Memory Performance Architect, Platform Architecture

Apple • Austin, TX

7h

About The Position

Imagine what you could do here! At Apple, new ideas have a way of becoming
extraordinary products, services, and customer experiences very quickly. Bring
passion and dedication to your job and there's no telling what you could
accomplish. Dynamic, intelligent people and inspiring, innovative technologies
are the norm here. The people who work here have reinvented entire industries
with all Apple Hardware products. The same passion for innovation that goes into
our products also applies to our practices strengthening our commitment to leave
the world better than we found it. Join us to help deliver the next
groundbreaking Apple product. Are you ready to join our team and revolutionize
System-on-Chip development? In this role, you will be a member of a
System-on-Chip (SoC) architecture team, working with hardware and software
engineering groups to shape the architecture of Apple's future devices. The role
will focus on architecture definition, exploration and modeling of the memory
subsystem and studying of the performance/power trade-offs of new DRAM
technologies, as well as tuning the efficiency for different products, such as
Watch, iPhone, Mac, or Vision Pro. We are looking for SoC architects with a
passion to develop and document new and innovative ideas and model them in C++
to demonstrate their value and impact.
You will have responsibilities for developing the SoC level solutions that drive
the architecture of Apple’s future System-on-Chips. Your work will be highly
visible and critical to delivering the best performance and power efficiency in
Apple’s future products. You will be expected to collaborate with all the
hardware and software teams that are part of Apple’s SoC development.

Requirements

• BS degree
• Experience with memory controller techniques for different memory technologies such as DDRx and LPDDRx
• C/C++ programming experience
• Experience with one or more of the following: CPU, GPU, Camera/Video, or Machine Learning hardware accelerator memory access patterns and usage of system caches.

Nice To Haves

• MS or PhD in CS, EE, or related field
• 20+ years of relevant experience
• Knowledge of QoS solutions for SoCs
• Ability to conduct performance architecture and microarchitecture modeling and studies
• Python skills
• Experience contributing to a SoC design project at the micro-architectural or RTL level
• Communication skills
• Expertise in cooperative code development using a revision control system such as GIT

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees