GPU Performance Engineer, Platform Architecture

Apple, Inc.; Cupertino (CA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 220,000; Full time

Job summary

Apple Inc. is seeking a highly motivated GPU Performance Engineer to join the Platform Architecture GPU Modeling Team. You will help define and tune high‑performance GPU models for iPhone, iPad and Mac, working with architects, designers and software teams.

You will implement a fast C++ model, validate it against RTL and other models, and apply data analytics to drive architectural decisions. The role emphasizes collaboration, innovation, and delivering insights that inform next‑generation

Qualifications

• Experience writing and debugging C++ code.
• Experience with scripting languages such as Python or Ruby.

Responsibilities

• Develop a high‑performance C++ model of next-generation GPUs.
• Tune architectures and performance for Apple GPU projects.
• Collaborate with architecture, design and software teams to validate models.
• Correlate model results with RTL and other models; analyze data.

Skills

C++

Python

Ruby

Education

MS or PhD in related field

Job description

GPU Performance 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 hardware features such as machine learning for AI, ray tracing, mesh shading, and more. Other responsibilities include working with the team to ensure model accuracy, feature validation and correlating against other models and RTL. You'll develop and utilize diverse tools for analyzing the substantial amount of data generated by the models. The team is in a highly collaborative work environment, and you'll be working 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

• Experience writing and debugging C++ code
• Experience with scripting languages such as Python or Ruby

Preferred Qualifications

• 10+ 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 machine learning and/or graphics applications/games/benchmarks

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