CPU Processor Performance Verification Specialist
4 weeks ago
At Apple, we're looking for a skilled CPU Processor Performance Verification Specialist to join our team. As a key member of our chip design effort, you'll collaborate with architects, RTL designers, and software developers to ensure the performance of our CPUs meets the highest standards.
Key Responsibilities:
- Verify performance features of chip designs and correlate with performance models
- Work with software developers to identify performance bottlenecks and tune software
- Develop test plans and test infrastructure/tools for performance tuning, correlation, and verification
- Improve and maintain architectural performance models
- Develop tests in assembly, C/C++, or vectors to debug and correlate RTL and performance model
- Develop C or Verilog-based checkers for verifying performance features
- Develop coverage monitors and analyze coverage to ensure all performance features are covered
- Debug performance issues and conduct performance tuning on silicon
- Benchmark, correlate, and compare CPU performance across silicon/OS/compiler versions
- Present CPU performance results to multi-functional teams
Requirements:
- Minimum BS and 10+ years of relevant industry experience
- Performance modeling, processor verification, or RTL design experience
- Knowledge of digital logic design, CPU architecture, and microarchitecture
- Experience in developing performance test plans and writing/debugging assembly tests for performance correlation and verification
- Programming skills in assembly, C/C++, Verilog, System Verilog, or scripting
Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience in benchmark and workload analysis and CPU performance profiling
- Knowledge of compiler techniques and OS for performance optimization
- Knowledge in developing instruction profiling tools on silicon
- Experience in performance modeling for advanced CPU designs
- Experience in silicon validation
- Ability to work across teams to optimize silicon performance
What We Offer:
- Comprehensive medical and dental coverage
- Retirement benefits
- Range of discounted products and free services
- Reimbursement for certain educational expenses
- Discretionary bonuses or commission payments
Apple is an Equal Opportunity Employer:
We take affirmative action to ensure equal opportunity for all applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, Veteran status, or other legally protected characteristics.
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