Performance Control Software Engineer - Platform Architecture - Austin, United States
Originally posted 16 September 2026 by the employer.
Invent new operating system performance control features for Apple silicon.
About the role
This role involves measuring, analyzing, and controlling the relationship between power and performance in Apple’s advanced systems. You will study workload execution on Apple silicon across all Apple platforms.
What you'll do
- Invent new operating system performance control features. - Design and conduct performance experiments. - Prototype innovative in-kernel performance control algorithms. - Collaborate with core operating system and user-facing application teams. - Productize software that controls performance for Apple products.
What you'll need
- BS in Computer Science, Electrical and Computer Engineering or similar engineering degree. - Experience with operating system design and implementation. - Kernel software development experience in C or C++.
Nice to have
- Minimum of 10 years relevant industry experience. - MS in Computer Science or Electrical and Computer Engineering or similar engineering degree. - Knowledge of computer architecture and hardware performance monitoring instrumentation. - Userland software development experience in environments such as C, C++, Swift or Python. - Experience with system-level performance profiling, debugging tools, and tracing frameworks (e.g., DTrace, Instruments, perf). - Familiarity with data analysis, statistical modeling, or visualization techniques to interpret complex power and performance metrics.
Skills: operating system design, kernel software development, performance control features, computer architecture, system-level performance profiling
This role has been open 27 days — well below the 61-day median for Systems Software Engineering roles.
Systems Software Engineering · Systems Software
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Open roles in category
681
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Median days open
61 d
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Median salary
$217k
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See the full market breakdown ▾Category comparison, skills in demand, and who else is hiring
| Metric | Apple | All employers we track in this specialty (681 roles · 73 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 11 | 681 |
| Open roles in the wider Software, Firmware & Systems family | 42 | 6119 · 146 employers |
| Median days open | 27 d | 61 d (−34 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $217k |
Skills observed across this category: operating system design, kernel software development, performance control features, computer architecture, system-level performance profiling
Who's hiring in this category
- Qualcomm · 163 open roles · median 77 d
- NVIDIA · 137 open roles · median 47 d
- AMD · 59 open roles · median 54 d
- Mobileye · 27 open roles · median 69 d
- Broadcom · 21 open roles · median 50 d
- Arm Holdings · 20 open roles · median 111 d
How we counted: 681 open Systems Software Engineering (Systems Software) roles from 73 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 14 Oct 2026. Specialty figures count only roles carrying this exact specialty label, so an employer's related work in neighbouring specialties is not included there — it is counted in the wider Software, Firmware & Systems family row. Figures refresh nightly.