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title: 'Semiconductor Product Engineering Team Leader at Fractile'
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# Semiconductor Product Engineering Team Leader at Fractile

- **Company:** Fractile
- **Location:** Bristol, United Kingdom
- **Posted:** 2026-05-29
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-11
- **Apply:** https://job-boards.eu.greenhouse.io/fractile/jobs/4878350101

## Job description

## About Fractile

Fractile was founded in 2022 on the bet that, eventually, the world’s most capable AI systems would be limited in their impact by the time taken to produce useful outputs. We bet everything on the logical conclusion: that the only way to truly unlock this latent value, to make speed viable at scale, was to radically re-invent the hardware that we run our frontier AI models on. Ever since, we have been building chips and systems that tackle this problem: how to efficiently generate output at thousands of tokens per second, while handling the complexity and capacity challenges of operating large models at very long contexts.

The workloads that push to the limits of the current frontier are already transformational; it is the technical and economic limits on inference speed that are constraining progress. The defining work of the 21st century will be marked by the engine of inference delivering immense and diffuse chains of intellectual inquiry, in drug discovery, in software engineering, in materials discovery, in any field where progress is driven by deep reasoning and intelligence to resolve complex problems.

## The Role

We are seeking a senior Semiconductor Product Engineering leader to drive manufacturing test strategy and silicon production readiness for next-generation AI accelerator devices. This role combines deep technical expertise in high-performance compute silicon with leadership responsibility for internal product engineering teams and external development partners. The successful candidate will oversee all aspects of production test development — from DFT strategy and ATE bring-up through silicon characterization, yield optimization, advanced packaging test, and high-volume manufacturing ramp — ensuring robust, scalable, and cost-effective test solutions for advanced AI accelerator platforms.

## Key Responsibilities

- Drive the manufacturing test strategy for an AI accelerator chip featuring PCIe Gen6, LPDDR, advanced CMOS nodes, and advanced packaging (e.g., 2.5D/3D, chiplet).
- Lead and manage a team of chip product engineers responsible for test planning, test program development, pattern bring-up, silicon characterization, debug, and optimization.
- Manage subcontracted test development partners (OSATs, ATE vendors, external engineering services). Includes scoping, technical oversight, schedule tracking, and quality control of deliverables.
- Define and drive test software architecture, DFT usage, and test pattern development strategies for high-speed logic, SRAM, DRAM, and High Speed IO blocks.
- Work closely with design, DFT, manufacturing engineering, packaging, and validation teams to ensure robust test coverage, manufacturability, and yield ramp success.
- Oversee test development for high speed interfaces such as PCIe Gen6 and multi-GHz LPDDR.
- Guide development of structural and functional test content (scan, MBIST, JTAG, HSIO tests, system-level tests).
- Lead silicon bring-up and development on ATE: correlation, failure analysis, shmooing, corner testing, stress testing, and yield improvement activities.
- Define KPIs and metrics for subcontractor performance, test coverage, yield, time-to-test, and cost optimization.
- Drive continuous improvement in test methodologies, automation, data analytics, and debug infrastructure.
- Ensure robust test flows for advanced packaging (thermals, interposer/bridge connections, TSV integrity, die-to-die IO testing).
- Support qualification, reliability testing, and high-volume manufacturing transfer.

Required Qualifications

- BS/MS/PhD in Electronics and Electrical Engineering or related field.
- 8+ years in semiconductor test engineering, including leadership or technical lead roles.
- Experience with ATE test development (e.g., Advantest 93K, Teradyne Ultraflex or similar).
- Strong understanding of DFT (scan, ATPG, LBIST, MBIST), memory testing, and high-speed interface testing.
- Experience managing external test development partners or OSATs.
- Proven ability to lead and mentor test engineering teams.
- Solid background in advanced CMOS nodes and familiarity with advanced packaging test challenges.
- Expertise in silicon debug, characterization, and correlation across ATE and system-level environments.
- Ability to collaborate across design, architecture, product engineering, packaging, and operations.

## Preferred Qualifications

- Experience with AI/ML accelerator chips or other high-performance compute ICs.
- Prior involvement with PCIe Gen5/Gen6 or LPDDR4/5/6 test methodologies.
- Familiarity with signal-integrity-aware test development and high-speed IO margining.
- Experience with chiplets, 2.5D/3D IC test flows, or heterogeneous integration.

## 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

## What We Offer

- Competitive salary: A competitive salary reflective of your experience and the specialist nature of the role.
- Equity & Ownership: meaningful equity so everyone shares in the value creation
- Benefits: Private Medical, Dental and Vision, Contributory Pension, 25 Days holiday plus bank holidays and Life/Critical Illness Insurance.
- Diverse & fun office: we believe the hardest problems get solved by the broadest range of minds. We are committed to Equal Employment Opportunity through attracting and retaining a diverse team and building an inclusive environment.

Fractile is seeking to increase the clock speed of global progress, one chip at a time. We’ve recently raised $220M from investors including Founders Fund and Accel and our most important work lies ahead. Join us!

Export controls

Our work involves technologies subject to UK, US and other international export control regulations. Certain roles may require additional eligibility checks to ensure compliance with applicable law. We'll be transparent about this throughout the hiring process.

## 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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