Performance Control Software Engineer, Platform Architecture

Apple Inc

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Work type: On-site
Location: Austin, TX
Posted: 101 days ago
Freshness: Confirmed live yesterday
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TL;DR · Performance Control Software Engineer, Platform Architecture

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The Performance Control Software Engineer - Platform Architecture joins the Platform Architecture team to measure, analyze, and control the relationship between power and performance in advanced systems. This role involves studying workload execution on Apple silicon to develop 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 innovative in-kernel performance control algorithms. The engineer will participate in the design, implementation, and code review of kernel features related to scheduling and power management while collaborating across teams from processor architecture to application software. Required skills include experience in operating system design and kernel software development using C or C++, with additional knowledge of computer architecture, hardware performance monitoring instrumentation, and userland development in Swift or Python.

Skills

C C++ Swift Python Operating System Design Power Management Computer Architecture Hardware Performance Monitoring Data Visualization System Integration Instrumentation

What you'll do

Design and prototype kernel features related to performance control, power management, and scheduling.
Conduct experiments to characterize execution efficiency under physical constraints like temperature and power delivery.
Use empirical methodology to identify and analyze power-performance tradeoffs.
Create instrumentation and data visualizations to monitor system behavior.
Develop and prototype innovative in-kernel performance control algorithms.
Productize software that controls the performance of workloads across all Apple platforms.
Identify opportunities to improve measurement and control capabilities for Apple silicon.

What we're looking for

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Electrical and Computer Engineering, or a similar engineering field.
Master's degree in Computer Science, Electrical and Computer Engineering, or a similar engineering field is preferred.
Experience with operating system design and implementation.
Kernel software development experience in C or C++.
Minimum of 10 years of relevant industry experience is preferred.
Knowledge of computer architecture and hardware performance monitoring instrumentation.
Userland software development experience in environments such as C, C++, Swift, or Python.