Forward Deployed Engineer

quadric.io

Forward Deployed Engineer at Quadric, redefining edge AI with GPNPU technology. Responsibilities include driving customer evaluations to design wins and building reusable assets for future engagements.

Posted 7/22/2026full-timeBurlingame • California • 🇺🇸 United StatesJuniorWebsite

Core Competencies

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates strong expertise in C++ and Python for performance-critical code development, with a focus on systems-level performance and independent problem-solving in ambiguous environments. Experience in customer engineering and the ability to drive evaluations from technical conversations to design wins are essential.

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C++ ProgrammingPython ProgrammingSystems-Level Performance IntuitionCustomer Engineering ExperienceAgentic Dev Tooling Familiarity

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Hard Skills

Performance-Critical Code DevelopmentKernel OptimizationMemory Bandwidth ManagementData Movement AnalysisCycle-Level Reasoning

Soft Skills

Independent Problem-SolvingHigh AgencyMethodical ApproachEmpirical Analysis

Tools & Technologies

ChimeraClaude CodeMCPDSPNPUGPUEmbedded SoC

Industry Keywords

Field Application EngineeringSales EngineeringInference-Focused StartupsEdge-AI IPSilicon Companies

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

Python

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Convert 2–3 active customer evaluations into committed design wins by getting customer workloads running at target latency and accuracy on Chimera.
Port customer workloads onto Chimera — architect, adapt, profile, and write custom kernels when required.
Work on-site and remotely with customer engineering teams: debug failures, hit benchmark targets, and guide model-architecture tradeoffs.
Drive evaluations forward end-to-end, from first technical conversation through design win.
Codify what you learn into reusable assets — SDK skills, porting playbooks, and agentic content — so each subsequent engagement moves faster than the last.
Build applications and benchmark collateral that support future customer engagements.
Partner with engineering and product teams to relay customer learnings and shape the roadmap.
Contribute skills and playbooks to Quadric's growing agentic FDE toolset.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Strong C++ and Python; has written performance-critical code for a constrained target (DSP, NPU, GPU, or embedded SoC).
Systems-level performance intuition — memory bandwidth, data movement, cycle-level reasoning — and can read a profile and know where the time went.
High agency and independent problem-solving; methodical and empirical rather than theoretical.
Comfortable operating without a playbook and in ambiguity — this role is still being defined.
Prior FAE, Sales Engineering, or FDE title — or startup experience as the de facto owner of an end-to-end implementation.
Familiarity with agentic dev tooling (Claude Code, MCP) — or strong enthusiasm to adopt it.
Background at NPU/edge-AI IP and silicon companies (e.g., Qualcomm SNPE/QNN, NVIDIA TensorRT/Jetson field engineering, Ceva, Cadence Tensilica, Synopsys ARC, Arm, Hailo, Ambarella, SiMa.ai, Axelera, EdgeCortix).
Background at inference-focused startups (e.g., Groq, Untether, Tenstorrent) in field/customer engineering or kernel teams.
Palantir-style FDE experience — candidates with embedded or ML-systems backgrounds only.
Experience at technical trading arms optimizing kernels or hardware for speed (e.g., DRW, Hudson River, D.E. Shaw, Citadel).
Big-firm consulting background, provided the candidate personally did the hands-on technical work rather than managing it.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Medical, dental, and vision insurance from day one — premiums covered at 99% for employees
Company-paid life insurance, plus voluntary supplemental life, STD, and LTD insurance
Commuter support, including parking or Caltrain reimbursement — our office is within walking distance of the Caltrain station
FSA + HSA
Equity in the business
Paid parental leave
401(k) retirement plan
Flexible PTO and winter holiday shutdown
Catered lunch each day in our office
Downtown Burlingame office location, close to shops, cafes, and local amenities
Collaborative, low-ego culture with significant ownership and impact