Compiler Design Engineer - Cork, Ireland

Company: QT Technologies Ireland Limited Job Area: Engineering Group, Engineering Group > ASICS Engineering General Summary: Role & Responsibilities • Toolchain Development: Design, develop, and maintain compiler toolchains (e.g., using LLVM or GCC) tailored to visual processing units (VPUs), GPUs, or digital signal processors (DSPs). • Optimization Passes: Create advanced code generation and optimization algorithms for parallel compute, including vectorization, graph optimization, and data layout transformations. • Hardware Co-Design: Collaborate with hardware architecture teams to enable new Instruction Set Architecture (ISA) features and evaluate silicon designs pre-silicon. • Workload Tuning: Analyze and resolve performance bottlenecks for computer vision, image processing, and deep learning neural networks. • Testing & Validation: Write comprehensive test suites, develop automated testing flows, and ensure zero regressions across different operating systems and hardware configurations. Qualifications & Skills • Education: B.S. or M.S. (or equivalent) in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or Electrical Engineering. • Software: Strong, hands-on programming in C/C++. • Compilers: Solid understanding of compiler internals (lexer, parser, middle-end optimizations, backends). • Hardware Concepts: Understanding of computer architecture, memory hierarchy (cache management, registers), and parallel computing (GPGPU APIs, CUDA etc.). Where you will be working Cork has a proud reputation as Ireland's second largest economic engine and is now one of the Top 20 location choices in Europe with 39,000 people being employed by over 170 overseas companies. There's a growing diversity in the region with people from many nationalities relocating to Cork, relishing the opportunity to work and live in a location that offers an excellent quality of life. A gateway to Europe, Cork airport provides access to almost 50 international destinations including transatlantic air routes. Equal Opportunities We are an Equal Opportunity employer; all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any protected classification. What's on Offer Apart from working in an open, relaxed and collaborative space, you will enjoy: • Salary, stock and performance related bonus • Maternity/Paternity Leave • Employee stock purchase scheme • Matching pension scheme • Education Assistance • Relocation and immigration support (if needed) • Life, Medical, Income and Travel Insurance • Subsidised memberships for physical and mental well-being • Bicycle purchase scheme • Employee run clubs, including, running, football, chess, badminton + many more Minimum Qualifications: • Bachelor's degree in Science, Engineering, or related field and 2+ years of ASIC design, verification, validation, integration, or related work experience. 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