Lead Silicon Product Engineer

13 hours ago

Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom Fractile Full time

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.

The successful candidate will play a key role in the development and manufacture of Fractile's silicon products. This will include responsibility for New Product Introduction (NPI), Yield Engineering, and Product Quality.

Skills And Experience

  • A Bachelor's degree or above in Electronics, Microelectronics, Semiconductor Physics, Engineering or similar disciplines
  • Demonstrable experience within the semiconductor industry from working in a Product Engineering, Test Engineering or Quality Engineering role from NPI to high volume production stage

  • Solid experience in as many of the following areas as possible:

  • Wafer fab: Process Integration, Yield Enhancement, D0 Control and Defect Reduction strategy,

  • IC Assembly: Assembly Process or Package Design, 3D IC and wafer stacking experience, Assembly Quality Control, BOM optimization, Yield Engineering

  • Fabless Semiconductor: IC Product Qualification Plan, IC Reliability and Failure Study, RMA Handling

  • Knowledge of WAT, WS/CP and FT data analysis and correlation methods

  • Strong data mining and analytical skills combined with excellent ability for clear and concise data presentation and derived conclusions
  • Extensive use of semiconductor industry data analysis tools/software and ability to create scripts for standard analysis and journals, e.g. yieldHUB, Spotfire, JMP etc
  • Good knowledge of general semiconductor industry process quality control system and statistical analysis methodology: SPC charts review, Cp, Cpk improvement, etc.
  • Familiar with FMEA derived Semiconductor Qualification plans and related standards such as JEDEC
  • Experience of assessing and selecting non-destructive and destructive semiconductor failure analysis methods and techniques
  • Good communication skills and team player attitude
  • Self-starter, flexible and able to handle multiple projects in parallel
  • Willing and able to travel worldwide when needed

Desirable

  • Project management of NPI and IC Qualification
  • Multi-culture awareness including a background in working with Far East suppliers

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

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