Systems Performance Architect

Beaverton,Oregon,United States

Hardware

The people here at Apple don’t just create products — they create the kind of wonder that’s revolutionized entire industries. It’s the diversity of those people and their ideas that inspires the innovation that runs through everything we do, from amazing technology to industry-leading environmental efforts. Join Apple and help us leave the world better than we found it. Are you excited about the revolution that’s happening with Generative AI and how it can be applied to media and entertainment workflows? Do you also enjoy prototyping innovative solutions both in HW and SW and working on challenging multidisciplinary problems including analyzing micro-architecture and system architecture performance one minute and then analyzing, debugging, and fixing application, OS and framework source code the next? If so, this may be the team for you! The Pro Workflow team (PWF) within Hardware Engineering at Apple is an interdisciplinary group of performance architects and expert content creation professionals drawn from the film production world. The team works directly with PWF creatives to analyze their workflows, looking for opportunities to improve the HW, SW, and applications through optimizations, feature requests, and innovation. Come join us!

Key Qualifications

• 5+ years in a software engineering role with in-depth hardware knowledge.

• Deep understanding of machine learning/AI algorithms (e.g. GANs, VAE-GAN, GPT)

• Deep understanding of operating system fundamentals and performance analysis & debug.

• Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to work cross-functionally from silicon to SW teams.

• Experience rapidly prototyping software solutions from frameworks to applications.

• Passion and desire to learn new things, from deep technical topics to user workflows.

• Developed & shipped or been part of team shipping software related to digital content creation a bonus.

• SOC analysis, modeling, and projections a bonus.

Description

In this role, you will join architects and engineers working on performance solutions by exploring actual production workflows on our hardware. The PWF team has broad influence and reach from SOC architects to SW engineering teams to 3rd party developers and customers. We discover opportunities to enhance and improve customer experiences on current hardware and software by doing real production work. We then use those findings to help make both better in the future. The Pro Workflow team works on; Video, Audio/Music, Photography, and 3D & VFX workflows. We are also exploring how Generative AI models can influence and transform those workflows as well as the future of Apple hardware and software.

Education & Experience

BS or MS in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related degree, or equivalent years of experience.

Additional Requirements

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