Performance Analysis Engineer

About the role

As a member of Apple’s Silicon Technologies group, you will help design and manufacture next‑generation, power‑efficient processors. The role focuses on performance analysis and tuning of Apple’s GPU across a range of products, collaborating with hardware and software teams to deliver high‑performance graphics.

Key responsibilities

• Develop performance test plans to validate GPU performance.
• Analyse performance issues using micro‑benchmarks and real‑world content such as games and professional applications.
• Identify hardware and software bottlenecks and propose optimisation solutions.
• Quantify the performance benefit of new features and algorithms implemented in hardware and software.
• Create tools and visualisation techniques to measure, communicate, and improve GPU performance.

Required profile

• Architecture knowledge of at least one major SoC component (GPU, CPU, interconnect, or memory hierarchy).
• Strong hardware and software debugging skills.
• Proven data‑analysis ability to relate performance data to hardware behaviour.
• Experience working in a multi‑site team, planning tasks and meeting deadlines.
• Excellent communication skills and self‑motivation.
• Preferred: prior experience in performance analysis of complex systems, GPU architecture expertise, and knowledge of hardware design trade‑offs.

Required skills

• Python
• C++
• Hardware debugging
• Data analysis
• GPU architecture
• SoC component knowledge
• Performance testing