Apple Silicon GPU Driver Engineer - Performance, Graphics, Games, and ML

Apple Inc

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Work type: On-site
Location: Cupertino, CA
Salary: $147,400–$272,100 / yr
Posted: 2 days ago
Nearby: 99+ roles within 25 mi

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TL;DR · Apple Silicon GPU Driver Engineer - Performance, Graphics, Games, and ML

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Join the Apple Silicon GPU Driver Performance team as an experienced engineer responsible for enhancing GPU performance across various domains, including AI/ML, GPGPU, gaming, and rendering. You will collaborate with hardware and software teams to define roadmaps that deliver superior performance and profiling capabilities, develop tools for internal and external developers, and optimize applications on Apple platforms. Ideal candidates possess deep expertise in GPU architecture and programming models, proficient C/C++ skills, and experience with Metal, DirectX, Vulkan, CUDA, Direct Compute, OpenGL, or OpenCL. Strong problem-solving, debugging, and communication abilities are essential, as is a passion for achieving peak performance through detailed analysis and optimization at the algorithm, shader, and driver levels.

Skills

C/C++ Metal DirectX Vulkan CUDA OpenGL OpenCL GPU programming Performance analysis System debugging Software design Device drivers CPU architecture GPU architecture Game development AI/ML GPGPU Rendering workloads

What you'll do

Driving GPU performance analysis across AI/ML, GPGPU, gaming, and rendering workloads.
Defining and driving roadmaps for best-in-class GPU performance and profiling capabilities.
Developing tools and frameworks to support performance analysis for Apple Silicon GPUs.
Optimizing GPU applications, algorithms, and shaders with internal and external developers.
Collaborating with hardware and software teams on GPU feature and architectural roadmaps.

What we're looking for

Expertise in C/C++ programming and GPU programming with Metal, DirectX, Vulkan, CUDA, Direct Compute, OpenGL, or OpenCL.
Proven ability to diagnose and resolve complex GPU performance issues.
Strong software design and problem-solving skills for system debugging.
Excellent communication skills for explaining technical details across various audiences.
Technical degree (BS/MS) in a relevant field such as Computer Science or Engineering.
Experience developing device drivers for high-performance hardware systems.
Deep understanding of CPU or GPU architectures, including low-level details.