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<p style="background:white"><b><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">Synopsys technology</span></b><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">
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<span lang="EN" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">Come and be part of a collaborative team environment that innovates and develops the latest IP solutions that enable the way the world designs. Join US!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">In this role, you will have
</span></b><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#404040;background:white">responsibility for the following: </span></b><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#404040">Developing ARC-specific code generation and optimizations in the LLVM-based compiler back-end</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#333333;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;background:white;vertical-align:baseline">
<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#404040">Implementing new programming models for new ARC cores and architecture extensions in the compiler toolchain</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#333333;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;background:white;vertical-align:baseline">
<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#404040">Maintaining and optimizing the current set of ARC compiler tool chain</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#333333;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;background:white;vertical-align:baseline">
<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#404040">Interacting with Hardware architects and other teams, and provide compiler tools perspective for the processor design as well as application design</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#333333;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;background:white;vertical-align:baseline">
<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#404040">Performing various benchmarking and testing tasks to improve the quality of the compiler products</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#333333;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;background:white;vertical-align:baseline">
<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#404040">Assisting product marketing and product support teams in pre and post sales situations</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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</span><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#404040;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in;background:white">Required qualifications:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#333333"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#404040">BSCS/MSCS with 7+ years of related experience</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#333333;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:18.0pt;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo2;background:white;vertical-align:baseline">
<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#404040">Extensive knowledge and experience in compiler development</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#333333;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:18.0pt;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo2;background:white;vertical-align:baseline">
<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#404040">Thorough understanding of compiler technology and other development tool internals</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#333333;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:18.0pt;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo2;background:white;vertical-align:baseline">
<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#404040">LLVM development experience</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#333333;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:18.0pt;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo2;background:white;vertical-align:baseline">
<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#404040">Knowledge of compiler backend technologies such as register allocation, instruction scheduling, loop transformations, peephole optimizations, etc.</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#333333;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:18.0pt;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo2;background:white;vertical-align:baseline">
<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#404040">Expert-level programming skills in C++, C and assembly languages</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#333333;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:18.0pt;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo2;background:white;vertical-align:baseline">
<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#404040">Experience with SW development processes: project planning, version control, bug tracking</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#333333;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:18.0pt;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo2;background:white;vertical-align:baseline">
<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#404040">Excellent teamwork and communication skills</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:18.0pt"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#404040;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in;background:white">The following qualifications are a plus:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#333333">
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#404040">Experience with the implementation of embedded processor development tools</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#333333;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:18.0pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3;background:white;vertical-align:baseline">
<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#404040">Experience with VLIW, Vector or DSP architecture</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#333333;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:18.0pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3;background:white;vertical-align:baseline">
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