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Systems Performance Architect

Apple · Cupertino

Imagine what you could do here. At Apple, new ideas have a way of becoming products, services, and customer experiences very quickly. Every single day, people do amazing things at Apple! Do you want to impact billions of users by developing an extraordinary product with a prime focus on accuracy, understandability, and performance of the product? Dynamic, Inspiring people and Innovative technologies are the norm here. The System Performance Architecture team is responsible for all aspects of performance spanning hardware (CPU, GPU, DRAM, storage), software (OS, drivers, applications), and other system characteristics (thermals, power, acoustics). This spans performance modeling, guiding architecture tradeoffs, performance verification, performance debug, and workload characterization. Our team is collaborative, creative and passionate about what we do and the value we add in future product designs. Come join us!

Hardware pay context

Based on 2,283 disclosed Hardware salaries on RoleSuite, the role pays a median of $136K/year, with most offers between $110K and $172K (10th–90th percentile: $92K–$208K).

Apple ranks among the higher-paying employers for this role, at a $210K median across 140 disclosed postings.

This posting lists $147K–$272K, above the $136K market median.

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