Drimva

Apple

AI/ML Performance Analysis and Validation Engineer

$150K–$278K

Cupertino, California · Full-time · Posted Aug 28, 2026

Experience
3+ years of industry or research experience.
Education
Technical BS/MS/PhD or equivalent degree in Computer Science or a related field.

About the job

Build and validate performance models for AI/ML applications on Apple Silicon to assess use cases and guide future product and hardware design.

What you'll do

  • Build application and platform models and tools to test future products and project performance.
  • Analyze and validate use cases against performance goals, and interpret performance data.
  • Collaborate across product, hardware, software, firmware, frameworks, and application teams to define future product requirements and present analysis.

What they ask for

  • Technical BS/MS/PhD or equivalent degree in Computer Science or a related field.
  • 3+ years of industry or research experience building performance models and validating AI/ML applications running on dedicated accelerators.
  • Deep understanding of computer architecture, including processing units, interconnects, and memory systems; strong understanding of performance trade-offs in distributed computing systems.
  • Excellent proficiency in Python, strong software engineering skills, and understanding of machine learning fundamentals.

Nice to have

  • Hands-on experience implementing and analyzing AI/ML applications using CNN, transformer, and diffusion architectures.
  • Experience modeling data center architectures or building simulation technologies.

Pay

USD 150,400–USD 277,600 base salary

Tools

Python, PyTorch, JAX, CoreML, CNN, transformer, diffusion models, System-on-Chip (SoC)

AI focus

Model, validate, and analyze the performance of AI/ML applications on dedicated accelerators and Apple Silicon platforms, informing future hardware and product design.

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