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# Embedded CPU Performance Architect, Platform Architecture

- **Company:** Apple Inc.
- **Location:** Beaverton, OR, United States
- **Salary:** $216,200.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Apple Products, Computing Platforms, C++ (Programming Language), Computer Engineering, Microarchitecture, Data Structures, Microprocessors, Perl (Programming Language), Python (Programming Language), Object-Oriented Software Development, Scripting, Information Technology
- **Published:** October 8, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.jobmonkeyjobs.com/career/28088753/Embedded-Cpu-Performance-Architect-Platform-Architecture-Oregon-Beaverton-7413

## About the Role

We're looking for a highly motivated and innovative Embedded CPU Architect to join us. In this role, you'll drive performance and efficiency optimization and explore architectural features for Apple's embedded CPUs that power critical functions across Apple's entire product line., BS degree

Experience in CPU and SOC architecture and micro-architecture

Experience with performance simulation environments

Object-oriented programming skills in C/C++

Experience in a scripting language such as Perl or Python

Preferred Qualifications

Expertise in CPU microarchitecture in one or more of the following areas: branch prediction, prefetching, pipeline optimization, datapath, memory hierarchy

20+ years of relevant industry experience

MS or PhD in Electrical or Computer Engineering or Computer Science

Understanding of common data structures and algorithms

Familiarity with SIMD, vector, or accelerator architectures

Understanding of: power-performance trade-offs in CPU designs, system-level power management, and low-power design techniques

Comfortable in an environment of uncertainty and able to navigate through ambiguities

Experience in a research-driven environment

## Description

As an Embedded CPU Performance Architect, you will help define CPUs that are specifically designed for running embedded applications across iPhone, iPad, Mac, and many other Apple products. Your focus will be to seek out areas for improvement in the unique constraints of varied embedded use cases, and model solutions that balance performance, power efficiency, and area.

To do this you will collaborate with experienced CPU designers in micro-architecture and RTL to assess the feasibility of ideas through modeling and refine those ideas to make them implementable. You will also correlate RTL with the CPU performance simulator to ensure that the design meets targets and that the model is accurate. The role requires the analysis of specific workloads across a wide variety of existing and new product categories to identify bottlenecks and opportunities for improvement. We collaborate as a larger CPU architecture and performance team to maintain and improve the simulation and correlation environments to enable data driven decisions and look for ways to boost the productivity of the entire team.