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AI/ML Performance Analysis and Validation Engineer

Apple· Software and Services
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Cupertino, California$150.4k - $277.6kfull-timePosted 1mo ago

About the role

Performance analysis engineer role within Apple's Silicon Modeling and Development Team to model, analyze, and validate AI/ML performance on Apple Silicon platforms, influencing future hardware and software design.

Responsibilities

  • Build models of applications and platforms, and the associated tools used to test the viability of future products and project their performance.
  • Analyze and validate important use cases on existing products with respect to performance goals.
  • Analyze and reason about performance data.
  • Work on open-ended and challenging issues.
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams including product, hardware architecture, software driver, firmware, frameworks and application teams, to define a vision for future products and present analysis results.
  • Help define technical requirements of Apple's future products.
  • Learn about the state of the art in AI/ML, System-on-Chip (SoC), chip-level architecture, and data centers.

Qualifications

  • Technical BS/MS/PhD or equivalent degree in Computer Science or related field.
  • 3+ years of proven industry or research experience in building performance models and performing validation of AI/ML applications running on dedicated accelerators.
  • Deep understanding of Computer Architecture including processing units, interconnects and memory systems.
  • Strong ability to build models of applications and platforms, characterize their performance and reason about them.
  • Strong understanding of performance trade-offs in distributed computing systems.
  • Excellent proficiency in Python and strong software engineering skills.
  • Good understanding of machine learning fundamentals and familiarity with ML frameworks (PyTorch, JAX, CoreML).
  • Strong data reasoning skills.
  • Excellent communication and collaboration skills.
  • Hands on experience with implementing AI/ML applications with state-of-the-art architectures such as CNN, transformer and diffusion models and analyzing their performance characteristics.
  • Experience in modeling data center architectures.
  • Experience in building simulation technologies.
  • Experience collaborating in large cross functional projects.

Skills

Required:PythonMachine Learning fundamentalsML frameworksComputer Architecture

Benefits

  • Comprehensive medical and dental coverage
  • retirement benefits
  • range of discounted products and free services
  • reimbursement for certain educational expenses including tuition
  • discretionary bonuses or commission payments as well as relocation (eligibility varies)
  • Apple shareholder opportunities through stock programs
  • Employee Stock Purchase Plan
Last updated Sep 4, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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