SOC Performance Engineer, Platform Architecture
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In this role, you will be a member of the system-on-chip (SOC) performance team, working within the Hardware Technologies organization to shape the architecture of Apple's future devices. Our team initiates and fosters deep collaboration between the SOC architecture, design, power, and software teams, to deliver world-class network-on-chip and caches/memory system quality-of-service. The end goal is to provide the best customer experience in the world by enabling all the CPUs, GPUs, Machine Learning, Camera, Display, and Connectivity components on our chips to work seamlessly together.
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We are seeking an upbeat and highly motivated SOC Performance Engineer to drive the architectural validation and design correlation of our software-based performance model.
Description
You will help define the comprehensive performance test plan, systematic test methodology, and develop novel infrastructure for the software simulator for iPhone/iPad/Mac/Apple Watch SoCs. The team pushes the system to its limits to help find and fix architectural and micro-architectural issues. Your data shall contribute to product performance and power trade-off decisions in our SoCs. This role will be highly visible and critical for driving architecture improvements in Apple's future products.","responsibilities":"Learning about the state of the art in SoC IP and chip-level architecture
Defining test plans and test planning methodology
Definition and implementation of validation infrastructure like performance monitors, behavioral checkers, state space coverage
Working on data analysis pipelines, visualization methodologies, continuous regression testing
Running performance simulation of future applications
Careful analysis and presentation of simulation results
Tuning and validating future SoC HW/SW for the best user experience
Interface and collaboration with cross-functional teams: architecture, hardware and software teams for collaborative debug, and correlation studies
Preferred Qualifications
MS or PhD in CS, EE or related field
3+ years of relevant experience
Architectural research or embedded systems projects
Experience with micro-architectural performance modeling and architectural exploration
Experience with architectural, micro-architectural validation and performance correlation
Experience with on-chip interconnect fabrics, caches, and memory/DRAM controllers, quality-of-service architecture
Ability to study a problem in depth, design experiments, analyze data, and present results
Minimum Qualifications
Bachelor's degree
Knowledge of computer architecture and software engineering principles
Experience with data structures and algorithms
Programming skills in C, C++ or equivalent languages
Experience with scripting languages like Python, Perl, Lua, Bash
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