Jobs in Bristol, United Kingdom

About the role

You'll own Silicon Product Engineering and our Bristol validation lab end-to-end — from tapeout through NPI to volume production — and lead the teams that get us there. This is a director-level leadership role. It needs someone with the technical depth to make sound ATE, NPI and OSAT calls and earn senior engineers' respect, plus the commercial judgement to own budgets, headcount, and the day-to-day running of two technical departments as we scale across concurrent chip programs.

What you'll bring

• Deep command of ATE platforms and test program development, from early silicon to volume
• Strong grasp of reliability physics and qualification methodology, including automotive and datacentre standards
• Working knowledge of DFT, silicon debug/FA workflows, and test/manufacturing economics
• A proven track record leading and scaling technical teams in fast-moving semiconductor environments
• Senior-level OSAT/foundry/test-house management, including commercial negotiation
• Director-level department ownership: budgets, headcount, resourcing
• Strong executive communication — able to take complex technical topics to a board-level audience
• Comfort building process and infrastructure from scratch, and making high-impact calls with incomplete information
• prior time in AI hardware or a high-growth deep-tech startup.
• A background spanning product, test, assembly, and qualification of complex SoCs — ideally including hands-on lab time and exposure to startup or high-growth environments
• Nice to have: automotive (AEC-Q100) or datacentre qualification experience

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