Analysis Engineer

Overview

Summary
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As part of our Silicon Technologies group, you’ll help design and manufacture our next-generation, high-performance, power-efficient processor, system-on-chip (SoC). You’ll ensure Apple products and services can seamlessly handle the tasks that make them beloved by millions. Joining this group means you will be crafting and building the technology that fuels Apple’s devices. Together, we enable our customers to do all the things they love with their devices.

In this role, you will be responsible for performance analysis and tuning of the GPU as used in a variety of Apple products. As a member of the Performance Analysis team, you will collaborate closely with other GPU Design and Software Engineers to analyse and improve the performance of Apple’s GPUs. GPU performance analysis includes all levels of its stack: architecture, micro-architecture, logic design, compiler, driver, and applications.

The team innovates to rapidly develop new ways of analysing data and visualisation techniques to aid in the analysis of performance data. You will not only be responsible for providing results but also understanding the performance and proposing potential optimisations. This is a high-visibility role with opportunity to influence performance across the GPU and have far reaching impact for a variety of Apple products.

• Developing performance test plans to validate GPU performance
• Analysing performance issues using micro benches and real-life content (games, pro-apps etc) to identify hardware and software problems
• Interacting with architecture, software and hardware engineers to identify bottlenecks and propose novel solutions for improved GPU performance
• Developing studies to understand and quantify the performance benefit of features and algorithms implemented in hardware and software
• Developing tools to aid in the efficient measurement, communication and improvement of GPU performance

• Architecture knowledge of at least one of the main SoC components (GPU, CPU, Interconnect & Memory hierarchy)
• Strong hardware and software debug skills
• Strong data analysis skills: able to relate performance data to HW architecture and behaviour
• Knowledge of Python and/or C++
• Ability to work well in a multi-site team, capable of planning your own tasks, estimating deadlines and meeting schedules
• Excellent communication skills, self-motivated and well organized
• Knowledge of hardware design

• Previous experience in performance analysis of complex systems and understanding trade-offs
• Experience in GPU architecture
• Experience with System Verilog and simulation/emulation tools

At Apple, we’re not all the same. And that’s our greatest strength. We draw on the differences in who we are, what we’ve experienced and how we think. Because to create products that serve everyone, we believe in including everyone. Therefore, we are committed to treating all applicants fairly and equally. As a registered Disability Confident employer, we will work with applicants to make any reasonable accommodations.

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