Quilter

Staff ML Systems Engineer

3mo ago
180000 –200000 USD / yearUSALeadRemote
Quilter

Staff ML Systems Engineer

3mo ago
180000 –200000 USD / yearUSALeadRemoteml lifecycletraining pipelinesdata generationexperiment managementorchestrationservingab testingci/cd

Build infrastructure supporting ML lifecycle for automated component placement on PCBs.

Responsibilities

  • The Placer is responsible for automated component placement on PCBs. This role focuses on the systems and infrastructure that support the full ML lifecycle: training pipelines, data generation and cleaning, experiment management, orchestration, serving, A/B testing, and CI/CD.
  • You'll be building the infrastructure that moves research from prototype to production reliably and efficiently. You'll also play a key role in systems design review and long-range architectural planning as the team scales.
  • This is a fully distributed team. We expect high autonomy and high ownership.

Nice to have

  • 7+ years of industry experience
  • Familiarity with ML workflows involving optimization, RL, or combinatorial problems
  • Experience building infrastructure for small, research-heavy teams
  • Please note : We are an equal opportunity employer. At this time, we are focused on hiring primarily within the US, with occasional exception to accommodate exceptional talent.

Conditions

  • Interesting and challenging work
  • Competitive salary and equity benefits
  • Health, dental, and vision insurance
  • Regular team events and offsites (~4x / year)
  • Unlimited paid time off
  • Paid parental leave
  • Want to learn more about Quilter, our vision, and our investors? Visit our About page and visit our Blog .

Other

  • At Quilter, we are helping electrical engineers save time and accomplish more by automating the tedious and time-consuming task of designing printed circuit boards (PCBs). Our small team is composed of experts in electrical engineering, electromagnetic simulation, ML/AI, and high-performance computing (HPC). We are inventing and leveraging novel techniques to solve the decades-old problem of automating circuit board design where today hundreds of billions of dollars are spent. We have raised $25 million in Series B funding from some of the very best and are charging full-speed toward our goal.
  • No matter where we come from, we're united by a common vision for the future and a core set of values we think will get us there:
  • Focus on the mission
  • Build great things that help humans
  • Demonstrate grit
  • Never stop learning
  • Pursue excellence
  • We're looking for a Senior or Staff ML Systems Engineer to join Quilter's Placer Team and build the infrastructure that moves research from prototype to production reliably and efficiently.
  • Design, build, and maintain ML infrastructure across training, evaluation, serving, and monitoring
  • Own data pipelines including generation, cleaning, validation, and versioning
  • Build and improve experiment tracking, orchestration, and reproducibility tooling
  • Implement and maintain CI/CD pipelines and A/B testing infrastructure
  • Lead and formalize design review processes across the team
  • Identify architectural risks early and guide the team toward sustainable systems decisions
  • 7+ years of industry experience building and operating ML systems in production
  • Proven track record as a key player in the success of a production-grade ML system end-to-end
  • Deep familiarity with training pipelines, serving infrastructure, and experiment management
  • Strong software engineering fundamentals and systems design sensibility
  • Experience driving design reviews and improving engineering processes within a team
  • Comfort operating with high autonomy in ambiguous problem spaces
  • Experience with GPU-accelerated workloads and orchestration
  • Strong communication and collaboration skills