Power, Performance and Thermal Architect

Apple Inc

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Work type: On-site
Location: Cupertino, CA
Salary: $216,200–$324,800 / yr
Posted: 148 days ago
Freshness: Confirmed live yesterday
Nearby: 99+ roles within 25 mi

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Apple Inc. is a multinational technology company known for designing and manufacturing consumer electronics, software, and online services, including the iPhone, Mac, iPad, and App Store. Industry: Consumer Electronics & Software

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TL;DR · Power, Performance and Thermal Architect

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The Power, Performance and Thermal Architect - Platform Architecture joins the Platform Architecture team to advance SoC performance and efficiency across a wide spectrum of products. This role involves extending power, performance, and thermal control architecture to new platforms and deployment scenarios while collaborating with SoC architects, operating system designers, and control system engineers. The architect will develop and specify hardware and software features designed to maximize capabilities under physical constraints. Key technical competencies include computer architecture, power management, software performance analysis, optimization, operating system implementation, power delivery control, thermal management, workload scheduling at scale, and machine learning workloads. This position focuses on the critical intersection of hardware and software to solve complex problems related to maintaining high-efficiency system architectures while navigating the inherent physical limits of mobile and desktop computing environments.

Skills

Computer Architecture Power Management Thermal Management SoC Performance Analysis Workload Scheduling Machine Learning Power Delivery System Architecture

What you'll do

Extend SoC power, performance, and thermal control architecture to new platforms and deployment scenarios.
Drive high-efficiency system architectures by partnering with SoC, power delivery, and operating system designers.
Develop and specify new hardware features to maximize capabilities under physical constraints.
Design software features to optimize performance within power and thermal limits.
Manage workload scheduling at scale for complex computing environments.
Implement advanced power management and thermal management strategies across the product lineup.

What we're looking for

Bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a similar engineering field.
Master's degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a similar engineering field is preferred.
Experience with computer architecture.
Experience with power management.
20+ years of relevant industry experience.
Experience with software performance analysis and optimization.
Experience with operating system implementation.
Experience with power delivery control, thermal management, workload scheduling at scale, and machine learning workloads.