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Media-IP SoC Performance Engineer, Platform ArchitectureCupertino, California, United States

Hardware

Posted: Feb 18, 2026, Role Number: 200632004

SummaryDo 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!

DescriptionWe 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 SoCstechnology 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.

ResponsibilitiesCollaborate with functional architects, design, and software teams to plan, implement, validate, and correlate high-level C

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• performance models

Develop custom tools and approaches for analyzing and visualizing performance data, applying data science and machine learning techniques to provide architectural insights

Present performance study results to cross-functional teams to inform and drive architectural decisions

Validate the performance models against the specification and correlating the model with RTL

Use and develop tools for analyzing traces from products and simulating the data flow for Media use cases to provide performance and power feedback to the architecture and software teams

Minimum QualificationsB.S. degree

Experience in computer architecture and software engineering

Experience in C

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• object-oriented software development
• Preferred QualificationsM.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

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Proficiency in Python, Lua, and shell scripting languages

Pay & BenefitsAt 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 $126,800 and $190,900, and your base pay will depend on your skills, qualifications, experience, and location. Apple employees also have the opportunity to become an Apple shareholder through participation in Apple's discretionary employee stock programs. Apple employees are eligible for discretionary restricted stock unit awards, and can purchase Apple stock at a discount if voluntarily participating in Apple's Employee Stock Purchase Plan. You'll also receive benefits including: Comprehensive medical and dental coverage, retirement benefits, a range of discounted products and free services, and for formal education related to advancing your career at Apple, reimbursement for certain educational expenses including tuition. Additionally, this role might be eligible for discretionary bonuses or commission payments as well as relocation.

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.

Apple accepts applications to this posting on an ongoing basis.