Senior Camera & ISP Embedded Software Engineer

Apple, Inc.; Sunnyvale (CA); On-site; USD 185,000 - 325,000; Full time

Job summary

Apple, Inc. is seeking an extraordinary Embedded Software Engineer to drive pioneering technologies for Apple products, focusing on core camera and ISP pipelines. You will collaborate across Silicon Design, QA, and ML teams in a fast-paced, highly autonomous environment.

The role involves developing drivers and camera software stacks, optimizing power and latency, and supporting hardware validation and factory testing within a multi-functional product development team.

Qualifications

• BS and a minimum of 10 years relevant industry experience.
• Proficiency in C/C++.
• Proficiency in the development of multi-thread software within embedded RTOS system.
• Hands-on experience using AI-assisted development tools (e.g. coding assistants, agentic AI tools) to speed up software development, debugging and testing.

Responsibilities

• Develop low level device drivers for sophisticated image processing pipeline in embedded systems for the latest SoC blocks, chipsets in Apple.
• Work with high level software clients who are using camera, understanding their requirement, use case, limitation, then design, implement and test our camera software stack.
• Design and implement camera features in embedded systems for Apple products. You will work with other teams to define features and communication protocols and detail the requirements clearly with implementation specifications.
• Optimize and improve system performance in term of power, usage, latency, jitter, etc.
• Work on HW validation and provide software support to factory testing. You will also implement features to support hardware testing and diagnosis.

Skills

C/C++

Embedded RTOS

Multi-thread software

AI tools

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

Apple, Inc. is seeking an extraordinary Embedded Software Engineer to drive pioneering technologies for Apple products, focusing on core camera and ISP pipelines. You will collaborate across Silicon Design, QA, and ML teams in a fast-paced, highly autonomous environment.

The role involves developing drivers and camera software stacks, optimizing power and latency, and supporting hardware validation and factory testing within a multi-functional product development team.