CPU Performance Engineer

Job Description

Join Apple in a highly visible role at the center of a chip design effort, impacting the delivery of groundbreaking products to millions of customers.

Requirements

• Minimum BS and 10+ years of relevant industry experience
• Academic or industry experience in CPU performance architecture, micro-architecture design, performance analysis
• Academic or industry experience working in a performance modeling environment
• Academic or industry experience using C/C++

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with software and system teams to identify and profile critical workloads for CPU performance and power
• Develop representative benchmarks for CPU critical workloads
• Capture key workloads for simulation on CPU performance model
• Identify hardware and software performance bottlenecks
• Work closely with Architecture, Micro-Architecture, and RTL teams to identify solutions
• Run and analyze workloads on simulators and prototype devices, develop and automate performance analysis infrastructure

Benefits

• Employees at Apple are often offered comprehensive benefits that support physical and mental well-being—flexible medical plans, confidential counseling, onsite wellness centers at major campuses, and resources for fitness and daily life. Families typically receive fertility support, paid parental leave with gradual return, caregiving leave, and dependent-care guidance, while financial perks commonly include stock grants (with purchase discounts), 401(k) matching, and income-protection coverage. Employees also see robust time off, Apple University learning and tuition reimbursement, donation matching and paid volunteer hours, and deep product and partner discounts.