Senior, HW Programme Manager

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.

Reporting into the Director of Programmes, the Hardware Technical Programme Manager will lead delivery across hardware systems (electronic, mechanical, thermal) and hardware test. This role will sit at the centre of a highly cross‑functional hardware development programme, ensuring that silicon, hardware, operations, software and leadership are aligned on the requirements, milestones, dependencies, risks and release criteria for the hardware systems programme.

What You’ll Do

• Own and maintain the programme plan for hardware systems and hardware test, driving execution through to launch and customer delivery.
• Work with team leads to define scope, milestones, deliverables, dependencies and critical path activities across the programme.
• Maintain transparent reporting on schedule, budget, risks and trade offs to senior leadership.
• Work closely with the software, silicon and manufacturing programme leads to manage design dependencies with rigour.
• Drive timely mitigation, escalation and decision‑making where risks or trade‑offs could affect release scope, timing or quality.
• Work with supply chain, quality, operations and hardware test to ensure operational requirements are considered before design release.
• Lead hardware systems programme reviews that surface risk early and clearly and contribute to overall programme portfolio reviews.

In addition, you will contribute to the development of the Programmes Team:

• Contribute to the design and rollout of scalable programme management practices across Fractile, covering planning, forecasting, reporting, risk and change control.
• Bring proven patterns from previous environments and adapt them to our development stage, pace and constraints rather than importing process for its own sake.
• Help establish shared tooling, templates and review cadences that work consistently across silicon, hardware, manufacturing and software workstreams.

What We’re Looking For

Experience:

• 5+ years experience in technical programme management or engineering delivery in a hardware, semiconductor, electronics, robotics, aerospace, automotive, telecoms or data centre infrastructure environment.
• Strong understanding of hardware product development lifecycles, especially the stages leading to design release.
• Ability to manage complex technical plans with multiple stakeholders and dependencies.
• Familiarity with design release processes, release gates, engineering change control, configuration management or product lifecycle management.
• Ideally, experience in AI hardware, silicon-to-system product development, compute infrastructure, high-performance electronics or complex embedded systems.
• Experience working with semiconductor and hardware supply chain, quality, manufacturing, manufacturing test or NPI teams.
• Experience using tools such as Jira, Confluence, Linear, Asana, Smartsheet, MS Project or PLM systems.
• Experience working in a rapidly scaling organisation building process on the way.

Leadership and Communication

• Highly organised with strong prioritisation discipline.
• Structured thinker with rigorous risk management instincts.
• Clear, concise communicator able to operate confidently with both engineers and executives.

About Fractile

Founded in 2022, team of 100+ which is expanding rapidly. Modern, open offices in London and Bristol. Collaborative, problem‑solving culture built on deep curiosity, entrepreneurial initiative and technical fluency. Full‑stack engagement: Our teams include some of the UK’s leading technologists and leaders across hardware, software, silicon, and system modelling, all work closely together to create a product with global, generational impact.

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.