Director Of Software

Quadric has created an innovative general purpose neural processing unit (GPNPU) architecture. Quadric's co-optimized software and hardware is targeted to run neural network (NN) inference workloads in a wide variety of edge and endpoint devices, ranging from battery operated smart-sensor systems to high-performance automotive or autonomous vehicle systems. Unlike other NPUs or neural network accelerators in the industry today that can only accelerate a portion of a machine learning graph, the Quadric GPNPU executes both NN graph code and conventional C++ DSP and control code.

What We Value:

Integrity, Humility, Happiness

What We Expect:

Initiative, Collaboration, Completion

Role:

Reporting directly to the VP, Engineering, you will own the entire software team and will be responsible for execution on Quadric's Chimera SDK (https://quadric.io/sdk/ ). Join us in our shared vision of shipping world class model optimization and compilers for AI inference where it matters most-on the factory floor, in the vehicle, across consumer devices and enterprise.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end delivery of the software stack: SDK, graph compiler, kernel libraries, and developer tooling.
• Set technical direction and a multi-release roadmap for compiler, kernels, and SDK; align with silicon, architecture.
• Own the inference optimization stack (Quantization -> Compile -> Accelerated Performance) on Chimera architecture for Vision Models, LLMs, VLMs etc.
• Build and track execution plans, milestones, and KPIs (operator coverage, latency/throughput, accuracy deltas, compile times).
• Manage and mentor an engineering org (managers + ICs), grow the team, and develop leaders.
• Be hands-on for critical designs, reviews, and code-especially around IR design, codegen and kernels.
• Partner with customers and field teams to unblock POCs, prioritize the roadmap, and drive production wins.
• Establish quality bars and release engineering (CI/CD, testing, benchmarking, reproducible builds, docs, and samples).