Apple
CPU Processor Performance Verification Engineer
$129K–$195K
Santa Clara, California · Full-time · Posted Apr 14, 2026
- Experience
- No number of years stated; academic experience is required in a listed area.
- Education
- Minimum BS
About the job
Verifies and tunes CPU performance across pre-silicon models and silicon, collaborating with design, software, OS, and compiler teams.
What you'll do
- Verify CPU performance features and correlate results with performance models before and after silicon.
- Develop performance tests, tools, checkers, and coverage monitors; debug performance issues and tune silicon and software.
- Benchmark and profile CPU performance across silicon, OS, and compiler versions, and present results to cross-functional teams.
What they ask for
- Minimum BS
- Academic experience with performance modeling, processor verification, or RTL design
- Academic experience in digital logic design, CPU architecture, and microarchitecture
- Experience in at least one of: assembly, C/C++, Verilog, or System Verilog
Nice to have
- Experience creating performance test plans and writing or debugging assembly tests for correlation and verification
- Experience in benchmark/workload analysis, CPU profiling, compiler or OS optimization, instruction profiling tools, performance modeling, or silicon validation
Pay
USD $129,300 to $194,700 base salary
Tools
assembly, C/C++, Verilog, System Verilog
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