Embedded CPU Performance Architect

Apple Inc

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Work type: On-site
Location: Beaverton, OR
Posted: 5 days ago
Freshness: Confirmed live yesterday
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TL;DR · Embedded CPU Performance Architect

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The Embedded CPU Performance Architect, Platform Architecture joins the CPU Platform Architecture team to drive performance and efficiency optimization for embedded CPUs across various product lines. This role involves defining CPUs specifically designed for embedded applications by identifying improvement areas within unique constraints and modeling solutions that balance performance, power efficiency, and area. Day-to-day responsibilities include collaborating with micro-architecture and RTL designers to assess feasibility, refining ideas for implementation, and correlating RTL with CPU performance simulators. The position requires analyzing specific workloads to identify bottlenecks and maintaining simulation and correlation environments. Candidates must possess experience in CPU and SOC architecture, performance simulation environments, and object-oriented programming in C/C++. Proficiency in scripting languages like Perl or Python is required to support data-driven architectural decisions.

Skills

CPU Microarchitecture SoC Architecture RTL C++ C Python Perl Performance Modeling Power Modeling SIMD Branch Prediction Pipeline Optimization Memory Hierarchy Data Structures Algorithms Workload Analysis Accelerator Architectures

What you'll do

Define CPU architectures specifically designed for embedded applications across various Apple products.
Model architectural solutions that balance performance, power efficiency, and area constraints.
Assess the feasibility of micro-architecture and RTL ideas through detailed modeling.
Correlate RTL designs with CPU performance simulators to ensure targets are met.
Analyze specific workloads across product categories to identify performance bottlenecks.
Maintain and improve simulation and correlation environments to enable data-driven decisions.
Explore architectural features to optimize power-efficient CPU performance for critical functions.

What we're looking for

Experience in CPU and SOC architecture and micro-architecture
Experience with performance simulation environments
Object-oriented programming skills in C/C++
Experience in a scripting language such as Perl or Python
Expertise in CPU microarchitecture in branch prediction, prefetching, pipeline optimization, datapath, or memory hierarchy (preferred)
20+ years of relevant industry experience (preferred)
MS or PhD in Electrical or Computer Engineering or Computer Science (preferred)