SoC Power & Performance Architect

Apple Inc.; Santa Clara (CA); On-site; USD 185,000 - 325,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical coverage

Employee stock purchase plan

Tuition reimbursement

Relocation assistance

Job summary

Apple Inc. in Santa Clara, California is seeking an experienced Power & Performance Hardware Engineer to analyze SoC power and performance across CPU, GPU, and other subsystems.

You will work with cross-functional teams to drive benchmarks, automate measurements, and inform future hardware/software optimizations. The role focuses on collecting data, configuring devices, and identifying performance limitations to guide Apple’s hardware and software improvements, with a strong emphasis on

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related quantitative field (or equivalent practical experience)
• Experience using benchmark software tools to accurately measure system performance
• Experience with Python and shell scripting
• Experience with modern consumer electronics devices, SoCs and multiple operating systems

Responsibilities

• Collect and analyze power and performance data across a broad range of devices and workloads
• Understand new and emerging software workloads, develop procedures and automation for measuring power and performance
• Set up and configure new devices and software to enable accurate and repeatable benchmarking
• Disassembling/reassembling of consumer devices while preserving functionality and thermal properties
• Debugging and troubleshooting of desktop and mobile devices

Skills

SoC Architecture

Power analysis

Python scripting

Shell scripting

Benchmark tools

Hardware-software co-design

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/CE/EE

Tools

Power measurement tools

Job description

Apple Inc. in Santa Clara, California is seeking an experienced Power & Performance Hardware Engineer to analyze SoC power and performance across CPU, GPU, and other subsystems.

You will work with cross-functional teams to drive benchmarks, automate measurements, and inform future hardware/software optimizations. The role focuses on collecting data, configuring devices, and identifying performance limitations to guide Apple’s hardware and software improvements, with a strong emphasis on