Power–Performance Engineer: Kernel & OS Tuning

Apple Inc.; Cupertino (CA); On-site; USD 175,000 - 263,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation

Employee stock purchase plan

Medical and dental coverage

Tuition reimbursement

Job summary

Apple seeks a Performance Control Software Engineer to measure, analyze and control the relationship between power and performance in Apple silicon across platforms. You will design experiments and prototype in‑kernel performance control algorithms, collaborating with OS, silicon and application teams.

Required: BS in Computer Science or Electrical/Computer Engineering, OS design experience and kernel development in C/C++.

Qualifications

• BS in Computer Science, Electrical and Computer Engineering or similar engineering degree.
• Experience with operating system design and implementation.
• Kernel software development experience in C or C++.

Responsibilities

• Participate in the design, prototyping, implementation and code review of kernel features related to performance control, power management and scheduling.
• Design and conduct experiments to characterize execution efficiency and the effects of physical constraints such as temperature or power delivery.
• Use excellent empirical methodology to illuminate power–performance tradeoffs.
• Influence a broad cross-functional audience spanning processor architecture, silicon engineering, system integration, OS development and application software performance evaluation.
• Find opportunities to improve the measurement and control capabilities of Apple silicon.

Skills

Kernel development

C/C++

OS design

Performance monitoring

Data visualization

Education

BS in CS/EE

MS in CS/EE

Tools

DTrace

Instruments

perf

Python

Swift

Job description

Apple seeks a Performance Control Software Engineer to measure, analyze and control the relationship between power and performance in Apple silicon across platforms. You will design experiments and prototype in‑kernel performance control algorithms, collaborating with OS, silicon and application teams.

Required: BS in Computer Science or Electrical/Computer Engineering, OS design experience and kernel development in C/C++.