Principal AI Compiler Engineer

Renesas Electronics • Dallas, TX

1d • Hybrid

About The Position

Renesas Electronics is seeking a hands-on AI Compiler Engineer who will work at the convergence of cutting-edge AI, compiler technology, and hardware design. This role involves architecting and scaling a production-class AI compiler toolchain, and rethinking how AI automates, optimizes, and accelerates every step of building and deploying neural networks on Renesas SoCs. The engineer will collaborate with human and AI engineers to enable adaptive compilers that learn, evolve, and redefine possibilities for embedded intelligence. With a focus on hardware-software co-design, the role requires translating high-level AI models into blazing-fast, energy-efficient executables to unlock the full potential of Renesas silicon for real-world impact.

Requirements

• MS/PhD (or equivalent experience) in Computer Science, EE, or related field
• Deep experience building AI compilers, accelerator backends, or graph optimization frameworks.
• Strong expertise in graph optimization and performance optimization for NPUs or custom accelerators
• Experience with MLIR, LLVM, TVM-like systems, or proprietary compiler IRs.
• Excellent C/C++ and Python skills
• Solid understanding of AI inference workloads (CNNs, transformers, perception or generative models)
• Strong communication skills are required, e.g. agile development experience in Scrum team (Product Owner or Scrum Master)

Nice To Haves

• Experience with automotive or safety-critical systems.
• Background in heterogeneous SoCs (CPU/GPU/DSP/NPU)
• Performance modeling or hardware–software co-design experience

Responsibilities

• Own the design, implementation, and evolution of an AI compiler toolchain that leverages AI agents to seamlessly map neural networks onto Renesas SoC platforms.
• Pioneer new graph transformations, lowering, scheduling, and codegen strategies for CPUs and custom accelerators, driven by insights from AI-powered analytics.
• Build deep integrations with leading AI frameworks (PyTorch, TensorFlow, ONNX, and more), using AI agents to rapidly onboard new model architectures and ops.
• Push the envelope on quantization, operator fusion, memory planning, and layout transformations—combining human expertise and AI-guided design for state-of-the-art results.
• Partner with hardware and software architects, kernel hackers, and AI agents to co-design next-gen compiler and accelerator features, aligning silicon and code for maximum impact.
• Diagnose and crush performance bottlenecks with AI-enabled profiling and diagnostics, relentlessly tuning for latency, throughput, and power efficiency.
• Level up validation, benchmarking, and regression pipelines by harnessing AI agents—ensuring compiler correctness and world-class performance, release after release.
• Uplevel the developer experience by streamlining usability, diagnostics, and documentation—AI agents are your copilots for user support, troubleshooting, and rapid iteration.

Benefits

• Launch and advance your career in technical and business roles across four Product Groups and various corporate functions.
• Opportunities to explore our hardware and software capabilities and try new things.
• Make a real impact by developing innovative products and solutions to meet our global customers' evolving needs and help make people’s lives easier, safe and secure.
• Maximize your performance and wellbeing in our flexible and inclusive work environment.
• Global support system, including the remote work option and Employee Resource Groups.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Principal
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees