CPU Performance Architect

6 days ago

Austin, Texas, United States Apple Full time

CPU Performance Engineer Role

Austin,Texas,United States

Hardware


At Apple, new ideas have a way of becoming extraordinary products, services, and customer experiences very quickly.

Bring passion and dedication to your job and there's no telling what you could accomplish. Dynamic, hard-working people and inspiring, innovative technologies are the norm here. The people who work here have reinvented entire industries with all Apple Hardware products.

The same passion for innovation that goes into our products also applies to our practices strengthening our commitment to leave the world better than we found it.

In this highly visible role, you will be at the center of a chip design effort working with all disciplines, with a critical impact on getting functional products to millions of customers quickly.

Description

  • Collaborate with software and system teams to identify and profile critical workloads for CPU performance and power
  • Develop representative benchmarks for CPU critical workloads
  • Capture key workloads for simulation on CPU performance model
  • Identify hardware and software performance bottlenecks
  • Work closely with the Architecture, Micro-Architecture, and RTL teams in identification of solutions
  • Run and analyze workloads on simulators and prototype devices as well as work on developing and automating performance analysis infrastructure
Minimum Qualifications

Minimum BS and 10+ years of relevant industry experience

Academic or industry experience in CPU performance architecture, micro-architecture design, performance analysis

Academic or industry experience working in a performance modeling environment

Academic or industry experience using C/C+ Key Qualifications

Preferred Qualifications

Bachelor of Science or Engineering in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or Computer Science

Proficiency in scripting languages including Perl and Python

Knowledge and experience with common performance benchmarks and workloads

Knowledge of OS internals and compiler technology a plus

Ability to problem solve and prove your own ideas

Education & Experience

Additional Requirements

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