Performance Control Software Engineer - Platform Architecture - Cupertino, United States
Originally posted 16 September 2026 by the employer.
Work on performance control for Apple silicon across all Apple platforms.
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 to invent new operating system performance control features.
What you'll do
- Design and conduct performance experiments. - Create instrumentation and data visualizations. - Prototype innovative in-kernel performance control algorithms. - Collaborate with core operating system and user-facing application teams. - Productize software that controls workload performance on Apple products.
What you'll need
- BS in Computer Science, Electrical and Computer Engineering or similar engineering degree. - Academic or practical experience with operating system design and implementation.
Nice to have
- MS in Computer Science or Electrical and Computer Engineering or similar engineering degree. - Kernel software development experience in C or C++. - Knowledge of computer architecture and hardware performance monitoring instrumentation. - Userland software development experience in 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, computer architecture, performance profiling, power and performance
This role has been open 30 days — well below the 59-day median for Systems Software Engineering roles.
Systems Software Engineering · Systems Software
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Open roles in category
686
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Median days open
59 d
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Median salary
$213k
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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 (686 roles · 71 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 10 | 686 |
| Open roles in the wider Software, Firmware & Systems family | 43 | 6119 · 145 employers |
| Median days open | 30 d | 59 d (−29 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $213k |
Skills observed across this category: operating system design, kernel software development, computer architecture, performance profiling, power and performance
Who's hiring in this category
- Qualcomm · 169 open roles · median 78 d
- NVIDIA · 134 open roles · median 47 d
- AMD · 63 open roles · median 51 d
- Mobileye · 27 open roles · median 72 d
- Broadcom · 22 open roles · median 53 d
- Arm Holdings · 20 open roles · median 114 d
How we counted: 686 open Systems Software Engineering (Systems Software) roles from 71 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 17 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.