Ecosystem Integration Engineer

Key responsibilities: ODM / OEM System Integration Support

• Act as the primary technical point of contact for ODM partners adopting Axelera PCIe accelerator cards, M.2 modules, and AI SBCs into their systems.

• Guide partners through hardware integration: compatibility, power budget, cooling, mechanical clearances, and BIOS/firmware settings.

• Support partner bring-up: OS/driver installation, Voyager SDK deployment, and first-inference validation on customer platforms.

• Produce and maintain integration guides, application notes, and FAQs tailored to key ODM accounts.

Component & Design Qualification

• Contribute to the qualification of new components (power ICs, passives, memory, connectors) for Axelera in-house hardware products, leveraging proximity to the Taiwan supply chain and key component manufacturers.

• Evaluate pin-compatible or functionally equivalent alternatives proposed during BOM reviews or component end-of-life transitions; provide electrical characterisation data and board-level validation results to the AIS design team.

• Support design verification activities for new PCB revisions or new product introductions: perform bring-up, functional testing, and regression against previous hardware baselines.

• Act as the local technical interface with design partners or EMS providers during engineering prototype builds (EVT/DVT), collecting build feedback and coordinating issue resolution with Axelera HW engineers.

• Document qualification outcomes, test reports, and design deviation assessments in Axelera’s PLM/document control system.

Essential

• 5+ years of hands-on experience in electronic hardware engineering, with a focus on embedded or system-level PCB design.

• Solid understanding of digital interfaces: PCIe, USB, I2C/SPI/UART, LPDDR — at both schematic and signal-integrity level.

• Proficiency with lab instruments: oscilloscope, logic analyser, power analyser, JTAG debugger.

• Ability to read and annotate schematics and PCB layouts.

• Proven experience integrating add-in cards or modules (PCIe, M.2, MXM, or similar) into OEM/ODM host platforms.

• Familiarity with mechanical and thermal constraints: heatsink mounting, TIM selection, chassis airflow, and IEC/JEDEC temperature classifications.

• Understanding of EMC/ESD considerations at board and system level.

• Comfortable installing and configuring Linux (Ubuntu/Debian) from scratch, including kernel module loading and device tree basics.

• Ability to follow SDK documentation, execute inference pipelines, and interpret performance results — formal ML/AI expertise is not required.

• Familiarity with EMS/CM processes: BOM review, first-article inspection, IQC, production test, and failure analysis workflow.

• Experience supporting a product through at least one MPI or EVT/DVT/PVT cycle.

Preferred

• Basic working knowledge of Python: scripting, data manipulation, and test automation.

• Basic working knowledge of Linux Bash: scripting, test automation, and system log management.

• Supplier management experience: power component qualification, DCDC/PMU issue diagnosis with vendors.

• Mandarin Chinese language skills to facilitate direct ODM/CM communication within the Taiwan supply chain.

• Familiarity with embedded RTOS or BSP environments, helpful for SBC-based deployment scenarios.

• Experience with Altium Designer for schematic review and PCB layout annotation.