The Performance Control Software Engineer will focus on measuring, analyzing, and controlling the relationship between power and performance in Apple's advanced systems. This role involves studying workloads on Apple silicon across all platforms and inventing new operating system performance control features. The engineer will collaborate with various teams, from core operating systems to user-facing applications, to enhance performance control algorithms. This position offers the opportunity to contribute to software that impacts millions of Apple products globally.

• 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++.
• Minimum of 20 years relevant industry experience.
• MS in Computer Science or Electrical and Computer Engineering or a similar engineering degree.
• Knowledge of computer architecture and hardware performance monitoring instrumentation.
• Userland software development experience in environments such as C, C++, Swift, or Python.

• Measure and analyze the relationship between power and performance in Apple systems.
• Study the execution of workloads on Apple silicon across all platforms.
• Design and conduct performance experiments to gather data.
• Create instrumentation and data visualizations for performance analysis.
• Prototype innovative in-kernel performance control algorithms.
• Collaborate with teams to enhance performance control features.
• Productize the software that controls the performance of workloads on Apple products.

• 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.