# Head of Foundry

The Head of Foundry owns fabrication reality. This role exists to ensure that what we design can actually be fabricated at yield, at scale, and without surprises. The role As Head of Foundry, you are accountable for process truth. You own foundry relationships, process flows, yield, risk, and execution. You lead foundry meetings. You micromanage details because details determine success. You are expected to be technically deep, obsessively prepared, and unafraid to push back. This role requires intensity. You must be willing to work extended hours and weekends when required. What you’ll do Foundry ownership & execution Own all external MEMS, PIC, and ASIC foundry relationships Lead foundry meetings - agenda-driven, data-driven, decision-oriented Translate R&D intent into foundry-ready process flows Own tape-out readiness from a process and yield risk perspective Flag, quantify, and escalate unacceptable yield or reliability risks early Process engineering & risk Own full process flows and understand every major process module, including: Lithography: DUV, i-line, e-beam Etching: DRIE (high aspect ratio), wet etch, VHF / HF release Deposition: LPCVD, PECVD, metal deposition

- **Id**: 4285158
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/zero-point-motion-head-of-foundry>
- **Role**: Hardware
- **Role family**: Hardware
- **Seniority**: head
- **Employment type**: full_time
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Bristol, United Kingdom
- **Countries**: GB
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Experience years min**: 2
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: yes
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-01-09T15:59:39Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-01-09
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-13T21:33:59Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 308
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 6136
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Benefits**: Equity, Health insurance, Stock options
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Metals & Metallurgy, Metal Fabrication, Sensors & Transducers

## Company

- **Id**: 3798709
- **Name**: Zero Point Motion
- **Domain**: zeropointmotion.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/zeropointmotion>
- **Size band**: 51-200
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Teamtailor

### Truth index

- **Grade**: B
- **Score**: 75
- **Open postings**: 9
- **Ghost share**: 0
- **Stale share**: 1
- **Repost share**: 0
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-12T10:38:37Z

## Technologies

- **CVD** — Optional: no
- **Ellipsometry** — Optional: no
- **FMEA** — Optional: no
- **KLayout** — Optional: no
- **Photolithography** — Optional: no
- **Python** — Optional: no
- **Statistical Process Control** — Optional: no

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 308

## Requirements

- **Experience years min**: 2
- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-13T21:33:59Z

## Visa

- Country: GB; Licensed sponsor: yes; Adverts offering sponsorship 24m: 0; Sanctioned now: no; Evidence: Licensed UK visa sponsor (Skilled Worker); Route: Skilled Worker

## Liveness

- **Score**: 7
- **Band**: cold
- **Label**: Long shot
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.255
- **P room**: 0.28
- **Age days**: 308
- **Expected fill days**: 30
- **Reasons**: conf:4, win:tail, crowd:
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-14T02:14:24Z

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