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GPU Performance Engineer, Platform Architecture

Apple· Hardware
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Hybrid (Austin, TX)Full-timePosted 5mo ago

About the role

Role within Apple’s Platform Architecture GPU Modeling Team focusing on developing and tuning high-performance GPU models for next-generation architectures across iPhone, iPad, and Mac. Responsible for building and debugging a C++ GPU model, validating features, correlating with RTL, and performing performance analysis and architectural exploration in a highly collaborative environment.

Responsibilities

  • Coding and debugging a performance and functional model of the GPU
  • Implementing modern hardware features such as machine learning for AI, ray tracing, mesh shading, and more
  • Working with the team to ensure model accuracy, feature validation and correlating against other models and RTL
  • Developing and utilizing diverse tools for analyzing large model-generated data
  • Assessing feasibility of new hardware and software features, running performance experiments, analyzing results, and proposing architectural changes
  • Collaborating with architecture, design and software partners on the definition and tuning of Apple’s future GPU architectures

Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree
  • Experience writing and debugging C++ code
  • Experience with scripting languages such as Python or Ruby
  • 10+ years of experience modeling GPUs, CPUs, or similar
  • MS or PhD degree in related field
  • Experience coding components such as processing cores, texturing units, caches, memory hierarchies, etc.
  • Understanding of GPU/CPU architectures
  • Experience debugging performance issues and correlating multiple models
  • Understanding of data analysis tools such as: Tableau, pandas, Excel, matplotlib, etc.
  • Experience working with cutting edge machine learning and/or graphics applications/games/benchmarks
  • Troubleshooting skills

Skills

Required:C++scripting languagesGPU architecture understanding

Benefits

  • Apple is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to inclusion and diversity. We seek to promote equal opportunity for all applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, Veteran status, or other legally protected characteristics.
Last updated Jul 24, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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