$123,700 - $185,500 USD yearly
Originally posted 4 November 2026 by the employer.
About the role
As a Compiler Toolchain Engineer at Qualcomm, you will work on compiler technologies designed to deliver capabilities with high energy efficiency. The role focuses on compiler toolchain software supporting application domains such as gaming, image processing, virtual and augmented reality, machine learning, and modems.
What you'll do
- Design and write compiler toolchain components (e.g., LLVM, GCC, MLIR, Halide, TVM) to ensure efficient compilation of code onto target hardware architectures.
- Apply Intermediate Representation (IR) techniques and program analysis to expose and implement program optimization opportunities.
- Incorporate complex features into programming tools to assist developers in implementing, debugging, and optimizing code running on programmable cores such as DSP, CPU, NSP, and microcontrollers.
- Design and develop industry standard tools including debuggers, linkers, profilers, converters, and optimizers.
- Build bit-exact functional or timing-accurate simulators to enable off-target execution of software.
- Synthesize and run application benchmarks, analyzing data to guide performance, power optimizations, and constraint management.
What you'll need
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or related field with 4+ years of software/systems engineering experience (or Master's with 3+ years, or PhD with 2+ years).
- 2+ years of academic or work experience with compilers or developer tools.
- Experience with processor architecture concepts across programmable cores such as DSP, CPU, NSP, or microcontrollers.
- Knowledge of systems concepts including scheduling, memory management, QoS, parallel execution, memory models, and debugging techniques.
Nice to have
- Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or related field.
Skills: compiler, LLVM, GCC, MLIR, toolchain, instruction set architecture
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This role has been open 0 days — well below the 57-day median for Software Engineering Semiconductor roles.
Software Engineering Semiconductor · Systems Software
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Open roles in category
349
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Median days open
57 d
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Category median salary (all employers)
$148k
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See the full market breakdown ▾Category comparison, skills in demand, and who else is hiring
| Metric | Qualcomm | All employers we track in this specialty (349 roles · 55 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 20 | 349 |
| Open roles in the wider Software, Firmware & Systems family | 683 | 6454 · 156 employers |
| Median days open | 45 d | 57 d (−12 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $148k |
Skills observed across this category: compiler, LLVM, GCC, MLIR, toolchain, instruction set architecture
Who's hiring in this category
- Keysight Technologies · 35 open roles · median 42 d
- NVIDIA · 33 open roles · median 55 d
- KLA Corporation · 28 open roles · median 176 d
- Applied Materials · 27 open roles · median 40 d
- Cadence Design Systems · 27 open roles · median 225 d
- Micron Technology · 22 open roles · median 64 d
How we counted: 349 open Software Engineering Semiconductor (Systems Software) roles from 55 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 5 Nov 2026. Specialty figures count only roles carrying this exact specialty label, so an employer's related work in neighbouring specialties is not included there — it is counted in the wider Software, Firmware & Systems family row. Figures refresh nightly.