Edge AI Engineer

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About the Company

About PowerusPowerus is building a next-generation American autonomous systems platform designed to move, protect, and sustain critical assets in high-consequence environments. The company combines advanced autonomy, manufacturing capability, operational expertise, and strategic acquisitions to support defense, national security, critical infrastructure, and commercial operations globally.

MissionOur mission is to deliver resilient autonomous technologies that strengthen national security, improve operational safety, and expand the capabilities of organizations operating in complex environments.

Why Join PowerusPowerus runs machine learning models on board its autonomous aerial systems for perception, target recognition, and navigation. Each platform carries a fixed compute, power, and thermal budget, and models must meet real-time latency requirements within that budget without a network connection.

About the Role

This role owns the deployment of those models to embedded hardware. The position sits within the engineering organization and works directly with autonomy, avionics, and flight test engineering.

Position OverviewPowerus is seeking an Edge AI Engineer to optimize, deploy, and validate machine learning models on embedded compute aboard autonomous aerial systems. The role covers model conversion and quantization, inference runtime integration, on-target profiling, and flight validation of onboard AI functions.

Responsibilities

Key ResponsibilitiesConvert, optimize, and deploy trained models to embedded GPU and accelerator platforms, including NVIDIA JetsonApply quantization, pruning, and layer fusion to meet latency, memory, and power targetsBuild and maintain inference pipelines using TensorRT, ONNX Runtime, and CUDAIntegrate inference pipelines with camera, sensor, and flight software interfaces in C++ and PythonProfile on-target performance, including latency, throughput, memory, power draw, and thermal behaviorDefine and maintain accuracy and performance acceptance criteria for deployed modelsDevelop tooling for repeatable model build, benchmarking, and deployment to target hardwareSupport hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) and flight testing of onboard AI functions; analyze flight data and resolve field issuesAdvise on compute hardware selection for new platforms and payloadsDocument model deployment configurations, performance results, and interface definitions

Qualifications

QualificationsMust be located in the United States, within commuting distance of Charlotte, NCBachelor's degree in computer engineering, computer science, electrical engineering, or a related discipline, or equivalent practical experienceProfessional experience deploying machine learning models to embedded or edge hardwareProficiency in C++ and PythonExperience with TensorRT, ONNX, or equivalent inference optimization toolchainsExperience with CUDA or GPU performance profilingWorking knowledge of deep learning frameworks such as PyTorch or TensorFlowExperience with model quantization (INT8/FP16) and its effect on accuracyExperience with embedded Linux developmentU.S. Person status required (U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident, or protected individual under 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3)); this role involves access to ITAR- and EAR-controlled technical data

Required Skills

Professional experience deploying machine learning models to embedded or edge hardwareProficiency in C++ and PythonExperience with TensorRT, ONNX, or equivalent inference optimization toolchainsExperience with CUDA or GPU performance profilingWorking knowledge of deep learning frameworks such as PyTorch or TensorFlowExperience with model quantization (INT8/FP16) and its effect on accuracyExperience with embedded Linux development

Preferred Skills

Preferred QualificationsExperience with NVIDIA Jetson platforms and JetPackExperience deploying computer vision models for object detection, tracking, or segmentationExperience with GStreamer, DeepStream, or real-time video pipelinesExperience with ROS 2 or flight software integrationExperience on unmanned aerial systems (UAS) or other size-, weight-, and power-constrained platformsExperience with FPGA or dedicated AI accelerator deploymentActive or prior U.S. security clearanceWhat We Look ForThe right candidate has taken a trained model to production on embedded hardware and met a hard latency or power requirement in the process. Experience diagnosing performance or accuracy regressions on target hardware, rather than in simulation only, is the differentiator. xzbcwsv

Pay range and compensation package

Equal Opportunity Statement

Equal Opportunity StatementPowerus is an equal opportunity employer committed to building a diverse and mission-driven workforce. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.