About the Company
Axelera AI is developing a next‑generation AI platform to support those advancing humanity. With $370 million raised and 220+ employees across 18 countries, the company has launched the Metis™ AI Platform and has a strong business pipeline exceeding $100 million.
Position Overview
We are seeking an engineering leader to establish and run Axelera’s AI Enterprise Division within the AI Integrated Systems group. The role focuses on building the team, shaping the technical roadmap, and owning end‑to‑end delivery of board‑ and system‑level products for datacenter‑class AI solutions.
Key Responsibilities
Build the Enterprise AI Server engineering team from the ground up: hire, structure and mentor a multidisciplinary organization covering hardware architecture, PCB design, power/thermal/mechanical engineering, firmware and platform validation with in‑house and third‑party resources.
Define the technical roadmap for the division’s board‑ and system‑level server products—PCIe Gen5/CXL accelerator cards, OAM‑class modules, and full 1U/2U rack systems—aligned with the next‑generation silicon roadmap.
Serve as the technical authority across architecture, schematics, PCB stack‑ups, high‑speed signalling (PCIe Gen5/6, CXL, high‑speed SerDes), enterprise memory, power delivery and VRM design, SI/PI methodology, and mechanical/thermal integration.
Own end‑to‑end execution from concept through design reviews, bring‑up, validation, reliability qualification, DFM/DFT/DFR and mass‑production readiness, including NPI and ramp with tier‑1 CMs and ODMs.
Drive datacenter‑grade platform engineering: BMC‑based management, Redfish/IPMI, UEFI/BIOS firmware, secure boot and root‑of‑trust, platform firmware resilience, enterprise RAS features, and out‑of‑band telemetry.
Lead the thermal and mechanical strategy for high‑power accelerator platforms, including air‑cooled rack designs and, where appropriate, direct liquid cooling (DLC) and immersion‑ready variants.
Ensure compliance with enterprise and datacenter standards: EN 55032/35 Class A, UL 62368, EN 50600 and NEBS where applicable, alongside OCP contribution/consumption where strategic for the division.
Partner with the Embedded AI engineering leadership within AIS to align board‑ and system‑level execution across the two product lines, sharing reference designs, validation assets and CM/ODM relationships wherever it accelerates both streams.
Co‑define platform requirements with the silicon, SDK and software teams, memory topology, interconnect fabric, power states, telemetry, so that the server products showcase the accelerator’s capabilities at rack and cluster scale.
Engage directly with strategic customers, system integrators and ecosystem partners (hyperscalers, sovereign cloud operators, HPC centers, OEMs/ODMs) to shape requirements and win design‑ins.
Define and enforce engineering processes, documentation standards, validation methodologies and quality gates for the new division, mapped to Axelera’s NPD framework.
Identify and mitigate technical risks, resolve engineering escalations, and drive debugging and root‑cause analysis during development, qualification and early production.
Own the division’s engineering budget, CAPEX, external engineering spend and vendor relationships.
Qualifications
15+ years in hardware engineering for complex electronics products, with at least 5 years in senior leadership roles running multidisciplinary teams.
Proven track record of shipping datacenter‑ or server‑class compute hardware into volume production: accelerator cards, GPU/xPU‑class modules, server motherboards, compute nodes or rack‑level systems.
Deep expertise in high‑speed interfaces (PCIe Gen4/5/6, CXL, high‑speed SerDes), enterprise memory, high‑current power delivery and VRM design, and high‑density PCB layout with rigorous SI/PI methodology.
Experience with BMC‑based platform management, Redfish/IPMI, UEFI/BIOS or equivalent firmware stacks, secure boot/root‑of‑trust, and enterprise RAS features.
Working knowledge of datacenter thermal and mechanical design: air‑cooled 1U/2U chassis, direct liquid cooling and/or immersion‑ready platforms, and rack power delivery at 12V, 48V and OCP power‑shelf level.
Familiarity with datacenter and enterprise compliance (EN 55032/35 Class A, UL 62368, EN 50600, NEBS where relevant) and with OCP standards and contribution/consumption processes.
Experience working with tier‑1 CMs/ODMs on server‑class products, including DFM, MP transfer, yield ramp and sustaining engineering.
Hands‑on ability to review schematics, layouts, simulation results and lab validation data, and to make decisive calls when the team is stalled.
Strong strategic thinker, excellent communicator, skilled at decision‑making in fast‑moving environments, comfortable engaging at C‑level with customers and partners.
Preference
Experience building or significantly scaling an engineering team is strongly preferred.
Experience with AI accelerator platforms, GPUs or custom silicon in a datacenter context is a strong plus.
Exposure to sovereign AI, EuroHPC, HPC or European defence/dual‑use datacenter programmes is a plus.
Fluent English required; additional European language is a plus.
Location
Work from one of our Axelera AI offices (Florence and Milan in Italy, Amsterdam and Eindhoven in the Netherlands, Leuven in Belgium, Paris in France, Zurich in Switzerland, or Bristol in the United Kingdom) if you are already based nearby.
Work fully remotely from the US or any European country (including the UK) you are already in.
Relocate with us and work from Amsterdam or Eindhoven in the Netherlands, or Bologna, Florence or Milan in Italy.
What We Offer
Roughly comparable to top industry standards, we provide an attractive compensation package including a pension plan, extensive employee insurance, and the option to obtain company shares. The culture supports creativity and continual innovation, with collaborative ownership and freedom plus responsibility.
Equal Opportunity
At Axelera AI, we wholeheartedly embrace equal opportunity and hold diversity in the highest regard. Our steadfast commitment is to cultivate a warm and inclusive environment that empowers and celebrates every member of our team. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds to join us in shaping the future of AI.
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