About the role

What will you do at Apple?

Imagine what you could do here! At Apple, new ideas have a way of becoming

extraordinary products, services, and customer experiences very quickly. Bring

passion and dedication to your job and there's no telling what you could

accomplish!

In this role, you will

be a member of the Platform Architecture
team, working with hardware and software engineering groups to shape the
architecture of Apple's future System-on-Chips (SoC). We are seeking an
energetic and highly motivated SoC performance engineer to drive development of
our on-chip communication interconnect and memory Quality-of-Service features.
DESCRIPTION
You will help create a full-chip C++ simulator for iPhone/iPad/Mac/Watch SoCs.
You will model new, emerging workloads such as Augmented Reality (AR) and
Machine Learning (ML). You will use these models to study a range of performance
and power trade-offs in our SoCs. Your work will be highly visible and critical
for driving architecture improvements in Apple’s future products.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
BS degree C++ programming experience Coursework and/or experience in computer
architecture and the HW/SW stack Coursework and/or experience with performance
modeling and debugging
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
3+ years of relevant experience Examples of substantial HW or SW projects
brought to completion Coursework and/or practical experience with scripting for
automation and data visualization Coursework and/or practical experience with
network-on-chip architecture and design Ability to study a problem in depth,
design experiments, analyze data, and present results Experience with
Cellular/5G modem architecture Communication and documentation skills

Which skills does this role require?

C++Computer architecturePerformance modelingDebuggingSoC architectureQuality-of-serviceMemory architectureHardware-software stackMachine learningAugmented realityCellular modem architectureSoCQoSFabric PerformancePlatform ArchitectureComputer ArchitecturePerformance ModelingAugmented RealityMachine LearningHardwareSoftwareInterconnectMemory

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