Job description

Platform Architecture is looking for a Performance Control Software Engineer to measure, analyze and control the relationship between power and performance in Apple’s most advanced systems. In this position, you will study the execution of workloads on Apple silicon across all Apple platforms and leverage that understanding to invent new operating system performance control features. You will design and conduct performance experiments, create instrumentation and data visualizations, prototype innovative in-kernel performance control algorithms, collaborate with teams ranging from the core operating system through user-facing applications, and productize the software that controls the performance of every workload executed on hundreds of millions of Apple products around the world. BS in Computer Science, Electrical and Computer Engineering or similar engineering degree. Academic or practical experience with operating system design and implementation. MS in Computer Science or Electrical and Computer Engineering or similar engineering degree. Kernel software development experience in C or C++. Knowledge of computer architecture and hardware performance monitoring instrumentation. Userland software development experience in environments such as C, C++, Swift or Python. Experience with system-level performance profiling, debugging tools, and tracing frameworks (e.g., DTrace, Instruments, perf). Familiarity with data analysis, statistical modeling, or visualization techniques to interpret complex power and performance metrics.

Requirements

Must-haves

BS in Computer Science, Electrical and Computer Engineering or similar engineering degree.
Academic or practical experience with operating system design and implementation.
MS in Computer Science or Electrical and Computer Engineering or similar engineering degree.
Kernel software development experience in C or C++.
Knowledge of computer architecture and hardware performance monitoring instrumentation.
Userland software development experience in environments such as C, C++, Swift or Python.
Experience with system-level performance profiling, debugging tools, and tracing frameworks (e.g., DTrace, Instruments, perf).
Familiarity with data analysis, statistical modeling, or visualization techniques to interpret complex power and performance metrics.

Nice-to-haves

None flagged.

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Keywords to mirror

swiftpython

Platform: apple
Effort: medium