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title: 'Product & Yield Engineer (Data-focused) at Fractile'
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# Product & Yield Engineer (Data-focused) at Fractile

- **Company:** Fractile
- **Location:** London, United Kingdom
- **Posted:** 2026-08-25
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-11
- **Apply:** https://job-boards.eu.greenhouse.io/fractile/jobs/4959418101

## Job description

Fractile is building silicon, systems and software which will redefine the frontier of AI: running the world’s most advanced models at radically higher speed and lower cost. We have an exceptional team across hardware and software capable of bringing about this change, and we are growing fast to meet demand and deliver our product at scale.

We are seeking a Senior Supply Chain Procurement Engineer based in the UK to lead technically informed sourcing and supplier engagement for electronics and electronic components. This role sits at the intersection of engineering, manufacturing, and procurement, ensuring that component and manufacturing sourcing decisions are optimised for cost, availability, quality, and long-term scalability.

The ideal candidate brings strong electronics knowledge, hands-on experience with suppliers and EMS partners, and the ability to influence design and sourcing decisions early in the product lifecycle.

## Key Responsibilities

Engineering-Led Sourcing & Procurement

- Lead sourcing and procurement activities for electronic components (ICs, passives, PCBs, connectors, electromechanical parts) and EMS/CM services
- Provide technical input into sourcing decisions, supplier selection, and component qualification
- Own RFQs, cost breakdowns, and technical-commercial evaluations
- Drive should-cost modelling and cost-down initiatives

Supplier & Manufacturing Partner Engagement

- Act as the technical procurement interface to component manufacturers, distributors, and EMS/CM partners
- Lead supplier negotiations on pricing, lead times, MOQs, capacity commitments, and technical constraints
- Support supplier audits, capability assessments, and qualification activities
- Work closely with suppliers to resolve technical, quality, or supply issues

NPI & Product Lifecycle Support

- Support NPI sourcing from concept through production, including BOM cost roll-ups and sourcing readiness
- Partner with design engineering to influence component selection for availability, lifecycle, and risk
- Manage PCNs, EOLs, and last-time-buy strategies in collaboration with engineering and operations
- Support ECO implementation and component transitions

Supply Risk & Continuity Management

- Identify and mitigate risks related to single-source components, long lead times, and constrained supply
- Develop alternate sourcing and dual-source strategies
- Support buffer strategies and supply continuity planning

Cross-Functional Collaboration & Reporting

- Partner closely with engineering, manufacturing, quality, finance, and programme teams
- Provide clear reporting on cost, supplier performance, supply risks, and mitigation plans
- Mentor junior procurement or supply chain engineers as required

## Qualifications & Experience

- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Engineering, Supply Chain, or a related technical field
- At least 8 years of experience in electronics procurement, supply chain engineering, or manufacturing sourcing
- Strong understanding of electronic components, EMS/CM operations, and global electronics supply chains
- Proven experience managing technically complex sourcing and supplier negotiations

## Skills & Competencies

- Strong technical judgement applied to sourcing and procurement decisions
- Excellent negotiation and supplier management skills
- Analytical mindset with experience in cost modelling and BOM analysis
- Ability to influence engineering and operations without direct authority
- Proficiency with ERP/MRP systems and advanced Excel

## Preferred Experience (Nice to Have)

- Familiarity with global component distributors and allocation management
- Experience working in regulated or compliance-driven environments

## How we work

- Ownership and execution: you will have full agency to drive your work forward
- Rapid iteration: we all work directly with top leadership to move from idea to hardware on ambitious timelines
- Full-stack engagement: hardware, software, silicon, and modelling teams all work closely together to create a product with generational impact
- Optimistic and pragmatic: we possess the will to win, and to do the hard work to get us there
- Team player mentality: the mission is bigger than any of us, and we have the curiosity and technical focus to see the best idea shipped, no matter who’s it is

## About us

- Founded in 2022, team of 70+, which is expanding rapidly
- Modern, open offices in London and Bristol
- Collaborative, problem-solving culture built on deep curiosity, entrepreneurial initiative and technical fluency

Export control and security clearance

Certain roles may involve working on technologies subject to export restrictions. Applicants may be required to undergo additional eligibility checks to ensure compliance with applicable law.

