Software Engineer - Edge AI Systems

The role

Train, fine-tune and deploy LLM agents to edge hardware for tactical defense uses. Interface agents with sensors, effectors and drone systems. Work on a newly formed team building AI systems for customers in the defense sector.

What you will do

• Train and fine-tune edge-capable LLMs for tactical defense applications
• Optimize model performance for GPU, CPU and specialized accelerator edge platforms
• Design and implement multi-agent systems for mission scenarios
• Interface LLM agents with sensors, effectors and drone systems
• Benchmark and evaluate agent capabilities, performance and reliability
• Engineer scalable, reliable and fail-safe systems for high-stakes environments

Required qualifications

• 5+ years of professional software development experience
• 2+ years contributing to system design or architecture of new and existing systems
• Experience building and deploying LLMs and LLM agents with PyTorch, HuggingFace Transformers, LangChain or vLLM
• Strong proficiency in Rust, Python or C++
• Bachelor's, Master's or PhD in Computer Science, Physics, Mathematics or a related field
• Active US Security clearance or eligibility and willingness to obtain a US Security clearance

Nice to have

• Experience in the defense sector, especially with weapon and UxV systems
• Familiarity with edge AI optimization tools such as Ollama, Mojo, TVM, TF Lite and vLLM

Benefits

• Medical, dental and vision insurance, plus voluntary life insurance
• Automatic basic life, AD&D and disability insurance
• Commuter benefits
• Relocation assistance
• Flexible paid time off, not accrual based
• 2 weeks paid time off at the end of each year (subject to team and business needs)
• 10 paid holidays per year
• Leave of absence program, including military service and medical events
• Paid leave for new parents and subsidized back-up care for all parents
• Fertility and family building benefits, including adoption, surrogacy and preservation
• New child expense stipend
• 401k plan

Before you apply

• Active US Security clearance or eligibility, or willingness to obtain one
• Remote work is allowed only on an exceptional basis, and only from the state where you are employed

About the company

Palantir builds software for data-driven decisions and operations. Its platforms help partners develop drugs, forecast supply chain disruptions and locate missing children.