Silicon Product Engineering Lead (Bristol)
About Us
Axelera AI is not your regular deep-tech startup. We are creating the next-generation AI platform to support anyone who wants to help advancing humanity and improve the world around us.
In just four years, we have raised a total of $370 million and have built a world-class team of 220+ employees (including 49+ PhDs with more than 40,000 citations), both remotely from 18 different countries and with offices in Belgium, France, Switzerland, Italy, the UK, headquartered at the High Tech Campus in Eindhoven, Netherlands.
We have also launched our Metis™ AI Platform, which achieves a 3-5x increase in efficiency and performance, and have visibility into a strong business pipeline exceeding $100 million.
Our unwavering commitment to innovation has firmly established us as a global industry pioneer.
Are you up for the challenge?
Position Overview
We’re looking for a hands-on technical leader to own product engineering from tapeout to production and day-to-day operation of our Bristol validation lab.
You’ll be responsible for the full journey of our AI accelerator silicon—from first silicon bring-up, characterization, qualification, and ATE development through NPI and OSAT handoff—while leading the team and infrastructure that make this possible. This is a deeply practical role, combining test development, silicon debug, and lab leadership with external partner management.
You’ll lead test engineers, validation engineers, and lab technicians, ensuring our silicon meets datacentre and automotive quality standards and that our lab operates efficiently as we scale to multiple concurrent chip programs.
Key responsibilities:
Product Engineering & Test (Tapeout → Production)
- Own ATE strategy and test program development from early silicon through high-volume manufacturing
- Drive first-silicon bring-up, working closely with design teams to validate functionality and performance
- Define production test architecture, balancing c...