Director - Silicon Product & Test Engineering
Core
Own Silicon Product Engineering and the Bristol validation lab end-to-end, from tapeout through NPI to volume production, leading teams to scale across concurrent chip programs.
Role type
Director, Silicon Product & Test Engineering
Builds
Next-generation AI platform chips for datacentre and automotive markets
Domain
Semiconductor / AI Hardware / Test & Validation
Deliverable
production ML models
Required skills
ATE strategy and test program development, NPI governance and phase gates, OSAT and foundry management, reliability physics and qualification methodology, DFT and silicon debug workflows, team building and scaling, executive communication
Preferred skills
Automotive (AEC-Q100) qualification experience, datacentre qualification experience, AI hardware startup experience
Technologies
ATE platforms, JTAG/scan, signal integrity, thermal analysis
Responsibilities
Define product engineering roadmap from tapeout planning to high-volume manufacturing, make major NPI decisions including build-vs-buy and OSAT selection, manage external partnerships with OSATs, ATE vendors, and foundries, oversee validation lab operations and silicon bring-up, build and mentor multidisciplinary teams of test and validation engineers
Seniority
Director, hands-on IC leadership
