Apple
CPU Processor Performance Verification Engineer
$185K–$325K
Santa Clara, California · Full-time · Posted Sep 16, 2025
- Experience
- 10+ years of relevant industry experience.
- Education
- Minimum BS.
About the job
Verifies and tunes CPU performance across pre-silicon models and post-silicon systems, collaborating with design, software, OS, and compiler teams.
What you'll do
- Verify CPU performance features and correlate RTL, performance models, and silicon results.
- Develop performance test plans, tests, tools, checkers, and coverage monitors; debug and tune performance issues.
- Benchmark and analyze CPU performance across silicon, OS, and compiler versions, and present results to teams.
What they ask for
- Performance modeling, processor verification, or RTL design experience.
- Experience in digital logic design, CPU architecture, and microarchitecture.
- Experience developing performance test plans and writing or debugging assembly tests for performance correlation and verification.
- Programming skills in assembly, C/C++, Verilog, System Verilog, or scripting.
Nice to have
- Benchmark and workload analysis, CPU performance profiling, or instruction profiling tools on silicon.
- Knowledge of compiler techniques and OS performance optimization; experience modeling advanced CPUs or silicon validation.
Pay
$184,700 and $324,800 (base salary range)
Tools
assembly, C/C++, Verilog, System Verilog
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