Director of Software Engineering at Acuity leading AI - enabled digital commerce platform development and transforming user experience with modern architecture.
About the role
- Silicon Product Engineering Lead managing Bristol validation lab and owning product engineering from tapeout to production for AI accelerator silicon. Driving test program development and qualifications standards compliance.
Responsibilities
- 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 coverage, cost, and throughput
- Lead qualification and reliability activities across voltage, temperature, and aging conditions
- Establish qualification methodologies for automotive and datacentre markets
- Own NPI processes, including phase gates, cross-functional reviews, and documentation
- Manage OSAT relationships: partner evaluation, test transfer, and production readiness
- Collaborate with foundries on yield analysis, process monitoring, and improvement actions
- Manage lab operations: equipment, calibration, procurement, stock control, and safety
- Oversee validation work including power sequencing, JTAG/scan testing, clock and signal integrity characterization, and thermal validation
- Guide development of test fixtures, cable assemblies, and lab tooling
- Prioritize and oversee small engineering projects that support product development
- Evolve the lab from an informal setup into a scalable, well-controlled engineering operation
Requirements
- Significant hands-on experience in semiconductor test development and silicon characterization
- Strong understanding of ATE platforms and test program optimization
- Deep knowledge of reliability physics and qualification of complex SoCs
- Experience with silicon debug and failure analysis tools (oscilloscopes, logic analysers, thermal tools, FA workflows)
- Practical lab management experience including calibration, equipment management, and safety
- Solid understanding of test and manufacturing economics
- Build, mentor, and scale a multidisciplinary engineering team
- Act as a senior technical leader in architectural reviews and roadmap discussions
- Communicate complex technical topics clearly to engineers and executives
- Manage multiple parallel workstreams across internal teams and external partners
- Operate comfortably from strategic planning down to hands-on problem solving in the lab
- Experience with automotive or datacentre qualification standards is a strong plus.
Benefits
- Attractive compensation package
- Pension plan
- Extensive employee insurances
- Option to get company shares
- Open culture supporting creativity and continual innovation
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