RISC-V CPU Compiler Engineer

Qualcomm; Santa Clara (CA); On-site; USD 167,100 - 250,700; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual discretionary bonus program

RSU grants

Comprehensive benefits package

Job summary

A leading semiconductor company is seeking a RISC-V Compiler Engineer to join their team in Santa Clara, California. In this role, you will develop and optimize compiler toolsets for Qualcomm hardware, focusing on enhancing performance in open source projects. Ideal candidates should have a strong background in LLVM development and C/C++ programming, along with experience in working with open source communities. A competitive compensation package with benefits is offered, reflecting the company's commitment to employee success.,

Qualifications

• 4+ years of experience in Hardware Engineering, Software Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or related work.
• Familiarity with RISC-V or AArch64 architecture is a plus.
• Experience configuring and analyzing server CPU benchmarks is beneficial.

Responsibilities

• Develop features for Qualcomm CPUs in the LLVM community.
• Enhance tool usability based on user interactions.
• Explore advanced CPU optimization frameworks.

Skills

LLVM development

C/C++ programming

Open source collaboration

Education

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

Job description

Company:

Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.

Job Area:

Engineering Group, CPU Engineering

General Summary:

RISC-V CPU Compiler Engineer

Job Description

Are you passionate about maximizing CPU performance and pushing the boundaries of optimization? Join our innovative team and play a key role in developing cutting‑edge solutions that empower developers and transform server efficiency! Our team builds open source compiler toolsets for Qualcomm silicon. This includes compilers, assemblers, linkers, libraries, debuggers, profilers, and other developer tools. The toolsets enable internal and external developers to build software ecosystems on Qualcomm hardware. We are looking for engineers who will work actively in open source communities to establish and augment compiler and system software toolsets and bring compiler optimizations into key open source packages. In this role, you will add and enhance support for Qualcomm hardware in open‑source projects. You will collaborate with Qualcomm hardware and software engineers to enable efficient usage of Qualcomm’s silicon for a broad set of applications. You will work with the team on the entire compilation stack including optimizing code generation, improving performance, response time and programmer usability.

Responsibilities:

• Work primarily in the LLVM community to add features and improve performance for Qualcomm CPUs with a focus on the RISC‑V architecture.
• Identify areas for improvement in LLVM via benchmarking and code analysis of workloads, comparisons with other compilers and architectures, etc.
• Collaborate with hardware teams to plan, identify, and contribute support in open‑source projects for hardware features in Qualcomm silicon.
• Identify areas for improvement in tool usability via interaction with users.
• Explore new optimization frameworks for leveraging advanced CPU features.

Required Skills:

• Knowledge and/or experience in LLVM development, particularly optimization and codegeneration.
• Experience in working with open source communities.
• Programming in C/C++.

Preferred Skills:

• Established record of contributions to LLVM.
• Experience with the RISC‑V or AArch64 architecture.
• Experience with other compilers such as GCC and the wider ecosystem such as glibc, assemblers, linkers, loaders, system libraries.
• Experience in configuring, building, and analyzing server CPU benchmarks (e.g., SPECrate Integer, DCPerf), as well as measuring and tracking key performance indicators.
• Strong background in computer architecture.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field and 4+ years of Hardware Engineering, Software Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Systems Engineering, or related work experience.
• Master's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field and 3+ years of Hardware Engineering, Software Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Systems Engineering, or related work experience.
• PhD in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field and 2+ years of Hardware Engineering, Software Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Systems Engineering, or related work experience.

Equal Opportunity Employment

Qualcomm is an equal opportunity employer; all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, Veteran status, or any other protected classification.

Qualcomm expects its employees to abide by all applicable policies and procedures, including but not limited to security and other requirements regarding protection of Company confidential information and other confidential and/or proprietary information, to the extent those requirements are permissible under applicable law.

Pay range and Other Compensation & Benefits:

$167,100.00 - $250,700.00

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.

If you would like more information about this role, please contact Qualcomm Careers.