CPU Performance & Workload Analytics Engineer

Apple Inc.; Austin (TX); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Apple Inc. is seeking a CPU Performance and Workload Analysis Engineer to bridge hardware and software, optimizing workloads on CPUs/SoCs and guiding future CPU roadmaps. You will collaborate with CPU, system, and software teams to drive data-driven optimizations across products.

The role requires deep CPU architecture understanding, strong C/C++ skills, and hands-on experience with performance analysis. It offers a path toward advanced research and impact across Apple devices.

Qualifications

• Experience with CPU architecture and micro-architecture.
• Object-oriented programming with C and C++.
• Experience with CPU performance analysis tools.
• MS or PhD in Electrical or Computer Engineering, or related field.
• 10+ years of relevant experience.
• Knowledge of common performance benchmarks.
• Experience working multi-functionally with people of very diverse backgrounds.
• Demonstrated communication, influence, and negotiation skills.
• Technical documentation skills.
• Knowledge of visual/UI, data analysis frameworks and modern AI tools.
• Knowledge of OS internals and compiler technology.

Responsibilities

• Profile and analyze existing and emerging workloads, bring up in CPU/SOC simulation environment
• Develop and maintain performance and trace analysis tools
• Develop and implement visual extensions to assist with data analysis that can be used internally and also by the various software partners in Apple
• Run and analyze workloads on simulators and prototype devices as well as work on developing and automating performance analysis infrastructure
• Develop domain expertise in emerging fields (ex: ML, AR/VR) in order to both identify hardware advancement opportunities and assist software teams in optimizing for our devices.
• Profile and analyze workload in potential new product areas to help guide CPU roadmap decisions

Skills

CPU architecture

C/C++ programming

CPU performance analysis

Education

MS or PhD in EE/CE or related field

Tools

Performance analysis tools

Job description

Apple Inc. is seeking a CPU Performance and Workload Analysis Engineer to bridge hardware and software, optimizing workloads on CPUs/SoCs and guiding future CPU roadmaps. You will collaborate with CPU, system, and software teams to drive data-driven optimizations across products.

The role requires deep CPU architecture understanding, strong C/C++ skills, and hands-on experience with performance analysis. It offers a path toward advanced research and impact across Apple devices.