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# System Performance Engineer - AI/ML, Platform Architecture

- **Company:** Apple Inc.
- **Location:** Santa Clara, CA, United States
- **Experience:** Experienced
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Microsoft Windows, Artificial Intelligence, Apple Products, Apple Mac Systems, Computing Platforms, Profiling, Nvidia CUDA, Computer Engineering, Software Debugging, Linux, Python (Programming Language), Tensorflow, Graphics Processing Unit (GPU), Pytorch, Information Technology, TensorRT
- **Published:** August 15, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.techcareers.com/job.asp?id=3354596193&tx=KL7777FFQ&pt=1&aff=0B19D771-A501-4A5E-8338-2A822B784D54&utm_source=Job%20Feed&utm_medium=textkernel&utm_campaign=DE&utm_term=0B19D771-A501-4A5E-8338-2A822B784D54

## About the Role

* Bachelor's Degree in Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or a related degree.
 * Experience in performance measurement, analysis, debug, and optimization using software profiling tools (e.g. VTune, Nsight, uProf, WPA, HWInfo).
 * Experience curating, running, and interpreting AI/ML workloads or benchmarks, and experience with the frameworks and hardware-specific runtimes used (e.g., PyTorch, TensorFlow, TensorRT/CUDA, OpenVINO)., * 3+ years of industry experience in performance analysis.
 * Understanding of the hardware that accelerates AI/ML - GPUs, NPUs, and the memory and bandwidth factors that drive performance - and why they cause performance differences.
 * Understanding of OS fundamentals and system-level performance, including performance, power, and thermal profiling tools.
 * Good communication and presentation skills, with the ability to distill complex analysis for technical and executive audiences.
 * Excellent interpersonal skills; ability to work cross-functionally from silicon to SW teams.
 * Passion and desire to learn new things, from deep technical topics to user workflows.
 * Proficiency in Python for scripting and automation.
 * Knowledge of macOS, Windows, and Linux operating systems.

## Description

As a System Performance Engineer - AI/ML on the Platform Architecture team, you will play a critical role in ensuring the performance excellence of Apple products by benchmarking AI experiences.


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