Power, Performance and Thermal Architect

Apple Inc

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Work type: On-site
Location: San Diego, CA
Salary: $205,400–$308,500 / yr
Posted: 2 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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Power, Performance and Thermal Architect - Platform Architecture Team joins the Platform Architecture team to advance SoC performance and efficiency architecture across a wide spectrum of products. This role involves extending power, performance, and thermal control architectures to new platforms and deployment scenarios while collaborating with SoC architects, operating system designers, and control system engineers to drive high-efficiency system designs. The architect will develop and specify hardware and software features to maximize capabilities under physical constraints. Key technical requirements include expertise in computer architecture, power management, and power delivery control. Preferred skills include experience with software performance analysis, operating system implementation, thermal management, workload scheduling at scale, and machine learning workloads. This role addresses the critical challenge of enabling Apple Silicon to deliver a high-quality user experience while operating under strict physical limits.

Skills

Computer Architecture Power Management Thermal Management SoC Performance Analysis Workload Scheduling Machine Learning Power Delivery Control 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 collaborating with SoC, power delivery, and operating system teams.
Develop and specify new hardware features to maximize capabilities under physical constraints.
Design software features to optimize performance within power and thermal limits.
Analyze and optimize system performance across various Apple product lines.
Manage workload scheduling at scale for complex computing environments.
Implement advanced thermal management and power delivery control systems.

What we're looking for

B.S. in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a similar engineering degree.
Experience with computer architecture.
Experience with power management.
M.S. in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a similar engineering degree (preferred).
20+ years of relevant industry experience (preferred).
Experience with software performance analysis and optimization (preferred).
Experience with operating system implementation (preferred).
Experience with power delivery control, thermal management, workload scheduling at scale, and machine learning workloads (preferred).