Senior Machine Learning Engineer (m/f/d)

Meyandy LLC; Germany (OH); On-site; USD 115,115 - 172,672; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Company pension

Flexible working hours

Mobile working

Bike leasing

Corporate benefits

Employee events

Lunch card

Company shuttle

Job summary

Senior Machine Learning Engineer (m/f/d) at Quantum-Systems GmbH in Gilching leads model development for autonomous aerial platforms. You will prepare data, train and validate models, and deploy them on embedded UAVs, UGVs, and USVs to boost autonomy.

You collaborate with hardware, testing, production and customer operations teams. You bring a track record in production DL models, ML pipelines, and cloud/containerized workflows, with a focus on performance in resource‑constrained environments.

Qualifications

• Proven track record designing and training deep learning models for production use.
• Experience with model optimization for resource‑constrained environments (quantization, pruning, distillation).
• Deep expertise in computer vision architectures or VLAs Architecture.
• Experience building and maintaining ML training and inference pipelines.
• Hands‑on experience with cloud platforms and containerization (Docker, Kubernetes).
• Experience with GPU cluster management and high‑performance computing environments.
• Familiarity with drone‑generated data types (imagery, LiDAR, telemetry, flight logs).
• Experience with data quality assurance, annotation workflows, and labelling platforms.
• Experience with generation of synthetic data and simulation.

Responsibilities

• Prepare and select data for training and evaluation.
• Train and validate ML models for embedded UAVs, UGVs, and USVs.
• Collaborate with hardware, testing, production, and operations teams.
• Deploy models to real embedded platforms and monitor performance.
• Improve autonomy of UxV systems through ongoing iterations.

Skills

ML Engineer

Deep learning

Model optimization

Computer vision

MLOps

Training pipelines

Cloud platforms

Docker

Kubernetes

Geospatial data

Sensor fusion

Data quality

Synthetic data

Education

Degree in Computer Science or AI

Tools

AWS

GCP

Azure

Docker

Kubernetes

Job description

As an ML Engineer (m/f/d), you will be a key contributor within our development team. Your responsibilities include preparing and selecting data, training and validating models, as well as deploying them on real embedded UAVs, UGVs, and USVs to enhance their capabilities. You will work within a world-class team to help push the boundaries of autonomous drone technology. In this role, you collaborate closely with stakeholders from hardware development, testing, production, and customer operations, driving continuous improvements in the autonomy of our UxV platforms. By advancing intelligent autonomy, you will actively support Quantum Systems’ mission to set the benchmark for next‑generation UxV solutions.

Within this advertisment we are open to hiring people with the following profiles:

• ML Engineer (Generalist)
• Proven track record designing and training deep learning models for production use
• Experience with model optimization for resource‑constrained environments (quantization, pruning, distillation)
• Deep expertise in computer vision architectures or VLAs Architecture
• Architecture ML Platform Engineer (MLOps)
• Experience building and maintaining ML training and inference pipelines
• Hands‑on experience with cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, or Azure) and containerization (Docker, Kubernetes)
• Experience with GPU cluster management and high‑performance computing environments
• Data Engineer (Geospatial Data & Sensor Fusion)
• Experience managing large‑scale datasets, including geospatial, image, or sensor data
• Familiarity with drone‑generated data types (imagery, LiDAR, telemetry, flight logs)
• Experience with data quality assurance, annotation workflows, and labelling platforms
• Experience with generation of syntetic data and simulation

What you bring to the team:

You hold a degree in Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence or a related engineering discipline. You bring proficiency in at least one programming language (Python, Rust, C++) You are passionate about solving complex technical challenges and enjoy improving real, hands‑on UxV products trough your work. Due to your open, communicative, friendly and competent attitude, it is easy for you to be considered as an internal expert. You are highly self‑motivated and drive your area of responsibility independently. Communication in English is a matter of course for you.

Why Quantum-Systems:

We believe in the power of combined efforts: straightforward tech expertise paired with a customer‑centric focus. We are industry pioneers who are ambitious, bold, and visionary. We push limits, think outside‑the‑box and strive for technological excellence to shape the future of aerial data. We promise to be your runway for individual and professional growth.

Our benefits:

• Company pension scheme: We support you so that you can already make provisions for later.
• Flexible working hours: With trust‑based working hours, you are not only responsible for your working hours, but also for your work‑life balance.
• Mobile working: If it gets too turbulent for you in our office, you can get the necessary balance through mobile working.
• Bike‑Leasing: We support you in staying environmentally mobile and healthy.
• Corporate Benefits: Your opportunity for attractive offers and discounts from well‑known suppliers and brands, e.g. Adidas, Apple, Expedia.
• Employee events: We not only want to grow together, but also celebrate our successes together.
• Lunch‑Card: Be powerful with delicious energy, daily lunch budget is sponsored.
• Company Shuttle: Enjoy our convenient shuttle service that picks you up from Pasing in Munich and brings you to our loca…

Senior Machine Learning Engineer (m/f/d) — Quantum‑Systems GmbH, Gilching.