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# Intern - AIPU Board Development at Axelera AI

- **Company:** Axelera AI
- **Location:** Florence, Italy
- **Employment:** full-time
- **Work type:** hybrid
- **Posted:** 2026-09-21
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-10-17
- **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 are creating the next-generation AI platform to support anyone who wants to help advancing humanity and improve the world around us. In just five years, we have raised a total of $450 million and have built a world-class team of 250+ employees (including 60+ PhDs with more than 40,000 citations), both remotely from 20 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 are looking for a motivated 6-months Intern Lab Technician to join our hardware team supporting the development of AIPU (AI Processing Unit) boards. You will work closely with hardware and test engineers, contributing to electrical characterization, test bench setup, and ancillary card design activities, while also helping keep the lab organized and running smoothly. This is a great opportunity for a technical diploma holder (ITS/Perito) looking to gain hands-on experience in a real R&D lab environment, working on cutting-edge AI hardware.

Key responsibilities:

- Electrical measurements: Perform voltage, current, power, signal integrity, and timing measurements on AIPU boards and related hardware using lab instrumentation (oscilloscopes, multimeters, power supplies, DAQ systems, etc.)
- Test bench definition and setup: Support the design, assembly, and configuration of test benches for board bring-up and validation activities
- Board performance characterization: Assist in collecting, organizing, and analyzing performance data to validate board behavior against specifications
- Ancillary card schematic entry and layout: Contribute to the design of small ancillary/support boards, including schematic capture and PCB layout (Altium Designer / KiCad)
- Lab management: Help maintain lab equipment, ensure calibration schedules are respected, and keep the workspace organized and safe
- Inventory tracking: Track components, boards, and equipment inventory, keeping records up to date and flagging reorder needs

## Requirements

Education: Technical diploma (ITS or Perito Elettronico/Elettrotecnico) or equivalent Technical Skills:

- Familiarity with basic electrical/electronic measurement principles and lab instrumentation
- Exposure to schematic capture and PCB layout tools, ideally Altium Designer and/or KiCad
- Basic understanding of digital/analog electronics
- Familiar with Linux OS and scripting languages Soft Skills
- Good analytical skills
- Self-organized, able to manage tasks independently
- Precise and accurate, with strong attention to detail
- Good team player, comfortable collaborating with engineers across disciplines
- English speaking (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.

## 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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