About the job
Job Description:
Quartermaster is on the lookout for a dynamic and innovative Applied Machine Learning Engineer to join our team. In this multifaceted role, you will engage in a variety of machine learning and perception projects that enhance our edge-intelligent maritime systems. The ideal candidate will be adept at tackling diverse challenges, from developing computer vision and sensor fusion models to constructing lightweight inference pipelines, designing experiments, and optimizing model performance in production settings. Collaborating closely with a multidisciplinary team that includes hardware, software, and product specialists, you will help deliver robust, efficient, and reliable AI solutions that excel under demanding field conditions. If you thrive in an environment where you can pivot between various problem domains and transform nascent ideas into fully operational systems, this position is perfect for you.
Key Responsibilities:
Design, train, and evaluate machine learning models for tasks such as object detection, classification, anomaly detection, and sensor-based inference.
Optimize model architectures and inference pipelines for peak performance on embedded and edge hardware, considering compute and bandwidth limitations.
Contribute to dataset development and labeling strategies, including data augmentation and synthetic data generation.
Support prototyping and experimentation across various AI domains, including computer vision, signal processing, and multi-modal fusion.
Implement real-time data processing pipelines for sensor data in both on-device and cloud environments.
Develop tools and scripts for benchmarking, data visualization, and debugging ML model performance.
Stay abreast of the latest research and tools in machine learning, assessing their relevance to our product roadmap.
Engage in code reviews and knowledge sharing within the team, contributing to internal technical documentation.
Qualifications (Preferred):
Master's or PhD in Computer Vision, Machine Learning, Robotics, or a related field; Bachelor's candidates may be considered based on experience.
A minimum of 4 years of experience in building and deploying machine learning models.
Strong proficiency in Python, along with experience in deep learning frameworks such as PyTorch or TensorFlow.
Comfortable working with diverse data types, including images, time-series, geospatial, and RF data.
Experience with edge or embedded ML deployments, particularly model compression and performance optimization.
