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CPU Performance Engineer, Platform Architecture

Apple· Hardware
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Hybrid (Austin, Texas), Hybrid (Beaverton, Oregon), Hybrid (Cambridge, Massachusetts), Hybrid (Cupertino, California)full-timePosted 3d ago

About the role

CPU Performance Engineer focused on the memory subsystem within the CPU Platform Architecture team, responsible for defining and optimizing CPU and cache micro-architecture, identifying bottlenecks, evaluating improvement ideas, modeling feasibility, and collaborating across CPU/SoC design and RTL to drive next-generation Apple products.

Responsibilities

  • Analyze single-threaded and multi-threaded workloads across existing and new product categories to identify bottlenecks and opportunities for improvement
  • Collaborate with experienced CPU and SoC designers in micro-architecture and RTL to assess feasibility of ideas through modeling
  • Refine ideas and model correlation, and seed new ideas
  • Maintain and improve the simulation environment to enable data-driven decisions
  • Work with the larger CPU architecture and performance team to boost overall team productivity

Qualifications

  • BS degree
  • 3+ years of relevant industry experience
  • MS or PhD in Electrical or Computer Engineering or Computer Science

Skills

Required:CPU and SOC architecturePerformance simulation environmentsC/C++Scripting (Python or Perl)Memory subsystem knowledgeData structures & algorithms
Nice to have:SIMD/vector/accelerator architecturesMP performance
Last updated Oct 23, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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