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# Power, Performance and Thermal Architect - Platform Architecture Team

- **Company:** Apple Inc.
- **Location:** Beaverton, OR, United States
- **Salary:** $205,400.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Computing Platforms, Computer Engineering, Machine Learning, Information Technology, Software Performance
- **Published:** September 1, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.jobmonkeyjobs.com/career/28018517/Power-Performance-Thermal-Architect-Platform-Architecture-Team-Oregon-Beaverton-7413

## About the Role

B.S. in Computer Engineering, Computer Science or similar engineering degree.

Experience with computer architecture.

Experience with power management.

Preferred Qualifications

M.S. in Computer Engineering, Computer Science or similar engineering degree.

20+ years of relevant industry experience.

Experience with software performance analysis and optimization.

Experience with operating system implementation.

Experience with power delivery control, thermal management and workload scheduling at scale.

Experience with machine learning workloads.

Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

## Description

You will play a key role in taking Apple's SoC performance and efficiency architecture to a whole new level. Working at the intersection of hardware and software, you will influence a wide spectrum of features across Apple's product lineup.

Responsibilities

Extend Apple's SoC power, performance and thermal control architecture to new platforms and deployment scenarios.

Partner with SoC and power delivery architects, operating system designers, control system engineers and platform power management stakeholders to drive high-efficiency system architectures.

Develop and specify new hardware and software features to extract maximum capabilities from systems operating under power, performance and thermal constraints.


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