Field Applications Manager (Worldwide)
Location: Burlingame, CA
Description
If making an impact and having a seat at the table is important to you, this is the
opportunity for you. Join our small, rapidly-growing team at Quadric to support the our
customers using our Chimera GPNPU (general purpose neural processor unit) IP for a
wide range of products - from smart sensors to cameras to consumer products to
automotive applications. In this position you will be a core member of our Field Application
Engineering team, reporting to the VP of Business Development and will have an
opportunity to grow in the company of expert technologists who also happen to be good
people you’ll want to spend time with.

Responsibilities:

• Manage a team of Field Applications Engineers ()FAEs responsible for technical

selling, delivery and support to end customers

• Own the technical relationship with customers and deployment of Quadric products

(processor IP, SDK and Algorithms) from a corporate perspective into our target
markets including: Smart Sensors, Video Cameras, Industrial and IoT, Robotics and

Automotive

• Collaborating with sales team, engineers, and product managers obtain accurate

information of customer use cases, requirements, issues to close technical sales

and win customer designs.

• Guiding the FAEs in preparing technical elements of proposals and contract

deliverable exhibits, defining the technical solution guidelines and working with
engineering to define deliverables and schedules for contracts to sales team

support

• Work with the engineering team to make sure customer requirements (deliverable

items and schedule) are met

• Facilitate corporate engineering discussions so the FAEs can efficiently analyze

technological problems, determine technical resolution and work with Quadric

products

• Become the “First internal Customer” for all customer release items as a final quality

check before customer delivery

• Preparing relevant records, data, and documents for product presentations,

conducting training sessions for demonstrating new products and services for the

FAEs (Train the trainers)

• Supporting the sales team in organizing training and product demonstrations
• Working with the sales and product marketing team, and engineering to enable

customer relevant roadmaps and product specification per customer’s needs

• Working with marketing to write and publish application notes
• Preparing relevant records, data, and documents for product presentations,

conducting training sessions for demonstrating new products and services for

customers and Quadric partners, representatives, and distributor technical people

• Evaluating the customer’s technical requirements and aligning them with Quadric

solutions

• Participating in different seminars, conferences, and meetings for promoting

Quadric products

• Hiring and Managing global FAE staff.

About Quadric
Founded in 2017 and based in downtown Burlingame, California, Quadric is the leading
provider of general purpose processors specifically optimized for machine learning
inference pipelines in embedded device applications.. The company was co-founded by
technologists from MIT and Carnegie Mellon, who were previously the technical co-
founders of the Bitcoin computing company 21.
Quadric is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action
employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, religion,
sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, or disability

REQUIREMENTS

Experience:

• EE or MS in Electrical or Computer Engineering
• Minimum of 5 years embedded system experience (80% Software, 20% Hardware)
• Minimum of 5 years working directly with customers and solving technical issues

preferably with tier 1 customers

• Engineering team management experience with experience working with end

customer deployment teams and sales

• Proficiency in C++ >= 11
• Strong background in graphs and related algorithms
• Experience with NN platforms: ONNX, Tensorflow, Caffe, Pytorch
• Knowledge of front-end and back-end compiler techniques
• Experience in compiler strategies for data parallel processors such as GPUs,

DSPs and ASIC design flows

• Knowledge of end-to-end toolchain, including compilers, linkers & debuggers

What we Offer:

• Provide competitive salaries and meaningful equity
• Provide a politics-free community for the brilliant minds who want to make an

immediate impact

• Provide an opportunity for you to build long term career relationships
• Foster an environment that allows for lasting personal relationships alongside

professional ones

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