Apple
GPU Performance Engineer, Platform Architecture
$166K–$325K
Austin, Texas +3 · Full-time · Posted Apr 25, 2026
- Location
- Austin, Texas
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Cupertino, California
San Diego, California - Experience
- 10+ years preferred; no minimum years specified.
- Education
- Bachelor’s degree; MS or PhD in a related field preferred.
About the job
Develop and maintain high-performance GPU models and simulators to evaluate, validate, and tune future Apple GPU architectures.
What you'll do
- Code and debug functional and performance models of next-generation GPUs, including modern hardware features.
- Validate model accuracy and correlate results against other models and RTL; analyze model-generated data.
- Run performance experiments with architecture, design, and software partners and propose architectural changes.
What they ask for
- Bachelor’s degree
- Experience writing and debugging C++ code
- Experience with scripting languages such as Python or Ruby
Nice to have
- 10+ years of experience modeling GPUs, CPUs, or similar
- MS or PhD degree in related field; GPU/CPU architecture knowledge and experience with modeling components, performance analysis, data tools, or machine learning and graphics workloads
Pay
USD $175,000 to $308,500 base salary; USD $184,700 to $324,800 base salary; USD $165,800 to $292,400 base salary
Tools
C++, Python, Ruby, Tableau, pandas, Excel, matplotlib
AI focus
Implement GPU hardware features including machine learning for AI; assess feasibility of machine learning applications and workloads.
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