Apple
CPU Performance Architect, Platform Architecture
$216K–$325K
Austin, Texas +2 · Full-time · Posted Oct 6, 2026
- Location
- Austin, Texas
Beaverton, Oregon
Santa Clara, California - Experience
- 20+ years of relevant industry experience is preferred; no minimum years stated.
- Education
- BS degree; MS or PhD in Electrical or Computer Engineering or Computer Science preferred.
About the job
Develop and evaluate CPU microarchitecture ideas, analyze workloads and bottlenecks, and improve simulation methods for future Apple devices.
What you'll do
- Explore and model CPU performance improvements in areas such as branch prediction, prefetching, and pipeline optimization.
- Analyze single-threaded and multithreaded workloads to identify bottlenecks and opportunities.
- Collaborate with CPU design and implementation teams to assess, refine, and implement ideas within timing, power, and system constraints.
What they ask for
- Experience with CPU architecture and micro-architecture.
- Experience developing performance ideas through microarchitecture knowledge and workload bottleneck analysis.
- Experience working with design and implementation teams on timing, power-efficiency, and system-constraint challenges.
- Experience with performance and/or power simulation environments and scripting languages such as Perl or Python.
Nice to have
- 20+ years of relevant industry experience.
- MS or PhD in Electrical or Computer Engineering or Computer Science.
Pay
$216,200 and $324,800 (base salary range)
Tools
C/C++, Perl, Python
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