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Senior Machine Learning Engineer - Edge AI

Samsara
Location not specified
Full Time
Posted June 30, 2025
$135k - $228k
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Job Description

The role involves developing, deploying, and optimizing AI models on edge devices for real-time video analytics and sensor processing, collaborating with hardware teams, and applying advanced machine learning techniques to improve edge AI performance in resource-constrained environments.

Key Responsibilities

  • Develop and deploy AI models on edge devices using large-scale sensor and camera data.
  • Optimize machine learning models for real-time inference by applying techniques such as quantization, pruning, sparsification, and model distillation.
  • Collaborate with firmware and hardware teams to integrate ML models into resource-constrained environments.
  • Profile and optimize AI performance across different hardware architectures to improve latency, memory usage, and energy efficiency.
  • Stay current with research in computer vision, deep learning, and embedded AI, applying advancements to products.
  • Translate customer requirements into scalable ML solutions for real-time video analytics and sensor processing.
  • Troubleshoot and debug edge AI deployments, addressing performance, thermal, and reliability issues.

Requirements

  • Develop and deploy AI models on edge devices by working with petabyte-scale data from Samsara s camera and sensor devices.
  • Optimize ML models for real-time inference on edge devices by implementing quantization, sparsification, pruning, and model distillation techniques.
  • Collaborate with firmware and hardware teams to integrate ML models into resource-constrained environments, ensuring efficient execution.
  • Improve edge AI performance by profiling and optimizing latency, memory usage, and energy efficiency across different hardware architectures CPU, GPU, DSP, NPU.
  • Stay up to date with the latest research in computer vision, deep learning, and embedded AI, applying relevant advancements to Samsara s products.
  • Work closely with Product Managers to translate customer requirements into scalable and efficient ML solutions for real-time video analytics and sensor processing.
  • Debug and troubleshoot edge AI deployments, addressing performance bottlenecks, thermal constraints, and reliability issues in production environments.
  • Focus on Customer Success, Build for the Long Term, Adopt a Growth Mindset, Be Inclusive, Win as a Team as we scale globally and across new offices.
  • BS or MS in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or a related field with a focus on ML or embedded systems.
  • 5 years of experience in embedded machine learning or a similar role.
  • 4 years of experience in deploying machine learning models in embedded systems.
  • Proficiency in embedded systems programming, including low-level optimization for inference workloads.
  • Strong coding skills in C, Golang, or Python, with experience optimizing ML models for deployment on edge hardware.
  • Hands-on experience with ML frameworks like PyTorch, TensorFlow, ONNX, and optimization techniques for edge AI such as quantization, pruning, sparsification.
  • Experience in computer vision and media processing on edge mobile devices, including real-time object detection, tracking, and scene analysis.
  • Proven ability to troubleshoot and debug edge AI systems, including profiling inference performance, reducing latency, and optimizing power efficiency.

Benefits & Perks

Competitive total compensation package
Employee-led remote and flexible working
Health benefits
Samsara for Good charity fund

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