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Director – Field Application Engineering, EMEA
Axelera AIDirector of Field Application Engineering at Axelera AI. Leading FAE function across EMEA and collaborating with global R&D and Product teams.
Tech Stack
Tools & technologiesLinux
About the role
Key responsibilities & impact- Senior primary technical contact for EMEA customers, engaging from engineers to senior leadership
- Lead hardware bring-up, board integration, and embedded system debugging on-site and remotely
- Support chip-down design, custom carrier board development, and embedded Linux integration
- Guide customers deploying AI models and inference pipelines via the Voyager SDK
- Debug PCIe, power sequencing, signal integrity, thermal, and BSP bring-up issues
- Drive pre-sales engagement and design wins across OEM/ODM, integrators, and end users across Europe.
- Build FAE processes, documentation, and support infrastructure for the EMEA region
- Recruit, mentor, and manage EMEA FAE engineers as the team scales
- Align priorities with commercial goals; contribute to EMEA and global FAE strategy
- Act as the senior technical bridge between EMEA customer needs and global R&D and Product teams
- Surface customer feedback and roadmap input to Product Management and R&D
- Maintain relationships with key accounts, distributors, and channel partners across EMEA
- Partner with Sales and BD on product introductions, onboarding, and competitive intelligence
- Represent Axelera AI at EMEA industry events, conferences, and technical forums
Requirements
What you’ll need- Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Embedded Systems, or related field
- 10+ years customer-facing FAE or applications engineering in semiconductor, AI, or embedded systems
- 5+ years leading FAE teams or managing technical customer-facing functions
- Strong experience with embedded board design, chip-down development, and custom carrier board design
- Experience with ARM-based SoCs and embedded compute modules
- Experience with embedded AI or computer vision workloads
- Strong understanding of high-speed digital interfaces, signal integrity, power sequencing, and thermal design
- Experience with embedded Linux, bootloaders, BSPs, and low-level system bring-up
- Proven ability to debug complex hardware/software integration issues
- Familiarity with AI accelerators, NPUs, GPUs, or edge AI platforms
- Commercial mindset; track record driving design wins through full evaluation and adoption cycles
- Excellent English communication skills, as well as fluency in French and/or Italian
- Ability to travel extensively across EMEA
- Familiarity with Yocto, Buildroot, or Debian-based embedded Linux systems (preferred)
- Experience with PCIe enumeration, MSI/MSI-X, DMA, and memory subsystems (preferred)
- Experience with production validation, manufacturing bring-up, and thermal/power optimisation for AI systems (preferred)
- Existing technical relationships in EMEA’s OEM/ODM, system integrator, or AI ecosystem (preferred)
- Proficiency in additional EMEA languages (German, Arabic, Spanish) is a plus (preferred).
Benefits
Comp & perks- This is your chance to shape and be part of a dynamic, fast-growing, international organisation. 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.
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Hard Skills & Tools
embedded systemshardware bring-upboard integrationembedded LinuxAI modelsinference pipelinessignal integritypower sequencingBSPembedded board design
Soft Skills
customer-facingleadershipmentoringcommunicationcommercial mindsetrelationship managementteam managementstrategic alignmentfeedback surfacingcollaboration
Certifications
Master’s degree in Electrical EngineeringMaster’s degree in Computer EngineeringMaster’s degree in Embedded Systems