Axelera

Director - Hardware Engineering, AI Infrastructure Systems

Hybrid/Remote - Europe (incl. UK). Posted 6 months ago

The role

You will establish and run the AI Infrastructure Systems division to deliver next-generation accelerator silicon in datacenter-class form factors. You will build a multidisciplinary team, shape the technical roadmap, and own end-to-end delivery of board- and system-level products.

What you will do

  • Build the Infrastructure Systems engineering team from the ground up
  • Define the technical roadmap for board- and system-level server products
  • Serve as the technical authority across system implementation
  • Own end-to-end execution from concept through mass-production readiness
  • Drive datacenter-grade platform engineering
  • Lead the thermal and mechanical strategy for high-power accelerator platforms
  • Partner with Embedded AI engineering leadership to align execution
  • Collaborate with various teams to refine and realize platform requirements
  • Engage with strategic customers, system integrators and ecosystem partners
  • Define and enforce engineering processes, documentation standards and quality gates

Required qualifications

  • 15+ years in hardware engineering for complex electronics products
  • 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
  • Deep expertise in high-speed interfaces (PCIe Gen4/5/6, CXL, high-speed SerDes), server 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
  • Familiarity with datacenter and AI infrastructure compliance and with PCIe and OCP standards
  • 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
  • Strong strategic thinker, excellent communicator, skilled at decision-making in fast-moving environments, comfortable engaging at C-level with customers and partners
  • Fluent English

Nice to have

  • Experience building or significantly scaling an engineering team
  • Experience with AI accelerator platforms, GPUs or custom silicon in a datacenter context
  • Exposure to sovereign AI, EuroHPC, HPC or European defence/dual-use datacenter programmes
  • Additional European language

Benefits

  • Attractive compensation package
  • Pension plan
  • Extensive employee insurances
  • Option to get company shares

About the company

Axelera AI is a deep-tech company creating a next-generation AI platform. The company has a team of 250+ employees and is headquartered at the High Tech Campus in Eindhoven, Netherlands.