Originally posted 24 September 2026 by the employer.
About the role
This Intern role involves exploring and prototyping Agentic AI techniques for proprietary DSP and ASIC architectures. The intern will contribute to researching compiler technologies, analyzing ISA documentation, developing proof-of-concept AI agents, and evaluating code generation and optimization workflows for embedded compute platforms.
What you'll do
- Develop prototypes for documentation-assisted code generation and optimization.
- Work with MLIR, LLVM, ONNX, and embedded toolchains.
- Automate analysis, validation, and performance evaluation workflows.
- Document findings and present results to engineering teams.
What you'll need
- Studies in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or related field.
- Basic knowledge of Python.
- Basic knowledge of C++.
- Interest in AI.
- Interest in compilers.
- Interest in embedded systems or machine learning.
Nice to have
- Experience with LLVM.
- Experience with MLIR.
- Experience with ONNX.
- Experience with MATLAB.
- Experience with embedded DSP development.
- Familiarity with machine learning model deployment.
- Familiarity with performance optimization.
Skills: agentic AI, compiler technologies, MLIR, LLVM, ONNX, embedded toolchains, embedded DSP
This role has been open 0 days — well below the 44-day median for Embedded Firmware Engineering roles.
Embedded Firmware Engineering · Mixed Signal DSP
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Open roles in category
28
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Median days open
44 d
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Median salary
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| Metric | NXP Semiconductors | All employers we track in this specialty (28 roles · 11 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 6 | 28 |
| Open roles in the wider Software, Firmware & Systems family | 124 | 5925 · 143 employers |
| Median days open | 12 d | 44 d (−32 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | — |
Skills observed across this category: agentic AI, compiler technologies, MLIR, LLVM, ONNX, embedded toolchains
Who's hiring in this category
- Qualcomm · 7 open roles · median 10 d
- NXP Semiconductors (this employer) · 5 open roles · median 15 d
- Silicon Labs · 4 open roles · median 27 d
- Renesas Electronics · 3 open roles · median 19 d
- Ambiq Micro · 2 open roles · median 63 d
- Cirrus Logic · 2 open roles · median 49 d
How we counted: 28 open Embedded Firmware Engineering (Mixed Signal DSP) roles from 11 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 24 Sept 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.