, nearby customers and partners, and potential EU-funded research collaboration.
The centre will support both customer-funded ASIC programmes and Ensilica's own application-specific standard product developments.
"Milan sits within one of Europe's major semiconductor and communications ecosystems," said chief executive Ian Lankshear, adding that the new hires would give the group "the specialist capability at both the systems and semiconductor level to support the existing pipeline".
The move forms part of Ensilica's stated ambition to become the leading European supplier of application-specific silicon for space and satellite communications markets.
News Intelligence what this means for the company
Ensilica is opening a third European engineering centre in Milan, hiring 20 specialist modem and mmWave engineers over six months to deepen capability in space and satellite communications semiconductors. This is a direct execution of the company's stated ambition to lead European supply of application-specific silicon for those markets—a strategic pivot Ensilica has been funding through recent capital raises, including allocating up to £5.0m from its July 2026 placing to accelerate SatCom user-terminal development.
The Milan centre operationalizes Ensilica's pivot toward space and satellite communications, moving from design services toward systems-level capability. Hiring 20 specialist engineers signals confidence in pipeline conversion, though the announcement contains no financial commitment or revenue forecast tied to the centre itself—investors should track whether this translates to margin accretion or remains a cost centre supporting existing customer programmes.
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