Apple
Performance Control Architect - Platform Architecture
$205K–$325K
Austin, Texas +4 · Full-time · Posted Sep 16, 2026
- Location
- Austin, Texas
Beaverton, Oregon
Cupertino, California
San Diego, California
Seattle, Washington - Experience
- Minimum of 20 years relevant industry experience (preferred qualification).
- Education
- BS in Computer Science, Electrical and Computer Engineering, or similar engineering degree; MS in a related field preferred.
About the job
Measures and analyzes power-performance behavior on Apple silicon, then designs and productizes operating-system performance controls across Apple platforms.
What you'll do
- Design and conduct experiments to characterize execution efficiency and physical constraints, and analyze power-performance tradeoffs.
- Develop instrumentation, visualizations, and performance-control concepts, taking them from prototype through production and tuning.
- Collaborate across processor architecture, silicon engineering, system integration, operating systems, and application performance teams.
What they ask for
- BS in Computer Science, Electrical and Computer Engineering, or a similar engineering degree.
- Experience with operating system design and implementation.
- System-level or low-level software development experience in C or C++.
Nice to have
- MS in Computer Science, Electrical and Computer Engineering, or a similar engineering degree.
- Knowledge of computer architecture, hardware performance monitoring, profiling and tracing, or data analysis and visualization.
Pay
$205,400 and $308,500 USD base salary; $216,200 and $324,800 USD base salary
Tools
C, C++, Swift, Python, DTrace, Instruments, perf
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