Staff Silicon Integration Engineer

About Us

Axelera AI is not your regular deep-tech startup. We are creating the next-generation AI platform to support anyone who wants to help advancing humanity and improve the world around us.

In just three years we have raised a total of $120 million and have built a world-class team of 180+ employees (including 55+ PhDs with more than 40000 citations) both remotely from 11 different countries and with offices in Belgium Switzerland Italy the UK headquartered at the High Tech Campus in Eindhoven Netherlands.

We have also launched our Metis™ AI Platform which achieves a 3-5x increase in efficiency and performance and have visibility into a strong business pipeline exceeding $100 million.

Our unwavering commitment to innovation has firmly established us as a global industry pioneer.

Are you up for the challenge?

Position Overview

The Silicon Integration Engineer will be responsible for shaping the design of circuitry PCB package and silicon and ensuring that the complete solution is designed holistically. This person will report directly to the Director of Silicon Logical Design.

Responsibilities:

• Maintaining the chip package pinout

• Working with Architecture Silicon & Integrated Systems to develop the AI chip reference circuitry layout and implementation requirements.

• Working with Architecture and Integrated Systems to optimize constraints on floorplan layout and pin placement.

• Working with Logical Design to optimize floorplan layout.

• Working with Physical Design to optimize floorplan layout and pin placement.

• Working with Physical design/Full-custom teams on chip power grid and supply requirements.

• Liaise with Integrated Systems engineers engaging and supporting on product PCB layout trials.

• Liaise with 3rd party substrate designers.

• Liaise with Full-custom team working on Package simulations.

• Liaise with and support integrated systems on thermal simulations.

• Liaise with 3rd party devboard PCB designers and Packaging providers.

• Develop and maintain Design guide.

• Support 3rd parties willing to design board level product around our chip.

Qualifications:

We’re looking for a profile that covers 70% of these professional experience items in any combination:

• Engineering degree in (micro) electronic design computing architecture or physics etc.

• Experience with the following types of tools: package design tools schematic capture tools & circuit design tools.

• Experience in aligning multiple engineering departments in a medium to large scale company.

• Experience with PCIe cards and M.2 modules is a plus.

• Proficient in English any other European languages are considered a plus.

Location

We offer a flexible working arrangement with options to:

• Work from one of our Axelera AI offices (Leuven in Belgium Amsterdam and Eindhoven in the Netherlands Zurich in Switzerland Florence and Milan in Italy or Bristol in the United Kingdom) if you're already based in the vicinity.

• Work fully remotely from any European country (incl. the UK) you are already in.

• Relocate with us and work from Amsterdam or Eindhoven (Netherlands) or Florence (Italy).

What we offer

This is your chance to shape and be part of a dynamic fast-growing international organization. We offer an attractive compensation package including a pension plan extensive employee insurances and the option to get company shares.

An open culture that supports creativity and continual innovation is awaiting you. Collaborative ownership and freedom with responsibility is characteristic for the way we act and work as a team.

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.