CPU Performance Engineer, Platform Architecture

Apple Inc.; Beaverton, Northern (OR, KY); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Apple seeks a CPU Performance Engineer focused on CPU micro-architecture to join the Platform Architecture team in Beaverton, Oregon. You will push the boundaries of branch prediction, prefetchers, and CPU pipelines, working with a world-class engineering group.

You will analyze workloads and collect data to validate ideas, collaborate with micro-architecture and RTL designers, and help drive data-driven decisions across the team.

Qualifications

• Experience with CPU architecture and micro-architecture.
• Experience in performance and/or power simulation environments.
• Coding experience including object-oriented programming with C and C++.
• Experience in scripting languages such as Perl or Python.

Responsibilities

• Analyze workloads (single- and multi-threaded) to identify bottlenecks and opportunities for improvement.
• Collaborate with CPU designers in micro-architecture and RTL to assess feasibility of ideas.
• Maintain and improve the simulation environment to enable data-driven decisions across the team.

Skills

CPU architecture

Performance simulation

C/C++ programming

Python/Perl scripting

Education

MS or PhD in Electrical/Computer Engineering or Computer Science

Job description

CPU Performance Engineer, Platform Architecture

Do you have an uncommon desire to seek out and solve exceedingly difficult challenges rather than the easy ones? Do you believe that truly valuable and meaningful accomplishments are the result of pushing the limits of perseverance? Do you believe that a world-class team with relentless drive can surpass even their own high expectations? We do! But we also realize this job isn’t for everyone. What we do isn’t easy but you don’t take the easy path. We are seeking a highly motivated, innovative, and confident individuals to join the CPU Architecture and Performance Team; we are a group that is driving advanced exploration for next generation iPhone, iPad, and Mac CPU architectures!

Description

As a CPU Performance Engineer with a focus on CPU micro-architecture, you will be part of a team that is pushing the boundaries of innovation in the area of branch prediction, code/data prefetchers, novel prediction schemes and CPU pipelines. With others you will seek out areas for improvement while collecting data and measurements that either confirm the idea or rule it out. You will collaborate with experienced CPU designers in micro-architecture and RTL to assess the feasibility of ideas through modeling, refine ideas and model correlation, and seed new ideas. The role requires the analysis of specific single-threaded and multi-threaded workloads across existing and new product categories to identify bottlenecks and opportunities for improvement. We collaborate as a larger CPU architecture and performance team to maintain and improve the simulation environment to enable data driven decisions and look for ways to boost the productivity of the entire team.

Minimum Qualifications

• Experience with CPU architecture and micro-architecture
• Experience in performance and/or power simulation environments
• Coding experience including object-oriented programming with C and C++
• Experience in scripting languages such as Perl or Python

Preferred Qualifications

• 10+ years of relevant industry experience
• MS or PhD in Electrical or Computer Engineering or Computer Science
• Understanding of common data structures and algorithms
• Familiarity with SIMD and vector architectures
• Knowledge of OS internals and compiler technologies
• Comfortable in an environment of uncertainty and able to walk through ambiguities
• Communication, influence and negotiation skills

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