Model Optimization Engineer Graduate; PICO Perception PHD

Location:

San Jose

Team:
Technology

Employment Type:

Regular

Job Code: A126671A

• Participate in the research and development of inference optimization and acceleration for models such as LLM/VLM/SD, as well as inference engines and frameworks;
• Build an industry-leading on-device large model inference engine through high-performance optimization technologies such as efficient operator development, low-precision computing, streaming inference, and speculative sampling;
• Collaborate deeply with various algorithm teams to analyze business performance bottlenecks and conduct performance analysis and optimization for large models;
• Participate in the performance evaluation of models on different chips.

• Final year Ph.D or recent Ph.D graduates in Computer Science, engineering or quantitative field
• Proficiency in C/C++ and Python under the Linux environment;
• Ability to skillfully use at least one mainstream machine learning framework, with preference given to those familiar with various model/data parallel training frameworks;
• Knowledge of mainstream models such as LLM/VLM/SD with experience in model inference optimization preferred;
• Experience in performance modeling, performance analysis and optimization, or knowledge of CPU and GPU architectures is preferred; experience in GPU programming (CUDA or OpenCL) and familiarity with Tensor
  
  RT/Triton/Cutlass is preferred;
• Those with top conference papers in the direction of AutoML or AIGC are preferred; those who have published papers in top computer vision conferences or journals are preferred; those who have achieved excellent results in well-known computer vision competitions are preferred; those with experience in high-quality Github projects are preferred.

The base salary range for this position in the selected city is $136800 - $259200 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.

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.

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