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Systems Performance Architect - CPU

Apple

Cupertino, California, United States of America
Full-time, Regular
Posted Aug 15, 2025
Onsite

About the role

The Systems Performance Architect will collaborate with Architects to guide hardware performance analysis and modeling across Apple's products and investigate performance and power characteristics of new workloads involving ML, gaming, and professional content creation

Responsibilities

  • Guiding architecture tradeoff decisions at an executive level
  • Interacting with various multi-functional teams to understand, model, and guide development
  • Collaborating with creative professionals to develop new workflows that drive future architecture and product decisions
  • Working with kernel-level and high-level software features
  • Collecting findings from investigations and collaborating with SoC, HW, and SW architecture teams
  • Generating performance projections for future systems
  • Assisting in complex performance debug activities

Requirements

  • MS Degree or PhD in Electrical Engineering or Computer Science or equivalent years of experience
  • Minimum of 5 years of industry experience with system-level performance spanning hardware and software
  • Solid understanding and experience in the CPU Domain computer architecture
  • Strong and proven software development and performance analysis skills
  • Experience with performance on low-level software and computer architecture
  • Passion for software architecture, APIs, and high-performance extensible software

Benefits

  • Comprehensive medical and dental coverage
  • Retirement benefits
  • Discounted products and free services
  • Reimbursement for certain educational expenses
  • Discretionary bonuses or commission payments
  • Relocation assistance

About the Company

Apple is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to inclusion and diversity

Job Details

Salary Range

$181,100 - $318,400/yearly

Location

Cupertino, California, United States of America

Employment Type

Full-time, Regular

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