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title: 'Hardware Lab Engineer Intern at Axelera AI'
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# Hardware Lab Engineer Intern at Axelera AI

- **Company:** Axelera AI
- **Location:** Florence
- **Employment:** internship
- **Work type:** hybrid
- **Posted:** 2026-11-02
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-11-07
- **Apply:** https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/axelera/cac5f1c7-2eb7-4bfe-b67f-dfc23dc59c16

## Job description

## About Us

[Axelera AI](https://www.axelera.ai) is not your regular deep-tech company. We design AI inference silicon spanning edge and enterprise deployments, built on a low-power architecture that delivers strong performance-per-watt from embedded devices up through large-scale inference infrastructure. In just five years we have raised $450 million and built a team spanning 22 countries. We are headquartered at the High Tech Campus in Eindhoven in the Netherlands and we placed No. 3 on Fast Company's 2026 Most Innovative Companies list in the Emerging Enterprise category. Our September 2026 launch of Europa brought physical and enterprise AI to market through a growing partner ecosystem that includes Dell and Supermicro. That ecosystem is now one of the most important things we have, and it needs someone whose whole job is ensuring it thrives. Are you up for the challenge?

Position Overview We are looking for a motivated recent graduate to join our hardware team in Florence as a 6-month Hardware Lab Engineer Intern, supporting the development and validation of our AIPU (AI Processing Unit) boards. You will work alongside hardware, test and validation engineers on board bring-up, electrical characterization and test automation. You will also play a key role in running our hardware lab, keeping equipment, components and workspace organized, efficient and safe. This is a great opportunity for a Bachelor’s graduate in Electronic/Electrical Engineering (or a related field) who wants to turn academic knowledge into hands-on R&D experience on cutting-edge AI hardware, with real ownership of tasks from day one.

## Key Responsibilities

- Electrical characterization: Plan and perform voltage, current, power, signal integrity and timing measurements on AIPU boards and related hardware using lab instrumentation (oscilloscopes, multimeters, programmable power supplies, electronic loads, DAQ systems, etc.)
- Test bench development: Contribute to the definition, assembly and configuration of test benches for board bring-up and validation, including writing the related setup documentation
- Test automation: Develop Python scripts to control lab instruments and to automate measurement and data-collection flows
- Data analysis and reporting: Analyze performance data, compare board behavior against specifications and design targets, and present findings in clear technical reports
- Ancillary board design: Design small support/ancillary boards from requirements through schematic capture and PCB layout (Altium Designer / KiCad), and support their assembly and debug
- Lab and inventory management: Run the hardware lab day to day, maintaining equipment and calibration schedules, tracking the inventory of components and boards, and keeping the workspace organized, safe and ESD-compliant

Soft Skills

- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
- Highly organized and proactive, able to take ownership of tasks and drive them to completion
- Precise and methodical, with strong attention to detail and a structured approach to processes and documentation
- Good team player, comfortable collaborating with engineers across disciplines
- Fluent in English (spoken and written); Italian is a plus but not required

Location Work from our Axelera AI office in Florence (Italy). The role requires on-site lab presence. We do not offer new visa/work permit sponsorship for this opportunity in Italy at this time.

## 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. Axelera AI may at times work with external parties (such as recruiters, headhunters, or executive search firms) to support both publicly posted and confidential searches. Our hiring process never involves any payment from candidates, and we will never require you to use a particular paid service to be considered for a role. If you have been approached by someone on our behalf and want to confirm it’s legitimate, please contact us directly at careers@axelera.ai.

## About Axelera AI

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Axelera AI develops cutting-edge AI hardware and software platforms for accelerating inference at the edge, using proprietary digital in-memory computing technology.
- **Entity Type**: Private (Series C)
- **Headquarters**: Eindhoven, Netherlands
- **Founded**: 2021
- **Founders**: Not publicly listed on primary sources

## Core Business
- **Primary industry/industries**: AI Hardware (Semiconductors), Edge AI Inference, Computer Vision
- **Target customers**: B2B, Enterprise, and SMBs across industrial manufacturing, security & surveillance, retail, robotics, and healthcare
- **Mission or purpose statement**: "To lead the democratization of Artificial Intelligence, offering faster, easy-to-use AI acceleration while minimizing power and cost, to simplify AI at the Edge." [axelera.ai](https://axelera.ai/our-story)

## Products & Services
- **Metis® AIPU (AI Processing Unit)**: A family of edge inference accelerators starting at 214 TOPs, available in M.2 and PCIe form factors (1-AIPU and 4-AIPU cards). Delivers 15 TOPs/W energy efficiency. [axelera.ai](https://axelera.ai/)
- **Europa® AIPU**: A higher-performance AI accelerator (629 TOPs) for demanding edge and near-edge workloads, setting a new industry benchmark for performance, power efficiency, and affordability. [axelera.ai](https://axelera.ai/)
- **Titania® Chiplet**: A future chiplet designed to scale the D-IMC architecture from edge to cloud. [axelera.ai](https://axelera.ai/our-story)
- **Voyager® SDK**: A software development kit with 100+ pre-optimized models, enabling deployment from model to production in hours, not weeks. [axelera.ai](https://axelera.ai/)
- **Metis AI Platform**: Complete edge AI systems (M.2 and PCIe accelerator cards) bundling the Metis AIPU with the Voyager SDK for computer vision applications. [axelera.ai](https://axelera.ai/)

