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System Performance Engineer - AI/ML, Platform Architecture joins the Platform Architecture team to ensure performance excellence by benchmarking AI experiences across diverse hardware and software. The role involves curating and defining AI workloads that represent real user experiences, designing experiments to measure metrics, and analyzing system behavior to uncover optimization opportunities across CPU, GPU, Neural Engine, memory, storage, thermals, power, and acoustics. You will translate complex technical analysis into actionable narratives for executive leadership and cross-functional partners. Required skills include experience with software profiling tools like VTune, Nsight, uProf, WPA, and HWInfo; proficiency in Python; and knowledge of macOS, Windows, and Linux. Candidates must have experience with AI/ML frameworks such as PyTorch, TensorFlow, TensorRT/CUDA, and OpenVINO to solve performance challenges related to hardware accelerators, memory bandwidth, and system-level software behavior.
Curate and define AI workloads that represent real user experiences across various market segments.
Design experiments and define metrics to measure and analyze AI performance.
Execute workloads across diverse hardware and software configurations to gather data.
Analyze system behavior to identify optimization opportunities in CPU, GPU, Neural Engine, memory, and storage.
Correlate performance data with underlying hardware/software behaviors including thermals, power, and acoustics.
Translate complex technical analysis into actionable narratives for executive leadership and cross-functional partners.
Monitor and research the latest developments in AI models, frameworks, and hardware accelerators.
What we're looking for
Bachelor's Degree in Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or a related degree.
Experience in performance measurement, analysis, debug, and optimization using software profiling tools like VTune, Nsight, uProf, WPA, or HWInfo.
Experience curating, running, and interpreting AI/ML workloads and benchmarks using frameworks such as PyTorch, TensorFlow, TensorRT/CUDA, or OpenVINO.
10+ years of industry experience in performance analysis (preferred).
Understanding of hardware that accelerates AI/ML, including GPUs, NPUs, and memory and bandwidth factors (preferred).
Understanding of OS fundamentals and system-level performance, including power and thermal profiling tools (preferred).
Proficiency in Python for scripting and automation (preferred).
Knowledge of macOS, Windows, and Linux operating systems (preferred).
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C++
Python
Computer Architecture
Performance Modeling
Data Structures
Algorithms
Compiler Explorer
Regression Testing
Data Analysis
Simulation
Software Engineering
SoC Architecture
C++
Python
Computer Architecture
Performance Modeling
Data Structures
Algorithms
Compiler Explorer
Data Analysis
Regression Testing
Simulation
Software Engineering
SoC Architecture
C++
Python
Computer Architecture
Performance Modeling
Data Structures
Algorithms
Compiler Explorer
Regression Testing
Data Analysis
Simulation
Software Engineering
SoC Architecture