Apple Neural Engine Performance and Power Engineer

Apple Inc

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Work type
On-site
Location
Sunnyvale, CA
Salary
$184,700–$324,800 / yr
Posted
9 days ago
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Apple Inc. is a multinational technology company known for designing and manufacturing consumer electronics, software, and online services, including the iPhone, Mac, iPad, and App Store. Industry: Consumer Electronics & Software

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TL;DR · Apple Neural Engine Performance and Power Engineer

As an Apple Neural Engine Performance and Power Engineer within the Apple Neural Engine Software team, you will design and implement novel solutions to optimize performance and energy efficiency for generative AI models. Your daily responsibilities include analyzing end-to-end system performance of artificial intelligence applications across various product platforms, identifying bottlenecks across software and hardware architecture, and collaborating with cross-functional teams to develop performant solutions. You will conduct performance profiling, monitoring, and diagnostics using specialized tools while partnering with QA teams to create tests for AI workloads. The role requires proficiency in C or Python, with additional experience in C++, Swift, or Objective-C. Candidates should possess expertise in system performance analysis, data science, and statistical methods to analyze large datasets. Technical focus areas include CNN, transformer, and diffusion model architectures and hardware acceleration.

What you'll do

  • Analyze and optimize end-to-end system performance of AI applications across various Apple product platforms.
  • Identify and resolve performance bottlenecks across both software and hardware architectures.
  • Develop and use specialized tools for performance profiling, monitoring, and diagnostics.
  • Design and implement solutions to improve energy efficiency for generative AI workloads.
  • Create performance and power tests for AI workloads in coordination with QA teams.
  • Analyze large datasets using statistical methods to provide insights on system performance.

What we're looking for

  • BS degree and at least 10 years of experience in system performance analysis.
  • Excellent programming skills in C or Python.
  • MS or PhD in computer science, machine learning, or a related field (preferred).
  • Experience in performance or power architecture, modeling, or validation (preferred).
  • Familiarity with AI networks such as CNN, transformer, and diffusion model architectures (preferred).
  • Proficiency with profiling and optimizing complex software (preferred).
  • Experience with distributed computing or hardware acceleration (preferred).
  • Strong background in data science, statistical methods, and data visualization tools like Tableau (preferred).

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