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As we move towards real-world deployment, you’ll have genuine ownership of your area, working alongside a highly technical team of physicists, engineers and software specialists on one of the hardest problems in AI infrastructure.\nJob Overview\nThis role sits at the centre of how Salience Labs turns complex, multi-disciplinary engineering work into delivered hardware. You will drive our technical programmes from design through tape-out, fabrication, test and qualification, keeping photonics, electronics, firmware, test and packaging teams aligned and moving towards clear milestones.\nWe are looking for someone with an engineering background who has moved into programme or project management and still enjoys getting into the technical detail. You will be credible with engineers, able to understand the real constraints and dependencies, and able to turn them into plans, priorities and decisions that keep work moving.\nYou will work in a fast-paced, deep-tech environment where the work spans external partners as well as internal teams, and where clear ownership, early risk flagging and disciplined execution make a real difference to how quickly we get to deployment.\nWhat you’ll be doing\nOwn the delivery of cross-functional technical programmes, from planning through to milestone completion\n\nBuild and maintain integrated plans, timelines and critical paths across photonics, electronics, firmware, test and packaging\n\nTranslate technical requirements and engineering constraints into clear scope, priorities and deliverables\n\nIdentify, track and escalate risks, dependencies and blockers early, and drive them to resolution\n\nCoordinate tape-outs, fabrication runs and build cycles with external foundry, manufacturing and test partners\n\nRun regular programme reviews, stand-ups and milestone gates, with clear actions and accountability\n\nReport progress, risks and trade-offs to engineering leads and senior leadership with data-led clarity\n\nWork with engineering teams to define test readiness, qualification plans and release criteria\n\nManage supplier and partner schedules, deliverables and communication\n\nContinuously improve programme management processes, tooling and ways of working\n\nMaintain clear documentation of decisions, plans and programme status\n\nWhat we’re looking for\nA degree in Engineering, Physics or a closely related technical discipline\n\nExperience delivering complex technical programmes or projects in hardware, semiconductor, photonics, electronics or similar deep-tech environments\n\nAn engineering background, with hands-on technical experience before moving into programme or project management\n\nA strong understanding of hardware development lifecycles, such as design, prototyping, build, test and qualification\n\nExperience coordinating multi-disciplinary teams and working with external partners, suppliers or foundries\n\nProven ability to plan rigorously, manage dependencies and critical paths, and keep projects moving under changing priorities\n\nStrong technical understanding, with the ability to discuss detail with engineers and challenge assumptions constructively\n\nExcellent communication skills, with the ability to explain progress, risks and trade-offs clearly to technical and non-technical audiences\n\nA structured, proactive and outcome-driven approach, with strong attention to detail\n\nComfort working in a fast-paced, evolving deep-tech environment\n\nEven better if you\nHave experience with photonics/ semiconductor industry\n\nHave managed programmes through new product introduction, from prototype to production\n\nHave experience with qualification, reliability or manufacturing ramp\n\nHold a recognised project or programme management qualification (for example PMP, PRINCE2 or Agile)\n\nAre experienced with programme tools such as Jira, Confluence, MS Project or similar\n\nHave worked in a scale-up or early-stage deep-tech company\n\nHave experience line-managing or coordinating a team of project or technical staff\n\nYou will join a highly ambitious deep-tech company operating at the intersection of AI infrastructure, semiconductors, and photonics. 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