Power, Performance and Thermal Architect - Platform Architecture Team

Socket.dev; Beaverton (OR); On-site; USD 240,000 - 360,000; Full time

Job summary

Apple is seeking an experienced architect to expand the capabilities of its SoC performance and efficiency architecture. The role sits at the intersection of hardware and software, shaping features across Apple’s product lineup and influencing workloads, power delivery, thermals and scheduling at scale.

Ideal candidates hold a strong background in computer engineering or computer science, with extensive experience in architecture, performance analysis and OS implementation, and a track record of

Qualifications

• Must have a B.S. in Computer Engineering, Computer Science or similar engineering degree.
• Must have experience with computer architecture and power management.
• Preferred: M.S. in Computer Engineering or Computer Science; 20+ years of industry experience; experience with software performance analysis and optimization; experience with operating system implementation; power delivery control, thermal management and workload scheduling at scale; machine learning workloads.

Responsibilities

• Take Apple's SoC performance and efficiency architecture to a new level across hardware and software domains.
• Influence features across Apple product lineup by working at the intersection of hardware and software.

Skills

Computer architecture

Power management

Performance analysis

OS implementation

Education

B.S. in Computer Engineering/CS

M.S. in Computer Engineering/CS

Job description

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.

Minimum Qualifications

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

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.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.