Performance Control Software Engineer, Platform Architecture

Apple Inc

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Location: Austin, TX
Posted: 3 days ago
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TL;DR · Performance Control Software Engineer, Platform Architecture

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Performance Control Software Engineer - Platform Architecture joins the Platform Architecture team to measure, analyze, and control the relationship between power and performance across advanced systems. This role involves studying workload execution on Apple silicon to invent new operating system performance control features. Day-to-day responsibilities include designing and conducting experiments to characterize execution efficiency under physical constraints like temperature or power delivery, creating instrumentation and data visualizations, and prototyping in-kernel performance control algorithms. The candidate will collaborate with cross-functional teams across processor architecture, silicon engineering, and application software to productize software that manages workload performance. Required skills include kernel software development in C or C++, operating system design, and experience with hardware performance monitoring. Preferred qualifications include proficiency in Swift or Python, data analysis, statistical modeling, and using tools like DTrace, Instruments, or perf for profiling.

Skills

C C++ Swift Python Operating System Design Performance Profiling DTrace Instruments perf Data Visualization Statistical Modeling Power Management Computer Architecture Hardware Performance Monitoring

What you'll do

Design and prototype kernel features related to performance control, power management, and scheduling.
Measure and analyze the relationship between power and performance across Apple silicon platforms.
Conduct experiments to characterize execution efficiency under physical constraints like temperature and power delivery.
Develop instrumentation tools and data visualizations to identify power-performance tradeoffs.
Prototype innovative in-kernel algorithms for performance control.
Productize software that controls workload performance for millions of consumer devices.
Identify opportunities to improve the measurement and control capabilities of Apple silicon.

What we're looking for

BS in Computer Science, Electrical and Computer Engineering, or a similar engineering degree.
Experience with operating system design and implementation.
Kernel software development experience in C or C++.
Minimum of 10 years relevant industry experience (preferred).
MS in Computer Science, Electrical and Computer Engineering, or a similar engineering degree (preferred).
Knowledge of computer architecture and hardware performance monitoring instrumentation (preferred).
Userland software development experience in environments such as C, C++, Swift, or Python (preferred).
Experience with system-level performance profiling, debugging tools, tracing frameworks, data analysis, or statistical modeling (preferred).

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