## About Fractile

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Fractile builds chips, systems, and software to radically improve the speed and cost of running frontier AI inference, targeting up to 25x faster performance at 1/10th the cost.
- **Entity Type**: Private (Series B)
- **Headquarters**: London & Bristol, United Kingdom
- **Founded**: 2022
- **Founders**: Walter Goodwin (CEO)

## Core Business
- **Primary industry**: AI hardware acceleration, computer hardware manufacturing
- **Target customers**: B2B – enterprise cloud providers, AI labs, and organizations running large-scale frontier model inference
- **Mission**: "Build the engine that can power the next generation of AI" by removing every bottleneck to the fastest possible inference of the largest transformer networks.

## Products & Services
- **Fractile AI Accelerator Processor**: A new class of processor that physically interleaves memory and compute to deliver low latency and high throughput simultaneously. Designed to serve thousands of tokens per second to thousands of concurrent users at a fraction of the power and cost of existing hardware. (Hardware + full-stack software)

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not publicly disclosed
- **Key Metric**: Total funding of **$243.8M** (per LinkedIn) or **$266.4M** (per CB Insights – conflicting reports); most recent round was a **$220M Series B** in May 2026 led by Accel, with participation from Factorial Funds and Founders Fund.
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: Accel, Factorial Funds, Founders Fund (Peter Thiel), Oxford Science Enterprises, Kindred Capital, Patrick Gelsinger (former Intel CEO), ARIA
- **Growth Signals**: Headcount grew **+171.4% YoY** to 66 employees; **+56.8% monthly LinkedIn follower growth**; **53 active job postings** (up 2550% year-over-year); expanding into a new hardware test site and growing offices in Bristol and London.

## Competitive Advantages
- **Full-stack approach**: Team spans transistor-level circuit design up to cloud inference server logic, enabling tight integration across silicon, systems, and software.
- **Novel architecture**: Interleaving memory and compute solves the memory-wall bottleneck that limits existing hardware, allowing simultaneous low latency and high throughput for frontier models.
- **Focus on inference (not training):** Addresses the exploding demand for token processing (10x/year growth) with a purpose-built solution for inference workloads.

## Strategic Focus
- Scale the engineering team across hardware and software disciplines (Rust, ML runtime, silicon design, board test, manufacturing operations).
- Expand physical infrastructure (new hardware test site in Bristol).
- Deploy the first generation of processors to enable new workloads like long-context autonomous agents and real-time AI reasoning.

## Why Work Here
- **Culture**: Deeply collaborative, no silos, no handoffs – engineers work across the full stack from transistor to cloud in a flat, mission-driven environment.
- **Locations**: Modern, open-plan offices in central Bristol and central London with excellent transport links.
- **Growth**: High-growth startup with strong funding and a clear trajectory; opportunity to work on one of the most impactful technical challenges in AI.
- **Team**: Composed of world-class technologists, many from companies like Graphcore, Imagination Technologies, and Cisco.
- **Remote/Hybrid**: Not explicitly stated, but hardware-focused roles (silicon, test, manufacturing) suggest a strong on-site presence; software roles may offer flexibility.

## Sources
1. [fractile.ai](https://www.fractile.ai/) – Company website
2. [fractile.ai/about](https://www.fractile.ai/about) – About page, team, culture
3. [fractile.ai/jobs](https://www.fractile.ai/jobs) – Open positions and work philosophy
4. [uk.linkedin.com/company/fractile](https://uk.linkedin.com/company/fractile) – LinkedIn company page (funding, headcount, growth)
5. [cbinsights.com/company/fractile](https://www.cbinsights.com/company/fractile) – CB Insights profile (funding details, patents, headquarters)

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