Autonomy Engineer - Deep Learning Model Acceleration

How you’ll make an impact

• Develop solutions for high-performance deep learning inference for CV workloads that can deliver high throughput and low latency on different hardware platforms
• Profile CV and Vision Language Models (VLMs) to analyze performance, identify bottlenecks and acceleration/optimization opportunities and improve power efficiency of deep learning inference workloads
• Design and implement end to end MLOps workflows for model deployment, monitoring, and re-training
• Utilize advanced Machine Learning knowledge to leverage training or runtime frameworks or model efficiency tools to improve system performance
• Create new methods for improving training efficiency
• Implement GPU kernels for custom architectures and optimized inference
• Design and implement SDKs that allow customers/external developers to create autonomous workflows using Machine Learning (ML)
• Leverage your expertise and best-practices to uphold and improve Skydio’s engineering standards

What makes you a good fit

• Demonstrated hands-on experience with MLOps, ML inference acceleration/optimization, and edge deployment
• Strong knowledge of DL fundamentals, techniques, and state-of-the-art DL models/architectures
• Strong fundamentals in CV, image processing, and video processing
• Demonstrated hands-on experience building and managing ML pipelines for solving vision or vision language tasks including data preparation, model training, model deployment, and monitoring
• Experience and understanding of security and compliance requirements in ML infrastructure
• Experience with ML frameworks and libraries
• Demonstrated ability to take a concept and systematically drive it through the software lifecycle: architecture, development, testing, and deployment, and monitoring
• Comfortable navigating and delivering within a complex codebase
• Strong communication skills and the ability to collaborate effectively at all levels of technical depth

Compensation

Annual base salary range: $170,000 - $277,500. Equity in the form of stock options, comprehensive benefits including health insurance, paid vacation, sick leave, holiday pay, and 401K.