Apple
Media-IP SoC Performance Architect, Platform Architecture
$216K–$325K
Cupertino, California · Full-time · Posted Oct 21, 2026
- Experience
- Preferred: 20+ years of relevant industry experience with an MS/PhD.
- Education
- Bachelor’s degree; MS/PhD preferred.
About the job
Develop and analyze performance models for media IPs in Apple SoCs, delivering architectural insights that balance performance, power, and area.
What you'll do
- Plan, implement, validate, and correlate high-level C++ performance models with cross-functional teams.
- Develop tools to analyze and visualize performance data, using data science and machine learning techniques.
- Analyze product traces and simulate Media use cases to provide performance and power feedback and inform architectural decisions.
What they ask for
- Bachelor’s degree
- Experience with computer architecture and software engineering principles
- Experience in C++ object-oriented software development
Nice to have
- Strong understanding of SoC architectures, including fabrics, memory systems, QoS, arbitration, and queuing theory
- Experience with performance modeling and analysis, including data analytics, statistics, and applied machine learning
Pay
$216,200 and $324,800 (base salary)
Tools
C++, Python, Lua
AI focus
Apply machine learning techniques to performance data to provide architectural insights.
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