Camera Architect — Imaging & Hardware Lead, Stock Options

Apple, Inc.; San Diego (CA); On-site; USD 142,000 - 214,000; Full time

Job summary

Apple, Inc. is seeking an energetic Camera Architect in California to drive future camera hardware requirements and definitions across a range of products.

You will collaborate with camera HW, product HW, algorithm and SW teams to deliver optimized imaging experiences from hardware to user-facing software. You will perform system analysis, derive requirements from use cases, and characterize optical systems to guide design and validation.

Qualifications

• BS in Physics, Engineering, Computer Science, Imaging Science or equivalent and a minimum 3 years of relevant experience.
• Familiarity with camera technologies and optical science, knowledge in two or more of the following areas: optics, camera calibration, computer vision, image quality metrics, image sensor and pixel fundamentals, image processing pipeline

Responsibilities

• Develop camera design options based on system requirements and constraints. Perform design studies for imaging system proposals, mapping to system requirements and performance goals.
• Perform and coordinate optical and camera simulation outputs to quantify proposals and designs.
• Develop image quality metrics and requirements and validate with computer vision algorithms and user studies.
• Allocate requirements to related sub-components, accounting for calibration, hardware tolerances, variations, and reliability. Develop figures of merits, collaborate on factory test and metrology setups.
• Support camera and system design and validation process, failure analysis and triage.

Skills

camera technologies

optics

camera calibration

computer vision

image quality metrics

image sensor fundamentals

image processing pipeline

Education

BS in Physics, Engineering, Computer Science, Imaging Science or equivalent

Job description

Apple, Inc. is seeking an energetic Camera Architect in California to drive future camera hardware requirements and definitions across a range of products.

You will collaborate with camera HW, product HW, algorithm and SW teams to deliver optimized imaging experiences from hardware to user-facing software. You will perform system analysis, derive requirements from use cases, and characterize optical systems to guide design and validation.