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Performance Architect– Platform Architecture

Apple· Hardware
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LondonFull-timePosted 4mo ago

About the role

Join the GPU Performance Modelling Team at Apple to drive exploration of next-generation GPU architectures and micro-architectures. A highly visible role in chip design, collaborating across software and hardware teams to pressure-test ideas, analyze workloads, and help shape the platform direction for Apple’s GPU and SOC.

Responsibilities

  • Research and propose novel ideas that help shape Apple's platform direction
  • Prototype architectural and micro-architectural concepts in our existing C++ performance models
  • Gather, analyze, and validate measured and simulated results to identify bottlenecks and evaluate new ideas
  • Present findings and recommendations to peers and leadership
  • Collaborate with multi-functional teams to turn ideas into shipped architecture

Qualifications

  • Deep expertise in computer architecture and micro-architecture — CPU, GPU, SOC, or adjacent domains
  • Hands-on experience with performance and/or power simulation environments
  • Skilled at analyzing and characterizing complex workloads
  • Familiar with common data structures, algorithms, and design patterns
  • Working knowledge of C++ and Python
  • Comfortable working in uncertain environments and through ambiguity
  • Strong communicator who can influence decisions and negotiate trade-offs

Skills

Required:Computer architecture and micro-architecturePerformance and power simulationWorkload analysisC++PythonCommunication
Last updated Jul 3, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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