SOC Architect, Platform Architecture **Cupertino, California, United States** **Hardware** **Summary** Posted: **Aug 13, 2025** Role Number: **200616111-0836** Imagine what you could do here! At Apple, new ideas have a way of becoming extraordinary products, services, and customer experiences very quickly. Bring passion and dedication to your job and there's no telling what you could accomplish! In this role, you will be a member of the Platform Architecture team, working with hardware and software engineering groups to shape the architecture of Apple Silicon. We are looking for an experienced SoC Architect with a focus in Networking and ML to join our team and help define the future of high-performance AI/ML computing. **Description** You will play a key role in developing the architecture of Apple’s future Systems-on-Chip. Your work will be highly visible and critical to key technologies for our products. You will be expected to collaborate with all the hardware and software teams that are part of Apple’s SoC development. **Responsibilities** + Collaborate with domain experts to efficiently map large ML workloads to distributed systems. Understand the performance sensitivity of these workloads to networking parameters like bandwidth, latency, topology, routing, and error rate. + Develop architecture specifications for networking IP. + Collaborate with IP architecture, logic design, verification, firmware, software, and system teams to ensure end-to-end successful execution. **Minimum Qualifications** + BS degree + Understanding of computer architecture and HW/SW partitioning + Experience in architecting, designing and verifying high performance ASICs + Understanding of distributed AI/ML workloads and data flows + Understanding of HW and SW aspects of data center networking technologies like Ethernet, TCP/IP, RDMA/RoCE, NVLink, or similar **Preferred Qualifications** + 20+ years of relevant experience + Understanding of state-of-the-art LLMs and how they use the compute, memory, and networking resources of modern machines + Understanding of emerging networking standards + Understanding of large-scale network behavior and its effect on high-performance distributed applications + Understanding of network topologies, traffic management techniques, QoS, and error recovery + Experience with networking hardware design + Familiarity with relevant SW technologies like NCCL, UCX/UCC, PyTorch/JAX, MPI, SHMEM, and libfabric + Ability to study a problem in depth, design experiments, analyze data, present results, and collaborate effectively across disciplines and geographies **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 $212,000 and $386,300, 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. 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