Power-Efficient Embedded CPU Performance Engineer

Apple Inc.; Beaverton (OR); On-site; USD 185,000 - 278,000; Full time

Job summary

Apple Inc. seeks an Embedded CPU Performance Engineer within the Platform Architecture group to advance power-efficient CPU performance across Apple devices.

You will push optimization for embedded CPUs powering iPhone, iPad, Mac, and more, balancing performance, power, and area while partnering with experienced designers. Responsibilities include modeling architectures, correlating RTL with performance simulators, and analyzing workloads to identify bottlenecks.

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

• Drive performance and efficiency optimization for embedded CPUs.
• Collaborate with CPU designers in micro-architecture and RTL to assess ideas.
• Correlate RTL with CPU performance simulators to validate targets.
• Analyze workloads across product categories to identify bottlenecks.

Skills

CPU architecture

Performance modeling

C/C++ programming

Python/Perl scripting

Education

MS/PhD in Electrical/Computer Engineering or CS

Tools

Performance simulators

RTL analysis tools

ISA understanding

Job description

Apple Inc. seeks an Embedded CPU Performance Engineer within the Platform Architecture group to advance power-efficient CPU performance across Apple devices.

You will push optimization for embedded CPUs powering iPhone, iPad, Mac, and more, balancing performance, power, and area while partnering with experienced designers. Responsibilities include modeling architectures, correlating RTL with performance simulators, and analyzing workloads to identify bottlenecks.