Power, Performance and Thermal Architect - Platform Architecture

Apple Inc.; Beaverton (OR); On-site; USD 130,000 - 185,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology company is seeking a Power, Performance and Thermal Architect to enhance SoC architecture. The role involves collaboration across teams to optimize power and performance for new platforms. Ideal candidates should possess a B.S. in engineering, substantial experience in computer architecture and power management, along with strong communication skills. This position provides an opportunity to significantly impact the performance of Apple's products while working in a dynamic environment.

Qualifications

• B.S. in Computer Engineering, Computer Science or similar engineering degree.
• Experience with computer architecture.
• Experience with power management.

Responsibilities

• Extend Apple's SoC power, performance and thermal control architecture.
• Partner with architects and engineers to drive high-efficiency system architectures.
• Develop new hardware and software features for maximum system capabilities.

Skills

Computer architecture

Power management

Communication skills

Software performance analysis

Education

B.S. in Computer Engineering

M.S. in Computer Engineering

Job description

Power, Performance and Thermal Architect - Platform Architecture

Imagine what you could do here. At Apple, new ideas have a way of becoming extraordinary products very quickly. Bring passion and dedication to your job, and there’s no telling what we can accomplish together. Do you love crafting elegant solutions to highly complex challenges? Can you intrinsically see the important of every detail?The Platform Architecture Power, Performance and Thermal team enables Apple Silicon to deliver a great user experience while operating under physical limits. Our hardware and software innovations are at the heart of every Apple Watch, iPhone, iPad and Mac. We're looking for an experienced architect to help us expand our capabilities to new and exciting domains.

Description

You will play a key role in taking Apple's SoC performance and efficiency architecture to a whole new level. Working at the intersection of hardware and software, you will influence a wide spectrum of features across Apple's product lineup.

Responsibilities

• Extend Apple's SoC power, performance and thermal control architecture to new platforms and deployment scenarios.
• Partner with SoC and power delivery architects, operating system designers, control system engineers and platform power management stakeholders to drive high-efficiency system architectures.
• Develop and specify new hardware and software features to extract maximum capabilities from systems operating under power, performance and thermal constraints.

Minimum Qualifications

• B.S. in Computer Engineering, Computer Science or similar engineering degree.
• Experience with computer architecture.
• Experience with power management.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• M.S. in Computer Engineering, Computer Science or similar engineering degree.
• 20+ years of relevant industry experience.
• Experience with software performance analysis and optimization.
• Experience with operating system implementation.
• Experience with power delivery control, thermal management and workload scheduling at scale.
• Experience with machine learning workloads.

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Apple accepts applications to this posting on an ongoing basis.