Power & Performance Engineer, Platform Architecture

Apple Inc

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$184,700–$324,800 / yr
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156 days ago
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Confirmed live yesterday

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Above market

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This role $255k
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This role pays more than 84% of similar roles. Most pay $169,375–$241,750 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $255k versus about $206k for comparable roles.

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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 Engineer, Platform Architecture

Power & Performance Engineer - Platform Architecture joins the Platform Architecture group to analyze silicon and inform the future roadmap of SoC design and integration. The role involves deprocessing, imaging, and analyzing silicon to extract critical intelligence regarding process technology, circuit design choices, memory architectures, and logic implementation efficiency. Day-to-day responsibilities include coordinating with failure analysis labs and external vendors to execute deprocessing campaigns from chip extraction through transistor-level imaging. Key technical skills required include experience in semiconductor physical analysis such as chemical etch, mechanical polish, pFIB, SEM/TEM/FIB imaging, and EDS characterization. Candidates should be proficient in identifying logic and memory library types, performing quantitative logic utilization analysis, and using Python or shell scripting for area and density estimation. This work addresses the technical challenges of silicon implementation and foundry technology differentiation.

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