Apple
Embedded CPU Performance Architect, Platform Architecture
$216K–$325K
Beaverton, Oregon +1 · Full-time · Posted Oct 6, 2026
- Location
- Beaverton, Oregon
Santa Clara, California - Experience
- 20+ years of relevant industry experience preferred.
- Education
- BS degree
About the job
Architect and optimize Apple embedded CPUs by analyzing workloads, modeling performance and power trade-offs, and validating designs against RTL and performance simulators.
What you'll do
- Identify workload bottlenecks and architectural opportunities across embedded product categories.
- Model and refine CPU architecture ideas with microarchitecture and RTL designers, balancing performance, power, and area.
- Correlate RTL with the CPU performance simulator and improve simulation and correlation environments.
What they ask for
- BS degree
- Experience in CPU and SOC architecture and micro-architecture
- Experience with performance simulation environments
- Object-oriented programming skills in C/C++; scripting experience in Perl or Python
Nice to have
- Expertise in CPU microarchitecture, such as branch prediction, prefetching, pipeline optimization, datapath, or memory hierarchy
- MS or PhD in Electrical or Computer Engineering or Computer Science; familiarity with SIMD, vector, or accelerator architectures
Pay
$216,200 and $324,800 (base salary)
Tools
C/C++, Perl, Python
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