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Performance Modeling Software Architect, Platform Architecture

Apple· Hardware Technologies
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Hybrid (Cambridge, Austin, Beaverton, Cupertino, Orlando)$194.7k - $292.4kFull-timePosted 5mo ago

About the role

SOC Performance Modeling Software Architect on the performance team within Apple’s Hardware Technologies organization. Responsible for performance models and infrastructure to enable high-quality data for hardware designs, translating design space studies into software models, and supporting end-to-end performance exploration from early architecture to post-silicon correlation.

Responsibilities

  • Appreciate the good parts of C++, and leveraging the language to maximize the utility of our software models
  • Develop APIs that can be used by non-expert C++ developers
  • Train AI agents and non-expert C++ developers on idiomatic code and methods
  • Help ensure our codebase is structured for effective use with AI-assisted development tools
  • Write clear, self-documenting code with consistent conventions, meaningful naming, and well-organized modules
  • Learn about the state of the art in SoC IP and chip-level architecture
  • Work on data analysis pipelines, visualization methodologies, continuous regression testing
  • Run performance simulations
  • Careful analysis and presentation of simulation results
  • Collaborate with engineers across the organization to translate design space studies into software models
  • Transform hardware execution models into high-performance C++
  • Involve in full life-cycle of performance modeling, from early exploration to post-silicon correlation
  • Ensure simulator performance, maintainability, and flexibility for rapid experimentation

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree
  • Experience in hardware architecture and design issues
  • Experience coding in C++ and Python and binding C++ to other languages
  • Experience with computer architecture and software engineering principles
  • Experience with data structures and algorithms
  • Experience using software models to collect behavioral characteristics, and transforming that data into performance analysis

Skills

Required:C++Pythonmulti-language programming environmentsarchitectural and micro-architectural performance modelingdata analysis and visualization

Benefits

  • Comprehensive medical and dental coverage
  • retirement benefits
  • discounted products and free services
  • reimbursement for certain educational expenses including tuition
  • discretionary bonuses or commission payments potential
  • relocation assistance
  • Apple Employee Stock Purchase Plan eligibility
  • discretionary employee stock units and stock programs
Last updated Jul 24, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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