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Apple Data Center Cluster Architect 
United States, California, Cupertino 
527714376

21.04.2025
As a technical specialist, negotiate and document the solution details of the infrastructure from a physical, electrical, and logical perceptive of compute clusters within the datacenter. Collaborate and leverage domain expertise knowledge to provide guidance, and leadership to cross-functional engineering teams to integrate cluster network architectures into overall system architecture to ensure efficient data flow, impact product definitions, and meet scalability requirements.Define the rack and cluster capabilities, configurations, and scale out requirements to support the deployment of dense compute and specialty compute workloads and applications, including but not limited to the following: Pathfinding on novel cluster architecture choices with a broad group of architects and system engineers, networking, technical leads, and HW/SW stakeholders.Creating optimized network designs for large-scale AI/ML clusters considering factors like bandwidth, latency, and scalability. Influencing networking hardware and software components selection for the cluster, including switches, adapters, and protocols.Analyzing network traffic patterns and implementing strategies to improve data transfer speeds within the cluster for target topologies and choice configurations.Collaborate with mechanical, physical, electrical, thermal, power, networking, OS, SW, datacenter infrastructure stakeholders for performant scalable deployments. Be innovative and curious. Explore and champion new product-level features and workflows.Define, develop and utilize tools, scripts, automation and methods of system analysis for performance of compute clusters within a DC environment. Mentor junior engineers to best practices and data-driven processesThe role may require occasional domestic and international travel.
  • BS/MS in Electrical Engineering or equivalent with 10+ years of relevant industry experience.
  • Possesses strong technical breadth across several computer subsystem technologies, e.g., CPU, GPU, TPU, storage, memory, power delivery, power management, high speed networking, I/O, thermal management.
  • Has core competence and subject matter expertise architecting complex system architectures for general purpose compute, or specialty compute (GPUs, TPUs) systems running datacenter workloads for AI/ML applications.
  • Comprehends the roles of HW/FW/SW layers and how they interact in system design.
  • Ability to create, review and approve engineering requirement specification documents
  • Possesses functional experience in defining and deploying datacenter cluster networking architectures over highly dense mesh networks and interconnected nodes for AI/ML based workloads.
  • Detailed knowledge of network protocols, expertise in Ethernet, Infiniband, RoCE, UE, UAL, or other relevant networking protocols.
  • Has strong analytical, verbal, written, and communication skills. Ability to summarize and effectively communicate technical issues and actions to key stakeholders and leadership teams
Note: Apple benefit, compensation and employee stock programs are subject to eligibility requirements and other terms of the applicable plan or program.