Quality Manager

About Us

Axelera AI is not your regular deep-tech startup. 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 four years, we have raised a total of $370 million and have built a world-class team of 220+ employees (including 49+ PhDs with more than 40,000 citations), both remotely from 18 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

As Quality Manager, you will own the end-to-end quality function within Operations - from incoming components and supplier qualification, through NPI and production phases, to field returns and RMA. You will report directly to the VP of Operations and work closely with AIIS (AI Infrastructure & Integration Solutions), Product, and Engineering teams to establish robust quality systems that scale with Axelera AI's rapid growth.

This is a hands-on, foundational role: you will build processes, drive cross-functional alignment, and be the primary quality authority within the Operations organisation.

Key responsibilities:

Hardware Product Quality (IQC / OQC / RMA)

- Own and continuously improve IQC and OQC processes across all product families (M.2, PCIe, SBC).

- Define acceptance criteria, inspection sampling plans, and test coverage requirements in collaboration with Engineering.

- Manage the RMA process end-to-end: triaging field returns, root cause analysis (RCA), corrective action (CAPA), and reporting back to customers and internal stakeholders.

- Maintain quality metrics dashb...