GPU Performance Modeling Engineer – Platform Architecture

Apple Inc.; Cambridge; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology company in Cambridge is seeking a highly motivated GPU Performance Modeling Engineer to join their Platform Architecture team. This role involves developing and maintaining C++ models for next-generation GPUs and collaborating with design and software teams on innovative GPU features. The ideal candidate has extensive experience in GPU architecture and strong analytical skills. Apple offers a dynamic environment where new ideas quickly become extraordinary products.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience modeling GPUs, CPUs, or similar.
• Experience debugging performance issues and correlating multiple models.
• Understanding of GPU/CPU architectures.

Responsibilities

• Create and maintain a high-performance C++ model of next-generation GPUs.
• Implement modern GPU features like ray tracing and machine learning.
• Collaborate with architects and engineers to assess new hardware/software features.

Skills

C++ coding

Python or Ruby scripting

Data analysis tools (Tableau, pandas, etc.)

Education

MS or PhD in related field

Tools

GPU modeling software

C++ development tools

Job description

GPU Performance Modeling Engineer – Platform Architecture

Imagine what you could do here! At Apple, new ideas have a way of becoming extraordinary products, services, and customer experiences very quickly. Bring passion and dedication to your job and there's no telling what you could accomplish. Dynamic, hard-working people and inspiring, innovative technologies are the norm here. The people who work here have reinvented entire industries with all Apple Hardware products. Join us to help deliver the next groundbreaking Apple product!We are seeking a highly motivated, innovative, and dedicated engineer to join the Platform Architecture GPU Modeling Team; we are a group that is driving advanced exploration for next generation GPU architectures in iPhone, iPad and Mac products. We rely on strong analytical skills and close collaboration to deliver the best overall solution to our customers. In this highly visible role, you will be at the center of a chip design effort working with all disciplines, with a critical impact on getting highly performant products to millions of customers quickly. This is an opportunity to join Apple’s world-class GPU team to collaborate, develop and improve GPU simulators for research, performance analysis, and architectural tuning.

Description

As part of the Platform Architecture GPU Modeling team, you will be working with architecture, design and software partners on the definition and tuning of Apple’s future GPU architectures.The role involves the creation and maintenance of a high-performance C++ model of our next-generation GPUs. Core responsibilities include coding and debugging a performance and functional model of the GPU; implementing modern features such as ray tracing, mesh shading, machine learning, and more. Other responsibilities include working with the team to ensure model accuracy, feature validation and correlating against other models and RTL. You’ll utilize and develop diverse tools for analyzing the substantial amount of data generated by the models.. You will collaborate with experienced architects, modeling engineers, compiler engineers, and software teams to assess the feasibility of new hardware and software features, running performance experiments, analyzing results, and proposing architectural changes.

Minimum Qualifications

• Software skills and ability to write and debug C++ code
• Experience with scripting languages such as Python or Ruby

Preferred Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience modeling GPUs, CPUs, or similar
• MS or PhD degree in related field
• Experience coding components such as processing cores, texturing units, caches, memory hierarchies, etc.
• Understanding of GPU/CPU architectures
• Experience debugging performance issues and correlating multiple models
• Understanding of data analysis tools such as: Tableau, pandas, Excel, matplotlib, etc.
• Experience working with cutting edge graphics applications/games/benchmarks

At Apple, we’re not all the same. And that’s our greatest strength. We draw on the differences in who we are, what we’ve experienced and how we think. Because to create products that serve everyone, we believe in including everyone. Therefore, we are committed to treating all applicants fairly and equally. As a registered Disability Confident employer, we will work with applicants to make any reasonable accommodations. Apple will consider for employment all qualified applicants with criminal backgrounds in a manner consistent with applicable law. Learn more