Apple · 1 day ago
AI/ML System Performance Architect - Datacenter
San Francisco, CA
Full-time
Onsite
Mid Level
$147K/yr - $272K/yr
3+ years expApple is a leading technology company known for its innovative products and services. They are seeking a Performance Architect to contribute to the optimization and characterization of future Apple Silicon platforms, focusing on performance modeling and workload analysis in a collaborative environment.
Artificial Intelligence (AI)Digital MediaElectronicsMedia and EntertainmentAppsBroadcastingDigital EntertainmentFoundational AIMobile DevicesOperating SystemsTVWearables
Responsibilities
Workload Characterization: Analyzing key applications and benchmarks to understand their behavior on current Apple Silicon hardware. Identifying instruction mix, memory access patterns, and compute requirements
Performance Modeling: Distilling key system interactions into high-level performance models to project performance for future microarchitectures
Trace & Tool Development: Defining and guiding new methodologies for capturing representative workload traces and developing analysis tools to visualize performance bottlenecks
Cross-Functional Collaboration: Interacting with OS, Compiler, and ML software teams to understand future software trends and guide hardware trade-offs
Validation: Correlating performance models against silicon measurements to continually improve accuracy
Debug: Assisting with complex performance debug activities on pre-silicon and post-silicon platforms
Qualification
Required
Bachelors Degree in EE or Computer Engineering and minimum 3 years of experience in Computer Architecture, performance analysis, or hardware modeling
Understanding of CPU/GPU/NPU microarchitecture concepts (pipelines, caches, coherence, etc.)
Experience in performance analysis and modeling
Preferred
Masters Degree in EE/Computer Engineering or equivalent of relevant working experience is preferred
Experience with workload characterization tools (e.g., hardware performance counters, instruction tracers, profilers)
Prior experience with data center and large-scale cluster systems
Familiarity with Machine Learning workloads (Transformers, CNNs) and frameworks (PyTorch, TensorFlow, CoreML)
Experience correlating simulation results with silicon measurements
Ability to communicate complex technical concepts to diverse audiences across hardware and software teams
Benefits
Comprehensive medical and dental coverage
Retirement benefits
A range of discounted products and free services
Reimbursement for certain educational expenses — including tuition
Discretionary bonuses or commission payments
Relocation
Company
Apple
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