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Apple CPU Processor Performance Verification Engineer United States, California, Cupertino 71193675
04.04.2024
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Key Qualifications
- Minimum BS and 3+ years of relevant industry experience.
- The ideal candidate should have performance modeling, processor verification, or RTL design experience
- In-depth knowledge of digital logic design, CPU architecture and microarchitecture
- Experience in performance modeling for advanced CPU designs
- Experience in developing performance test plans and writing/debugging assembly tests for performance correlation and verification
- Good programming skills in assembly, C/C++, Verilog, System Verilog, and scripting
- Proven experience in benchmarks and workload analysis
- Experience in CPU performance profiling
- Good knowledge in compiler techniques and OS for performance optimization
- Proven knowledge with developing instruction profiling tools on silicon
- Ability to work across teams to optimize silicon performance
- Experience in silicon validation is a plus
- Should be a great teammate with excellent communication and presentation skills and able to work independently on the owned unit
Description
As a Chip Performance Engineer owning the verification of a certain area of performance features in a chip design, you will have responsibilities as follows:• Work closely with architects and RTL designers on verifying the performance features of the design and correlating with performance models (both pre-silicon and post-silicon)• Work closely with software and application developers on identifying performance bottlenecks and tuning the software• Develop test plans and test infrastructure/tools for performance tuning, correlation, and verification• Improve and maintain the architectural performance models• Develop tests in assembly, C/C++, or vectors to debug and correlate the RTL and performance model• Develop C or Verilog-based checkers for verifying the performance features• Develop coverage monitors and analyze coverage to ensure all performance features are covered• Debug performance issues and conduct performance tuning on silicon• Benchmark, correlate and compare CPU performance across silicon/OS/compiler versions• Present CPU performance results to multi-functional teams• Work closely with OS and compiler teams on system and application performance tuning
Education & Experience
Minimum BS and 3+ years of relevant industry experience
Pay & Benefits
- At Apple, base pay is one part of our total compensation package and is determined within a range. This provides the opportunity to progress as you grow and develop within a role. The base pay range for this role is between $138,900.00 and $256,500.00, and your base pay will depend on your skills, qualifications, experience, and location.Note: Apple benefit, compensation and employee stock programs are subject to eligibility requirements and other terms of the applicable plan or program.
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