CPU Performance Engineer, Platform Architecture

Austin, United States of AmericaFull-time2026-10-06 → 2026-11-10

Core

Design and optimize next-generation CPU micro-architectures for Apple devices (iPhone, iPad, Mac) by improving branch prediction, prefetchers, and pipelines.

Role type

Senior IC CPU Performance Engineer (micro-architecture)

Builds

Next-generation CPU architectures for Apple mobile and desktop products

Domain

Consumer electronics / CPU micro-architecture

Required skills

CPU micro-architecture design, performance/power simulation, C/C++ programming, scripting (Perl/Python), single-threaded/multi-threaded workload analysis, simulation environment maintenance

Preferred skills

10+ years industry experience, MS/PhD in EE/CS, data structures/algorithms, software design patterns, SIMD/vector architectures, OS internals, compiler technologies

About Apple

Computers and Electronics Manufacturing194620Cupertino, California, USFounded 1976

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