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Performance Control Architect - Platform Architecture

Apple· Hardware
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Hybrid (Seattle, WA; Austin, TX; Beaverton, OR; Cupertino, CA; San Diego, CA)$205.4k - $308.5kFull-timePosted 1mo ago

About the role

Performance Control Software Engineer role within Platform Architecture to measure, analyze, and control the relationship between power and performance across Apple Silicon, prototype in-kernel performance control algorithms, and productize software that manages performance for hundreds of millions of Apple products.

Responsibilities

  • Design and conduct experiments to characterize execution efficiency and the effects of physical constraints such as temperature or current limits.
  • Use excellent empirical methodology to illuminate power–performance tradeoffs.
  • Collaborate with and influence a broad cross-functional audience spanning processor architecture, silicon engineering, system integration, OS development and application software performance evaluation.
  • Identify opportunities to improve the measurement and control capabilities of Apple SoCs.
  • Invent new performance control concepts and carry them through prototyping, production implementation and tuning.

Qualifications

  • BS in Computer Science, Electrical and Computer Engineering or similar engineering degree.
  • Experience with operating system design and implementation.
  • System level or low level software development experience in C or C++.
  • MS in Computer Science or Electrical and Computer Engineering or similar engineering degree.
  • Knowledge of computer architecture and hardware performance monitoring instrumentation.
  • Userland software development experience in environments such as C, C++, Swift or Python.
  • Experience with system-level performance profiling, debugging tools, and tracing frameworks (e.g., DTrace, Instruments, perf).
  • Familiarity with data analysis, statistical modeling, or visualization techniques to interpret complex power and performance metrics.

Skills

Required:Power-performance measurementExperiment designCross-functional collaborationC/C++ programming
Nice to have:Scripting/rapid prototypingData analysis and visualization

Benefits

  • Comprehensive medical and dental coverage
  • retirement benefits
  • discounted products and free services
  • reimbursement for certain educational expenses including tuition
  • potential discretionary bonuses or commission payments
  • relocation assistance
  • Apple shareholder opportunities through discretionary employee stock programs
  • Employee Stock Purchase Plan
Last updated Sep 18, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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