Director of Silicon Logic Design & SoC Innovation

Axelera AI; Amsterdam; Hybrid; EUR 190,000 - 270,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension plan

Extensive employee insurances

Company shares

Job summary

Axelera AI is seeking a Director of Silicon Logical Design to lead and scale our digital design organization. You will own RTL implementation, architecture realization, and tape-out of AI accelerator SoCs, combining deep technical leadership with hands-on execution in a fast-growing startup.

You will mentor engineers, partner with architecture, verification, and software teams, drive RTL quality and design reviews, and shape long-term technology strategy across multiple silicon programs.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience in digital / logical design for complex SoCs, with multiple successful tape-outs.
• Proven ability to lead and grow high-performing silicon design teams.
• Strong expertise in RTL and micro-architecture development (SystemVerilog / Verilog).
• Experience with large-scale SoC integration, including CPUs, accelerators, memory subsystems, and interconnects.

Responsibilities

• Lead and grow the silicon logical (digital) design team, including RTL, integration, and design methodology.
• Drive the translation of system and micro-architecture specifications into high-quality RTL implementations.
• Own the end-to-end logical design execution for one or more SoCs, from concept through tape-out.
• Partner closely with architecture, verification, physical design, DFT, software, and product teams to ensure robust and scalable designs.
• Define and enforce best practices for RTL quality, coding standards, reuse, and design reviews.
• Oversee block-level and top-level integration, ensuring performance, power, area, and schedule targets are met.
• Support bring-up, debug, and silicon validation activities, including root-cause analysis of silicon issues.
• Contribute to long-term technology and roadmap planning, including IP strategy and future architecture directions.
• Mentor and develop engineers, fostering a culture of technical excellence, ownership, and collaboration

Skills

RTL/Verilog

Digital design

Leadership

SoC tape-out

Multi-team collaboration

Job description

Axelera AI is seeking a Director of Silicon Logical Design to lead and scale our digital design organization. You will own RTL implementation, architecture realization, and tape-out of AI accelerator SoCs, combining deep technical leadership with hands-on execution in a fast-growing startup.

You will mentor engineers, partner with architecture, verification, and software teams, drive RTL quality and design reviews, and shape long-term technology strategy across multiple silicon programs.