Compiler Toolchain Engineer

Qualcomm; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 98,900 - 148,300; Full time

Job summary

Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. is seeking compiler engineers to help us develop the LLVM-based compilation suite for Qualcomm’s Hexagon DSP, enabling high performance for ML, wireless, audio and image processing on Android.

You will collaborate with hardware and software teams to optimize usage of Qualcomm silicon and work on the full compilation stack. The role involves researching and implementing compiler components, analyzing performance and code size, verifying design feasibility with

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related field.
• 5 years or more of compiler engineering experience in industry or academia.
• Knowledge and experience in compiler frameworks such as LLVM or gcc.

Responsibilities

• Research, design, develop, and enhance different components of the compiler.
• Analyze performance, code size and other metrics to identify compiler improvements.
• Analyze software requirements, determine the feasibility of design within constraints, consult with architecture and HW engineers, and propose software solutions for Qualcomm's SOCs.
• Analyze system level integration issues, interface with the software development, integration and test teams.
• Develop and execute benchmark and test scenarios for compilers.

Skills

LLVM

GCC

C/C++

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/CE

Tools

Assemblers

Linkers

Debuggers

Job description

Company:

Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.

Job Area:

Engineering Group, Engineering Group > Compiler Toolchain Software

General Summary: Interested in enabling millions of users on the Qualcomm Snapdragon platform and making their lives better? Come join our team! We develop the LLVM compilation suite for Qualcomm’s Hexagon DSP delivering rich performance for machine learning, wireless communication, audio, and image processing applications on the Android platform. We are looking for compiler engineers who will help us build these software platforms. In this role, you will collaborate with Qualcomm hardware and software engineers to enable efficient usage of Qualcomm’s silicon. You will work with a team of compiler engineers with rich experience and knowledge. We work on the entire compilation stack including programming languages and intermediate representations, code generation, improving performance, and programmer usability.

Summary

• Research, design, develop, and enhance different components of the compiler
• Analyze performance, code size and other metrics to identify compiler improvements
• Analyze software requirements, determine the feasibility of design within the given constraints, consult with architecture and HW engineers, and come up with software solutions best suited for Qualcomm's SOCs
• Analyze and identify system level integration issues, interface with the software development, integration and test teams
• Develop and execute benchmark and test scenarios for compilers

Minimum Qualifications

• Knowledge and experience in compiler frameworks such as LLVM or gcc
• Programming in C/C++ and assembly languages
• 5 years or more of compiler engineering experience in industry or academia
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related field.

Preferred qualifications

• Professional experience with compiler development
• LLVM or any industrial strength compiler development experience is a plus
• Knowledge of instruction sets and computer architectures - pipeline structure, hazards, cache, memory organization, etc.
• Working knowledge of system software tools such as assemblers, linkers, debuggers and experience using them
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills
• Professional experience with large scale software codebases
• Deep knowledge of software engineering
• Master’s degree or PhD. in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related field.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or related field.

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Pay range and Other Compensation & Benefits

$98,900.00 - $148,300.00

The above pay scale reflects the broad, minimum to maximum, pay scale for this job code for the location for which it has been posted. Even more importantly, please note that salary is only one component of total compensation at Qualcomm. We also offer a competitive annual discretionary bonus program and opportunity for annual RSU grants (employees on sales-incentive plans are not eligible for our annual bonus). In addition, our highly competitive benefits package is designed to support your success at work, at home, and at play. Your recruiter will be happy to discuss all that Qualcomm has to offer – and you can review more details about our US benefits at this link.

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