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About Apple Inc
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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As a System Performance Engineer within the Workflow Engineering team, you will ensure performance excellence for Mac and iPad systems under development. You will perform in-depth analysis of various workloads ranging from high-level Software APIs to low-level micro-architectural hardware details. Your daily responsibilities include identifying and curating specific workloads representing diverse market segments like gamers and content creators while presenting technical findings to executive leadership alongside cross-functional partners. The role requires expertise in system-level performance across CPU, GPU, DRAM, storage, thermals, power, and acoustics. You will utilize C, C++, and Python to measure, analyze, debug, and optimize systems. This position addresses the critical challenge of optimizing hardware and software integration to improve user experience across various product categories by bridging the gap between technical specifications and real-world usage scenarios.
Perform in-depth performance analysis of workloads from high-level software APIs to low-level micro-architectural hardware details.
Analyze system characteristics including CPU, GPU, DRAM, storage, thermals, power, and acoustics for Mac and iPad systems.
Measure, debug, and optimize system performance across hardware, OS drivers, and applications.
Curate and define a selection of representative workloads for various market segments like gamers and content creators.
Present technical findings and actionable insights to executive leadership and cross-functional partners.
Collaborate with software, hardware, and silicon teams to ensure performance excellence in products under development.
What we're looking for
Bachelor's Degree in EE or Computer Engineering and 2+ years of industry experience in performance analysis across System Architecture.
Hands-on experience in performance measurement, analysis, debug, and optimization.
Experience with power and thermal management technologies and firmware.
Proficiency in C/C++, Python, and the ability to learn new languages as needed.
Master's Degree in EE or Computer Engineering and minimum of 10 years of experience in performance analysis across all of System Architecture (preferred).
Experience in OS, drivers, and framework development (preferred).
Strong interpersonal skills and ability to work with multi-disciplinary teams (preferred).
Good communication and presentation skills (preferred).
C
C++
Objective-C
Metal
Unix
Linux
lldb
gdb
Instruments
Systems Programming
Memory Management
Threading
Concurrency
Data Structures
Algorithms
Operating Systems
Profiling
Command-line Tools
Python
C
C++
Android
Linux
Windows
ARM
SoC
Vulkan
OpenGL
CUDA
Power Management
Performance Analysis
Automation
Memory Hierarchy
System Interconnects
SMMU
GIC
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