The Performance Control Software Engineer role at Apple focuses on measuring, analyzing, and controlling the relationship between power and performance in advanced systems. This position involves studying workloads on Apple silicon and inventing new operating system performance control features. The engineer will work within a multifaceted team to design experiments, create data visualizations, and prototype innovative algorithms. This role offers the opportunity to impact the performance of millions of Apple products globally.

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Electrical and Computer Engineering, or a similar engineering degree.
• Master's degree in Computer Science, Electrical and Computer Engineering, or a similar engineering degree.
• Academic or practical experience with operating system design and implementation.
• Kernel software development experience in C or C++.
• Knowledge of computer architecture and hardware performance monitoring instrumentation.
• Userland software development experience in environments such as C, C++, Swift, or Python.
• Experience with system-level performance profiling, debugging tools, and tracing frameworks.

• Measure and analyze the relationship between power and performance in Apple systems.
• Study the execution of workloads on Apple silicon across all platforms.
• Invent new operating system performance control features based on analysis.
• Design and conduct performance experiments to gather data.
• Create instrumentation and data visualizations to interpret performance metrics.
• Prototype innovative in-kernel performance control algorithms.
• Collaborate with teams ranging from the core operating system to user-facing applications.
• Productize the software that controls the performance of workloads executed 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.