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not disclosed
- **Total Funding**: Over $450 million in equity, grants, and venture debt since founding (July 2021). This includes a $250M+ Series C (the largest investment ever in an EU AI semiconductor company), led by Innovation Industries, with new investors BlackRock and SiteGround Capital. [axelera.ai](https://axelera.ai/our-story)
- **Key Metric**: Total funding of $468.21M (per CB Insights). [cbinsights.com](https://www.cbinsights.com/company/axelera-ai)
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: Innovation Industries, European Innovation Council Fund, Invest-NL, Samsung Catalyst Fund, Verve Ventures, CDP Venture Capital SGR, Bitfury, Federal Holding and Investment Company of Belgium (SFPIM), imec, BlackRock, SiteGround Capital. [axelera.ai](https://axelera.ai/our-story)
- **Growth Signals**: Ranked #3 in the Emerging Enterprise (201-999 Employees) category on Fast Company’s 2026 Most Innovative Companies list. Has taped out four chips since founding. Announced the Europa AIPU and Titania chiplet. Secured up to €61.6m from the EuroHPC DARE project. [axelera.ai](https://axelera.ai/our-story)

## Competitive Advantages
- **Proprietary Digital In-Memory Computing (D-IMC)**: Performs matrix-vector multiplications in-place, eliminating data movement and delivering 50+ TOPs per core at FP32-equivalent accuracy. [axelera.ai](https://axelera.ai/)
- **Industry-Leading Energy Efficiency**: 15 TOPs/W, enabling high-performance AI inference at the edge without power or thermal constraints. [axelera.ai](https://axelera.ai/)
- **Full-Stack Solution**: Combines purpose-built hardware (AIPUs) with the Voyager SDK (100+ models, post-training quantization) for rapid deployment, significantly reducing time-to-value compared to GPU-based alternatives. [axelera.ai](https://axelera.ai/)
- **Scalable Architecture**: D-IMC and RISC-V dataflow architecture scales from edge to cloud via the Titania chiplet roadmap. [axelera.ai](https://axelera.ai/our-story)

## Strategic Focus
- **Democratizing AI**: Making high-performance AI inference accessible, affordable, and energy-efficient for any environment (edge to cloud). [axelera.ai](https://axelera.ai/our-story)
- **Commercial Expansion**: Scaling global commercial growth following the $250M+ Series C, with a focus on building out sales and field application engineering teams in EMEA and the Americas. [axelera.ai](https://axelera.ai/careers)
- **Ecosystem & Partnerships**: Recently announced six new partnerships to expand the edge AI ecosystem. [axelera.ai](https://axelera.ai/)
- **Product Roadmap**: Scaling the D-IMC platform from edge (Metis) to near-edge (Europa) to cloud (Titania chiplet), targeting a full range of inference use cases. [axelera.ai](https://axelera.ai/our-story)

## Why Work Here
- **High-Growth Environment**: A well-funded deep-tech startup (over $450M raised) with rapid commercial traction, ranked #3 on Fast Company’s 2026 Most Innovative Companies list. [axelera.ai](https://axelera.ai/careers)
- **Global & Remote-First Culture**: 248+ talented colleagues from 34 nationalities across 18 locations, with a strong remote/hybrid work policy. [axelera.ai](https://axelera.ai/careers)
- **Cutting-Edge Technology**: Work on proprietary D-IMC and RISC-V dataflow architecture, with a roadmap spanning edge to cloud. The team includes 39 PhDs. [axelera.ai](https://axelera.ai/careers)
- **Benefits**: Remote/flexible work, premium insurance, commute benefit, team-building activities, premium pension, work-life balance, cutting-edge equipment, fresh fruit at the office, and modern facilities. [axelera.ai](https://axelera.ai/careers)
- **Values-Driven Culture**: Values include "Think," "Focus on the Customer," "Move Fast," "Communicate Openly," and "Agree & Commit." Emphasis on freedom with responsibility. [axelera.ai](https://axelera.ai/careers)
- **Diverse & International**: 34 nationalities, average age 50+, with offices in Belgium, France, Switzerland, Italy, the UK, and headquarters in Eindhoven. [axelera.ai](https://axelera.ai/careers)

## Sources
1. [axelera.ai](https://axelera.ai/)
2. [axelera.ai](https://axelera.ai/our-story)
3. [axelera.ai](https://axelera.ai/careers)
4. [cbinsights.com](https://www.cbinsights.com/company/axelera-ai)
5. [jobs.ashbyhq.com](https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/axelera)

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