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Media-IP SoC Performance Engineer
AWM-8009-Media-IP SoC Performance Engineer
11/14/2025
11/19/2025
Negotiable
Permanent

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www.apple.com
Cupertino, CA, 95015, USA
Cupertino
California
United States
95015

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Role Number: 200632004-0836

Summary

Do you love crafting elegant solutions to highly complex challenges? Are you a big-picture forward-thinking who understands how each element affects all the others? At Apple, our Architecture group is responsible for connecting our hardware and software into one unified system! Join this team, and you’ll collaborate with engineers across Apple to design how all our technologies work in unison.

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We are looking for a Media-IP SoC Performance Engineer to join our small, dynamic team at Apple. We own the performance models of several complex multi-media IPs that power Apple's SoCs—technology that's central to the customer experience across nearly every Apple product, from Apple Watch and iPhone to iPad, Mac, Vision Pro (AR/VR), and next-generation product lines.

In this highly visible role, you will collaborate closely with cross-functional teams to help define the architecture of new features and optimize trade-offs between performance, power, and area for these Media-IPs using a variety of sources ranging from performance models to released devices. The end goal is to provide data-driven performance architectural insights that provide the best customer experience.

Minimum Qualifications

  • B.S. degree

  • Experience in computer architecture and software engineering

  • Experience in C++ object-oriented software development

Preferred Qualifications

  • M.S. degree

  • Strong understanding of SoC architectures including fabrics, memory systems, QoS, arbitration, and queuing theory

  • Experience with performance model development and analysis, including data analytics, statistics, and applied machine learning

  • Expertise in C++ including latest STL libraries, with strong skills in modular object-oriented software architectures and design patterns

  • Proficiency in Python, Lua, and shell scripting languages

  • Demonstrated problem-solving and analytical skills with ability to tackle complex architectural challenges

  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills with experience presenting technical results to cross-functional audiences

Apple is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to inclusion and diversity. We seek to promote equal opportunity for all applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, Veteran status, or other legally protected characteristics. Learn more about your EEO rights as an applicant (https://www.eeoc.gov/sites/default/files/2023-06/22-088_EEOC_KnowYourRights6.12ScreenRdr.pdf) .

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