Edge ML Software Engineer (Compiler-PICO) - San Jose

Responsibilitie

As a world-renowned VR/AR brand with independent innovation and R&D capabilities, PICO has been at the forefront of the consumer electronic market. We have teams in Europe, Japan and South Korea. Now we are looking for experts in image pipeline to join us to build our AR/VR imaging team. Responsibilities: - Design and implement ML compiler for proprietary custom edge NPU architectures that meet latency, memory and power targets. - Implement operator fusion, memory planning and target lowering passes that support both static and dynamic shape compilation flows. - Apply knowledge of hardware architecture to optimize latency, memory footprint and bandwidth, most importantly power and thermal constraints. - Work closely with architecture and runtime engineers to define, develop and debug ML inference on target hardware platforms.

Qualification

Minimum Qualifications - Master's degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience. - 3+ years of industry experience in compiler development, ML systems. - Solid understanding of compiler fundamentals: IR design, graph transformations, scheduling, memory planning. - Strong understanding of deep learning model structures of both CNNs and Transformers. - Understanding of hardware concepts: memory, cache, DMA, tiling, vectorization, systolic array, etc. - Strong C/C++ or Rust proficiency. Preferred Qualifications - 5+ years of relevant industry experience. - Understanding of quantization concepts (e.g. Observers, static/dynamic quantization). - Experience with ML compiler stacks such as torch.compile, MLIR, XLA, IREE or TVM.

Job Information

[For Pay Transparency]Compensation Description (Annually)

The base salary range for this position in the selected city is $212800 - $450000 annually.


Compensation may vary outside of this range depending on a number of factors, including a candidate's qualifications, skills, competencies and experience, and location. Base pay is one part of the Total Package that is provided to compensate and recognize employees for their work, and this role may be eligible for additional discretionary bonuses/incentives, and restricted stock units.


Benefits may vary depending on the nature of employment and the country work location. Employees have day one access to medical, dental, and vision insurance, a 401(k) savings plan with company match, paid parental leave, short-term and long-term disability coverage, life insurance, wellbeing benefits, among others. Employees also receive 10 paid holidays per year, 10 paid sick days per year and 17 days of Paid Personal Time (prorated upon hire with increasing accruals by tenure).


The Company reserves the right to modify or change these benefits programs at any time, with or without notice.


For Los Angeles County (unincorporated) Candidates:


Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with all federal, state, and local laws including the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act. Our company believes that criminal history may have a direct, adverse and negative relationship on the following job duties, potentially resulting in the withdrawal of the conditional offer of employment:


1. Interacting and occasionally having unsupervised contact with internal/external clients and/or colleagues;


2. Appropriately handling and managing confidential information including proprietary and trade secret information and access to information technology systems; and


3. Exercising sound judgment.

About Pico

Founded in April 2015, Pico is a VR company committed to developing immersive and interactive VR experiences for people around the world. Pico also provides tailor-made solutions for our enterprise clients in the fields of education and healthcare.

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