Nuro · 2 months ago
Senior/Staff ML Performance Engineer, Low-Precision Training & Model Quantization
Mountain View, CA
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$194K/yr - $352K/yr
3+ years expNuro is a self-driving technology company on a mission to make autonomy accessible to all. They are seeking an experienced ML Performance Engineer to drive the adoption of quantization techniques and improve model training efficiency for their ML infrastructure.
Artificial Intelligence (AI)Autonomous VehiclesRoboticsTransportation
Responsibilities
Staying ahead of emerging research and evaluating new methods
Implementing quantized training methods (e.g., AWQ, AQT, GPTQ) for new and existing self-driving models
Leading the design and implementation of efficiency initiatives for model training, including low-bit quantization, and pruning for both research and production workloads
Championing and implementing tools and approaches to pinpoint root-causes for possible model quality and accuracy regressions when training at lower precisions
Collaborating cross-functionally with research, infrastructure, and product teams balancing accuracy, latency, and resource constraints
Qualification
Required
3+ years of professional or research experience in ML infrastructure, distributed training, or ML systems engineering
Hands-on experience with quantization methods, including Activation-Aware Weight Quantization (AWQ), Accurate Quantized Training (AQT), FP-8 training, or related methods
Experience building or maintaining quantization libraries (e.g., AQT, bitsandbytes, NVIDIA Transformer Engine, DeepSpeed Compression)
Understanding of calibration and scaling strategies for quantized models to minimize accuracy loss
Preferred
Advanced degree (Ph.D. or strong M.Sc. with research experience) in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or related fields
Knowledge of sparse networks and complementary model compression techniques (e.g., AdaRound, BRECQ, structured pruning)
Published work or open-source contributions in quantization methods (e.g., AWQ, AQT, GPTQ, SmoothQuant, ZeroQuant)
Benefits
Annual performance bonus
Equity
Competitive benefits package
Company
Nuro
Nuro is a robotics company specializing in the development of autonomous driving technologies.
501-1000 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$2.34BKey Investors
Disney AcceleratorTiger Global ManagementT. Rowe Price
2025-08-21Series E· $97M
2025-04-09Series E· $106M
2024-04-06Secondary Market
Leadership Team
Jiajun Zhu
Co-Founder and Co-CEO
Dave Ferguson
Co-Founder
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