Staff Compiler Engineer – MLIR & AI Silicon Lead

Ericsson; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 210,000 - 270,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) with company match

Health and dental plans

Paid time off

Stock Purchase Plan

Job summary

Ericsson in Austin, Texas is seeking a Principal Staff Compiler Engineer to lead the technical direction of our MLIR-based compiler stack while remaining hands-on in code. You will mentor senior engineers and shape the team’s architectural decisions in collaboration with hardware and software peers.

You will own subsystems from model import through code generation, define dialects and pass pipelines, and set standards for correctness, determinism, and performance.

Qualifications

• Deep experience designing and building production compilers, with ownership of major subsystems.
• Strong C++ and compiler infrastructure expertise.
• Hands-on experience with MLIR, LLVM, or another production compiler framework at scale.
• Track record of shipping compiler work that others build on.
• Strong understanding of computer architecture and how compilers exploit hardware capabilities.
• Ability to lead complex technical programs across compiler and hardware teams.
• Experience mentoring senior engineers and shaping team-level technical decisions.

Responsibilities

• Own the technical direction of the compiler stack across model import, lowering, scheduling, memory planning, and code generation
• Design and implement the hardest compiler subsystems, the ones that determine whether the compiler achieves its performance and correctness goals
• Define MLIR dialect hierarchy, lowering strategy, and pass pipelines in collaboration with the team
• Lead hardware‑software co‑design discussions, partnering with hardware architects to influence instruction set, memory hierarchy, and synchronization mechanisms
• Set the technical standards for correctness, determinism, testing, and performance
• Mentor Staff and Senior compiler engineers, and shape the technical growth of the team
• Represent the compiler team in cross‑org technical discussions and roadmap planning

Skills

C++

MLIR/LLVM

Compiler infrastructure

Mentoring engineers

Architectural leadership

Cross-team collaboration

Tools

MLIR

LLVM

GCC

Job description

Ericsson in Austin, Texas is seeking a Principal Staff Compiler Engineer to lead the technical direction of our MLIR-based compiler stack while remaining hands-on in code. You will mentor senior engineers and shape the team’s architectural decisions in collaboration with hardware and software peers.

You will own subsystems from model import through code generation, define dialects and pass pipelines, and set standards for correctness, determinism, and performance.