Senior Compiler Engineer

The compiler team at Qualcomm Innovation Center is seeking talented compiler engineers to optimize LLVM for Qualcomm's Hexagon hardware. As a member of the compiler team, you will:

• Research, design, and implement different compiler optimizations to improve runtime and memory characteristics of software applications for Qualcomm hardware.
• Analyze software requirements, consult with architecture and hardware engineers, and devise compiler solutions for Qualcomm's next generation architectures.
• Analyze and identify system level integration issues, interface with the software development, integration and test teams.

Minimum Qualifications:

• 2-5 years of academic or industrial experience in compiler development.
• Strong C/C++ programming background.
• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 2+ years of Software Engineering or related work experience.
  OR
• Master's degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 1+ year of Software Engineering or related work experience.
  OR
• PhD in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field.
• 2+ years of academic or work experience with programming language such as C, C++, Java, Python, etc.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Knowledge of intermediate representations, machine independent and machine dependent optimizations, code generation and architecture specific optimizations.
• Knowledge of the structure and function of compiler internals.
• Knowledge of instruction sets and computer architectures: pipeline structure and hazards, cache and memory organization, etc.
• Knowledge or experience in performance analysis, root cause analysis, and profiling tools.

Education Requirements:

Bachelor's, Master's or Ph.D., Computer Science and/or Computer Engineering