AI Kernel Engineer
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Job overview
Quadric is hiring an AI Kernel Engineer. The AI Kernel Engineer at Quadric will develop and optimize AI/LLM kernels for the Quadric platform, ensuring efficient inference on various edge and endpoint devices. This role involves analyzing performance, identifying bottlenecks, and maximizing hardware utilization. The engineer will also collaborate across the AI inference stack and contribute to toolchain improvements.
Key focus areas include Develop AI/LLM kernels/operators on Quadric platform for efficient inference, Optimize the kernel performance for different hardware configurations and workloads, and Profile and analyze kernel performance in terms of compute, data and parallelism.
Successful candidates bring Bachelor's Or Master's In Computer Science Or Electrical Engineering and 5+ Years AI Kernel Development And Optimization. Important skills include AI Kernel Development, Kernel Optimization, Hardware Architecture, Compiler Toolchain, Optimization Techniques, and AI/LLM Models. Preferred (not required): CUDA, DSP, NEON, and Triton-lang.
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Full job description
Quadric has created an innovative general purpose neural processing unit (GPNPU) architecture. Quadric's co-optimized software and hardware is targeted to run neural network (NN) inference workloads in a wide variety of edge and endpoint devices, ranging from battery operated smart-sensor systems to high-performance automotive or autonomous vehicle systems. Unlike other NPUs or neural network accelerators in the industry today that can only accelerate a portion of a machine learning graph, the Quadric GPNPU executes both NN graph code and conventional C++ DSP and control code.
Role
The AI Kernel Engineer in Quadric plays the key role to enable a large number of AI kernels/operators to run efficiently on the Quadric platform. The AI Kernel Engineer at Quadric will [1] develop a highly efficient Quadric kernel library for a variety of AI/LLM models; [2] analyze the performance and optimize the kernel for different hardware configurations; This senior technical role demands deep knowledge of hardware architecture, compiler toolchain and optimization techniques.
Responsibilities
- Develop AI/LLM kernels/operators on Quadric platform for efficient inference
- Optimize the kernel performance for different hardware configurations and workloads
- Profile and analyze kernel performance in terms of compute, data and parallelism; identify micro-architecture and software bottlenecks and provide optimization solutions
- Optimize kernel C/C++ codes, maximize hardware utilization
- Collaborate across related areas of the AI inference stack to support team and business priorities
- Make Improvement to Quadric toolchain, compiler and runtime
- Provide technical support and documents to customers and developer community
- Bachelor’s or Master’s in Computer Science and/or Electric Engineering
- 5+ years of experience in AI kernel development and optimization
- experience with model and kernel inference performance profiling
- experience with at least one of the following compute development: CUDA, DSP, NEON, Triton-lang
- Proficiency in C/C++ and Python, experience with assembly language a plus
- Demonstrate good capability in problem solving, debug and communication
- Provide competitive salaries and meaningful equity
- Provide a politics free community for the brilliant minds who want to make an immediate impact
- Provide an opportunity for you to build long term career relationships
- Foster an environment that allows for lasting personal relationships alongside professional one
Founded in 2016 and based in downtown Burlingame, California, Quadric is building the world’s first supercomputer designed for the real-time needs of edge devices. Quadric aims to empower developers in every industry with superpowers to create tomorrow’s technology, today. The company was co-founded by technologists from MIT and Carnegie Mellon, who were previously the technical co-founders of the Bitcoin computing company 21.
Quadric is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, or disability.
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