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Performance Modeling Software Engineer, Platform Architecture

Member of the system-on-chip (SOC) performance team, working within the Hardware Technologies organization to shape the architecture of Apple's future devices, focusing on performance models and infrastructure.

  • Austin, Texas, United States +4 more
  • Full-time
  • On-site
  • Posted Nov 14, 2026
INDUSTRYSoftware & InternetSaaS & Enterprise Software

Locations (5)

  • Austin, Texas, United States
  • Beaverton, Oregon, United States
  • Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
  • Cupertino, California, United States
  • Orlando, Florida, United States

Responsibilities

  • Ensure high quality, timely data production to drive world class hardware designs
  • Collaborate with engineers across the organization to translate design space studies into well written software models
  • Transform the hardware execution model into high-performance C++
  • Involve in the full life-cycle of performance modeling, from early architectural exploration to post-silicon correlation
  • Pay close attention to the performance, maintainability, and flexibility of the simulator

Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree
  • Experience in a Hardware architecture

Nice to have: Multi-paradigm software development in C++, Multi-language programming environments, Compiler explorer, Architectural performance modeling

Skills

C++PythonHardware architecture and designComputer architectureSoftware engineering principlesData structures and algorithmsC++Python

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Full description

Summary Imagine what you could do here! At Apple, new ideas have a way of becoming extraordinary products, services, and customer experiences very quickly. Bring passion and dedication to your job and there's no telling what you could accomplish! Join us to help deliver the next groundbreaking Apple product. In this role, you will be a member of the system-on-chip (SOC) performance team, working within the Hardware Technologies organization to shape the architecture of Apple's future devices. Our team initiates and fosters deep collaboration between the SOC architecture, design, power, and software teams, to deliver world-class caches/memory system. The end goal is to provide the best customer experience in the world by enabling all the CPUs, GPUs, Machine Learning, Camera, Display, and Connectivity components on our chips to work seamlessly together. We are seeking an upbeat and highly motivated SOC Performance Modeling SW Engineer to work on our performance models and infrastructure. Description You will be tasked with ensuring Apple's ability to produce high quality, timely data to drive world class hardware designs. You will collaborate with engineers across the organization to translate design space studies into well written software models. You will develop your ability to transform the hardware execution model into high-performance C++. You will be involved with the full life-cycle of performance modeling, from early architectural exploration to post-silicon correlation. Last, but not least, you'll be expected to pay close attention to the performance, maintainability, and flexibility of the simulator, making sure hardware architects can quickly iterate on experiments. Minimum Qualifications Bachelor's degree Experience in hardware architecture and design issues Experience coding in C++ and Python Experience with computer architecture and software engineering principles Experience with data structures and algorithms Preferred Qualifications MS or PhD in CS, EE or related field 10+ years of relevant experience Experience with multi-paradigm software development in C++ Experience with multi-language programming environments, and selecting the right tool or language for the job Experience with compiler explorer and understanding the transformations the compiler is performing on your code Experience thinking about code as something that will be read by both humans and machines, and instituting conventions, structure, and documentation that make a codebase tractable for AI-assisted reasoning and navigation Experience with architectural, micro-architectural performance modeling

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