Performance Modeling Software Architect, Platform Architecture

Apple Inc.; Beaverton (OR); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Apple Inc. in Beaverton, Oregon is seeking a Performance Modeling Software Architect to join their SOC performance team. The role involves developing high-performance C++ models, training AI agents, and collaboration across hardware design teams. Candidates should have a strong background in hardware architecture, experience in C++ and Python, and familiarity with data structures and algorithms. Apple values inclusion and diversity, offering ongoing application acceptance for this position.

Qualifications

• Experience in hardware architecture and design issues.
• Experience coding in C++ and Python and binding C++ to other languages.
• Experience using software models for behavioral analysis.

Responsibilities

• Develop APIs for non-expert C++ developers.
• Train non-expert C++ developers on code and methods.
• Work on data analysis pipelines and visualization methodologies.

Skills

C++

Python

Software Engineering Principles

Data Structures and Algorithms

Education

MS or PhD in CS, EE or related field

Job description

Performance Modeling Software Architect, 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! Join us to help deliver the next groundbreaking Apple product.In this role, you will be a member of the system-on-chip (SOC) performance team, working within the Hardware Technologies organization to shape the architecture of Apple's future devices. Our team initiates and fosters deep collaboration between the SOC architecture, design, power, and software teams, to deliver world-class caches/memory system. The end goal is to provide the best customer experience in the world by enabling all the CPUs, GPUs, Machine Learning, Camera, Display, and Connectivity components on our chips to work seamlessly together.We are seeking an upbeat and highly motivated SOC Performance Modeling SW Architect to work on our performance models and infrastructure.

Description

You will be tasked with ensuring Apple's ability to produce high quality, timely data to drive world class hardware designs. You will collaborate with engineers across the organization to translate design space studies into well written software models. You will develop your ability to transform the hardware execution model into high-performance C++. You will be involved with the full life-cycle of performance modeling, from early architectural exploration to post-silicon correlation. Last, but not least, you'll be expected to pay close attention to the performance, maintainability, and flexibility of the simulator, making sure hardware architects can quickly iterate on experiments.

Responsibilities

• Appreciate the good parts of C++, and leveraging the language to maximize the utility of our software models
• Develop APIs that can be used by non-expert C++ developers
• Train AI agents and non-expert C++ developers on idiomatic code and methods
• Help ensure our codebase is structured for effective use with AI-assisted development tools
• Write clear, self-documenting code with consistent conventions, meaningful naming, and well-organized modules
• Learn about the state of the art in SoC IP and chip-level architecture
• Work on data analysis pipelines, visualization methodologies, continuous regression testing
• Careful analysis and presentation of simulation results

Minimum Qualifications

• Experience in hardware architecture and design issues
• Experience coding in C++ and Python and binding C++ to other languages
• Experience with computer architecture and software engineering principles
• Experience with data structures and algorithms
• Experience using software models to collect behavioral characteristics, and transforming that data into compelling performance analysis

Preferred Qualifications

• MS or PhD in CS, EE or related field
• 20+ years of relevant experience
• Experience with multi-paradigm software development in C++
• Experience with multi-language programming environments, and selecting the right tool or language for the job
• Experience with compiler explorer and understanding the transformations the compiler is performing on your code
• Experience thinking about code as something that will be read by both humans and machines, and instituting conventions, structure, and documentation that make a codebase tractable for AI-assisted reasoning and navigation
• Experience with architectural, micro-architectural performance modeling

Apple is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to inclusion and diversity. We seek to promote equal opportunity for all applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, Veteran status, or other legally protected characteristics. Learn more about your EEO rights as an applicant .

Apple accepts applications to this posting on an ongoing basis.