Embedded CPU Performance Engineer, Platform Architecture

Apple Inc

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Work type: On-site
Location: Santa Clara, CA
Salary: $184,700–$277,600 / yr
Posted: 5 days ago
Freshness: Confirmed live yesterday
Nearby: 99+ roles within 25 mi

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TL;DR · Embedded CPU Performance Engineer, Platform Architecture

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The Embedded CPU Performance Engineer, Platform Architecture joins the CPU Platform Architecture team to drive performance and efficiency optimization for embedded CPUs. This role involves defining CPUs specifically designed for embedded applications across various product categories by modeling solutions that balance performance, power efficiency, and area. Day-to-day responsibilities include collaborating with micro-architecture and RTL designers to assess feasibility, correlating RTL with CPU performance simulators, and analyzing specific workloads to identify bottlenecks. The position requires expertise in CPU and SOC architecture, performance simulation environments, and object-oriented programming in C/C++. Candidates should also possess scripting skills in Perl or Python. The work focuses on solving power-performance trade-offs and low-power design techniques for critical functions within a research-driven environment.

Skills

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

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 with CPU performance simulators to ensure designs meet performance targets.
Analyze specific workloads across product categories to identify bottlenecks and improvement opportunities.
Maintain and improve simulation and correlation environments to enable data-driven decisions.
Explore architectural features to optimize power-efficient CPU performance.

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)
10+ years of relevant industry experience (preferred)
MS or PhD in Electrical or Computer Engineering or Computer Science (preferred)

CPU Performance Engineer, Platform Architecture

Apple Inc

Beaverton, OR 5 days ago

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