Intel AI Software Development Engineer 

Romania, Timișoara 

762560272

Responsibilities:

• Design, implement, and optimize compiler features for Intel NPU architectures, ensuring high performance and efficient code generation.
• Enable and optimize machine learning models—including LLMs—for deployment on Intel NPUs, focusing on quantization, dynamic execution, and hardware-specific acceleration.
• Collaborate with other teams to productionize new models and support emerging AI workloads.
• Develop and maintain model conversion, quantization, and deployment pipelines, ensuring correctness, reproducibility, and compliance with Intel’s standards.
• Benchmark, profile, and debug models and software components to identify and resolve performance bottlenecks.
• Stay current with the latest advancements in compilers, model optimization, quantization, and LLM research, and integrate best practices into the NPU software stack.
• Write clear technical documentation and provide support to internal and external users.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s, Master’s, or Ph.D. in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering , or related field.
• Proven expertise in C/C++ with strong software design and optimization skills.
• Solid understanding of AI model optimization techniques such as quantization, pruning, and distillation.
• Familiarity with large language models and their deployment requirements.
• Knowledge of computer architecture , hardware acceleration, and low-level performance tuning .
• Proficiency with Linux environments , virtualization, and CI/CD workflows.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and cross-team collaboration skills in fast-moving technical settings.
• Experience with modern compiler infrastructures (e.g., LLVM, MLIR ) or code generation for custom accelerators is a plus.
• Hands-on experience with AI frameworks (OpenVINO, TensorFlow, PyTorch, ONNX), Python , and performance tools for NPUs, GPUs, or FPGAs is a plus.
• Experience developing dynamic execution or runtime systems that handle variable input sizes and adaptive behavior is a plus.
• Familiarity with collaborative tools (GitHub, Jira) and open-source contribution practices is a plus.

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