Compiler Toolchain Engineer - Austin, Texas, United States of America, United States
$104,500 - $156,700 USD yearly
Originally posted 14 October 2026 by the employer.
About the role
This role involves designing and developing compilers that provide new capabilities with high energy efficiency, focusing on application domains such as gaming, image processing, virtual reality, augmented reality, machine learning, and modem.
What you'll do
- Apply knowledge of software development, processor architecture (e.g., DSP, CPU, NSP, microcontroller), debugging, and systems concepts to enhance application domains for mobile and compute products.
- Incorporate features into programming tools to assist software developers in implementing, debugging, and optimizing code on programmable cores.
- Assist in the design and development of industry standard tools (e.g., debuggers, linkers, profilers, converters, optimizers).
- Assist in building bit-exact functional or timing-accurate simulators to enable off-target execution of software.
- Provide support for synthesizing and running benchmarks for different applications.
- Assist in the design of the compiler toolchain (e.g., LLVM, GCC, MLIR, Halide, TVM) to ensure compilation of code onto the hardware architecture.
What you'll need
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or related field.
Nice to have
- Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or related field.
- 1 year of any combination of academic and/or work experience with compiler or tools.
Skills: compiler toolchain, LLVM, GCC, MLIR, programming tools, processor architecture
This role has been open 0 days — well below the 34-day median for Software Engineering Semiconductor roles.
Software Engineering Semiconductor · EDA Tools
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Open roles in category
122
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Median days open
34 d
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Median salary
$145k
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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 (122 roles · 28 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 5 | 122 |
| Open roles in the wider Software, Firmware & Systems family | 705 | 6164 · 146 employers |
| Median days open | 189 d | 34 d (+155 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $145k |
Skills observed across this category: compiler toolchain, LLVM, GCC, MLIR, programming tools, processor architecture
Who's hiring in this category
- Cadence Design Systems · 49 open roles · median 2 d
- Renesas Electronics · 13 open roles · median 35 d
- Synopsys · 7 open roles · median 89 d
- Keysight Technologies · 6 open roles · median 146 d
- Intel Corporation · 5 open roles · median 109 d
- KLA Corporation · 5 open roles · median 114 d
How we counted: 122 open Software Engineering Semiconductor (EDA Tools) roles from 28 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 14 Oct 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.