Power, Performance and Thermal Architect - Platform Architecture Team

Apple, Inc.; Beaverton (OR); On-site; USD 180,000 - 280,000; Full time

Job summary

Apple, Inc. in Beaverton, OR seeks an experienced Power, Performance and Thermal Architect to advance its Platform Architecture Team. You will influence cross‑domain SoC PE/thermal control design for Apple devices, integrating hardware and software with a relentless focus on efficiency and performance.

You will collaborate with SoC, power delivery, OS, and platform stakeholders to drive high‑efficiency systems and to deliver innovative features under power and thermal constraints.

Qualifications

• BS in Computer Engineering or CS or equivalent engineering degree.
• Experience with computer architecture.
• Experience with power management.

Responsibilities

• Extend Apple SoC power, performance and thermal control architecture to new platforms and deployment scenarios.
• Partner with SoC and power delivery architects, OS 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 under power, performance and thermal constraints.

Skills

Power management

Computer architecture

SoC performance

Thermal control

Hardware/software co-design

Communication skills

OS implementation

Education

B.S. in Computer Engineering or Computer Science

M.S. in Computer Engineering or Computer Science

Job description

Power, Performance and Thermal Architect - Platform Architecture Team

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.

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.

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