Graduation Internship Deployment of AI Inference Accelerator Applications
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Job Location:
Eindhoven - Netherlands
Monthly Salary:
Not Disclosed
Posted on:
30+ days ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Department:
Job Summary
About Us
In just four years we have raised a total of $120 million and have built a world-class team of 200 employees (including 70 PhDs with more than 40000 citations) both remotely from 17 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
Project Summary
The accelerating pace of AI innovation continues to drive demand for efficient low-latency and energy-aware inference solutions in real-world applications. Axelera AI has developed a proprietary inference accelerator called Metis and a custom SDK called Voyager tailored for edge and embedded AI workloads. This graduation project offers a masters student the opportunity to explore the end-to-end lifecycle of AI model development and deployment on this custom hardware platform from application definition to a functional demonstration system.
Supervisors:
Industry Project Supervisor: Bram Verhoef Director of Customer Engineering & Success Axelera AI
Daily Supervisor: Steven Hunsche AI Solutions Engineer Axelera AI
Objectives:
The primary goal of the project is to explore develop and demonstrate a real-world AI application optimized for deployment on Axelera AIs inference accelerator. The student will follow a complete pipeline from concept to deployment:
1. Application Scoping & Research (Weeks 13):
a. Investigate and propose a relevant real-world AI use case (e.g. theft detection PCB fault detection gesture recognition etc.).
b. Define performance goals and deployment constraints (latency power throughput etc.).
2. Model Selection & Training (Weeks 48):
a. Research suitable deep learning architectures for the chosen application being aware of the power and limitations of the Metis platform and Voyager SDK.
b. Train and validate selected models using standard datasets or proprietary data if available.
3. Model Optimization & Deployment (Weeks 914):
a. Optimize the trained model for efficient inference using our Voyager SDK (quantization pruning tuning of the model).
b. Integrate and deploy the model using the Voyager SDK and Metis.
4. Demo System Development (Weeks 1520):
a. Build a demonstrator setup showcasing the deployed AI solution in action using sensors (e.g. cameras microphones) and actuators (e.g. display speaker smart home assistant)
b. Measure and evaluate system performance (e.g. inference time accuracy resource usage).
5. Documentation & Presentation (Weeks 2124):
a. Produce a comprehensive report detailing the project process technical decisions and evaluation results.
b. Present the results in a final thesis defense and demo day both at your university and optionally at Axelera AI.
Expected Outcomes:
A functional AI model tailored to a real-world application deployed on our custom inference accelerator.
Quantitative performance evaluation of the deployment.
A working prototype/demonstrator that showcases the AI application in an accessible format.
Technical documentation and a final thesis report.
Required Skills and Interests:
Background in machine learning or deep learning (e.g. CNNs transformers).
Experience with Python and AI frameworks (e.g. PyTorch TensorFlow).
Interest in embedded systems AI acceleration or edge computing.
Familiarity with C/C/python and Linux (Ubuntu) based environments is a plus.
Axelera AI will provide the following facilities & resources:
Access to the inference accelerator hardware and development kit.
SDKs documentation and support for deployment tools.
Weekly supervisor meetings to track progress.
Office space and an electronics lab for testing.
Potential access to proprietary datasets if applicable.
Learning Objectives for the Student:
Gain experience with the end-to-end development and deployment of AI applications.
Understand the trade-offs between model performance and deployment constraints.
Learn to interface with custom hardware accelerators and optimize for real-time use.
Acquire project management and technical communication skills through regular reporting and demonstrations.
Location
The internships location is in our office in Eindhoven at the High Tech Campus with hybrid working mode (2-3 days per week in the office) possible.
This is a paid opportunity.
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.
Required Experience:
Intern
Key Skills
- Jenkins
- Python
- Active Directory
- VMware
- Engineering
- Tcp/IP
- Deskstops
- OS
- Windows
- Database
- Linux
- Java
- Troubleshoot
- Technical Support
About Company
Bring data insights to the edge, increasing the performance of your solutions with a cost-effective and efficient inference chip. Axelera’s AI processing unit is designed to seamlessly integrate into your innovations so you can focus on your customer!
