Electrical 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 four years, we have raised a total of $370 million and have built a world-class team of 220+ employees (including 49+ PhDs with more than 40,000 citations), both remotely from 18 different countries and with offices in Belgium, France, 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
We're seeking a highly skilled Electrical Engineer to join our R&D Product Engineering team in Zurich.
The ideal candidate has deep expertise in designing and executing experiments on embedded devices with a focus on system characterization and power management. Experience with complex computing architectures and full-stack debugging across hardware and software boundaries is highly advantageous.
You will independently set up and execute experiments to test and characterise our products, analyse the outcome and provide expert consultation working with design and support teams in meeting evolving product requirements and customer needs.
Key responsibilities:
Product Testing & Experimentation: Design and execute comprehensive experiments in electronics lab environments, developing test methodologies and protocols to validate product functionality, reliability, and performance specifications.
Experiment Development & Validation: Design, implement, and maintain experiments for product validation, and ensure robust test coverage across all product features.
Characterisation: Conduct detailed power consumption analysis of products, identify optimisation opportunities, and establish performance baselines across various operating conditions and workloads.
Power Management Prototyping: Research, propose and prototype novel power management strategies, and collaborate on implementing efficient power management strategies.
Architecture Expertise & Support: Serve as computing architecture subject matter expert, providing technical guidance to cross-functional teams, consulting on innovative power management strategies for next-generation development, and enabling optimal utilization of platform capabilities.
Software Stack Integration: Maintain working knowledge of the full software stack, reproduce and debug issues reported by internal teams, and bridge hardware-software interfaces to ensure seamless system operation.
Qualifications:
MS in EE/CE/CS or related field with focus on embedded systems, computer architecture, or hardware engineering.
Strong hands-on experience with embedded systems, including electronics lab equipment (oscilloscopes, logic/power analysers), embedded programming (C/C++, Python), firmware development, and debugging across drivers, OS internals, and applications.
Solid understanding of computer architecture and system-level behaviour, including processors, memory, interconnects, and power/performance optimisation techniques such as DVFS, clock gating, and power gating.
Expertise in power and thermal analysis and performance characterisation, including familiarity with power measurement tools, and data analysis.
Proven problem-solving skills with a structured approach to root cause analysis and independent technical investigation.
Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to work effectively across hardware, firmware, and software teams.
Self-motivated and organized, able to manage multiple priorities.
Fluency in English.
Location
This role is an on-site position based in our office in Zurich.
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.