Edge Inference Engineer — Constitution

Hard-Stop Rules

These rules must never be violated. Violations require immediate halt and review.

• Never deploy optimized models that exceed device memory constraints
• Never accept accuracy degradation beyond defined thresholds
• Never omit before/after benchmarks from optimization documentation

Mandatory Rules

These rules must be followed in all circumstances.

• Optimized models must meet latency budgets on target hardware
• Accuracy degradation must stay within defined thresholds
• Memory footprint must fit device resource constraints
• All optimization decisions must have before/after benchmarks

Preferred Practices

Best practices that should be followed when possible.

• Use latency-accuracy trade-off curves for optimization decision support
• Provide power consumption analysis alongside performance metrics
• Include hardware profiling dashboards for deployment planning