Senior NPU Compiler Engineer

Role: Senior NPU Compiler Engineer
Remote
Build the compiler that brings Processing-in-Memory AI to life.
InCommon is hiring on behalf of a California based company that is building ultra-low-power neural processing technology for edge AI — chips that run advanced AI workloads within tight power and memory budgets. The Processing-in-Memory (PIM) architecture computes directly inside memory, breaking the traditional bottleneck of shuttling data back and forth.
We're looking for a Senior NPU Compiler Engineer to build the compiler stack — largely from the ground up — that takes models from TFLite, ONNX, and PyTorch and turns them into instructions our NPU can execute.
What you'll do:
🔹 Design and build the full compilation pipeline — graph import, operator lowering, scheduling, memory planning, and instruction generation
🔹 Map neural network graphs onto a novel dataflow / Processing-in-Memory architecture
🔹 Optimize for execution efficiency, memory bandwidth, and power
🔹 Build validation tools to compare compiler output against simulator and RTL results
🔹 Work directly with architecture, RTL, firmware, and ML teams to shape the hardware/software interface
What you bring:
✅ Strong experience building compilers, graph compilers, or backend toolchains
✅ Solid C++ and Python
✅ Deep understanding of compiler fundamentals — IRs, graph transforms, lowering, scheduling, codegen
✅ Experience with ML model formats (ONNX, TFLite, PyTorch) and neural network operators/tensors
✅ Background building software for NPUs, DSPs, GPUs, or other specialized accelerators
Nice to have:
⭐ Experience with MLIR, LLVM, TVM, XLA, Glow, or IREE
⭐ Familiarity with dataflow or Processing-in-Memory architectures
⭐ Experience with binary instruction streams, DMA engines, or on-chip SRAM
Why join us:
This is a rare chance to build a compiler stack from scratch for genuinely novel silicon — with real architectural influence, not just downstream implementation work. You'll shape decisions that affect the hardware itself, not just work around it.

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