Director - Silicon Product Engineering

Axelera AI is looking for a Director of Silicon Product Engineering to lead the Silicon Product Engineering and Bristol Lab functions. The role involves setting the direction for Silicon Product Engineering, test, and oversee the Bristol Lab, and building the organisational muscle to scale across multiple concurrent chip programs. The successful candidate will have a strong technical background, leadership and commercial acumen, and experience managing OSAT, test house, and foundry relationships at a senior level. Requirements - Define and own the product engineering roadmap across all silicon programs - Own ATE strategy and major NPI decisions - Drive tapeout-to-production timelines - Own product qualification strategy for both datacentre and automotive markets - Lead NPI governance - Plan team structure, headcount, and capability against the company's growth pipeline - Own strategic relationships with OSATs, ATE vendors, foundries, and test houses - Lead test program transfer and ramp with OSAT partners - Collaborate with foundries on process monitoring, yield analysis, and continuous improvement - Build a trusted external partner network - Lead and evolve the Bristol validation lab into a scalable, professionally-run engineering operation - Through the Lab Manager, oversee silicon bring-up, characterisation, and production test development carried out in the lab - Set operational standards and own the lab budget - Ensure the lab's validation capability scales with the company's ambition - Build, lead, and mentor a multidisciplinary team of test engineers, validation engineers, and lab technicians - Recruit and develop senior talent, creating career paths that retain top performers in a competitive market - Foster a culture of engineering excellence, rigour, and accountability - Run regular Product Engineering and Lab team meetings - Translate executive strategy into clear direction for the Product Engineering and Lab teams Benefits - Attractive compensation package - Pension plan - Extensive employee insurances - Option to get company shares