Elite Embedded CPU Architect - Power-Efficient Platform Design

Apple, Inc.; Santa Clara (CA); On-site; USD 216,000 - 325,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Stock options

Relocation

Tuition reimbursement

Medical coverage

Job summary

Apple, Inc. seeks an Embedded CPU Performance Architect to drive performance and efficiency for embedded CPUs across iPhone, iPad, Mac and more. You will work with CPU designers to assess feasibility and refine ideas, bridging RTL, simulators, and workload analysis.

The role emphasizes power-performance trade-offs, architecture exploration, and collaboration in a fast-paced hardware team.

Qualifications

• Experience in CPU and SOC architecture and micro-architecture.
• Experience with performance simulation environments.
• Object-oriented programming in C/C++.
• Scripting in Perl or Python.

Responsibilities

• Define CPUs for embedded apps and evaluate feasibility with designers.
• Model solutions balancing performance, power, and area; correlate RTL with simulations.

Skills

CPU/SOC architecture

Performance modeling

C/C++ programming

Scripting (Perl/Python)

Education

MS or PhD in EE/CS

Tools

C/C++

Perl

Python

Job description

Apple, Inc. seeks an Embedded CPU Performance Architect to drive performance and efficiency for embedded CPUs across iPhone, iPad, Mac and more. You will work with CPU designers to assess feasibility and refine ideas, bridging RTL, simulators, and workload analysis.

The role emphasizes power-performance trade-offs, architecture exploration, and collaboration in a fast-paced hardware team.