Camera Systems Engineer

Apple - Cupertino, CA

Full-time - Mid Level

Cupertino, CA

Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing

About the position

The Camera Systems Engineer will play a crucial role in designing and developing innovative camera technologies for Apple products. This position involves collaborating with cross-functional teams to create exceptional camera experiences, ensuring that each generation of Apple products delivers outstanding photo quality. The engineer will focus on hardware requirements, system analysis, and trade-off evaluations to optimize camera performance and features.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop innovative camera technologies for Apple products.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to research, design, develop, test, and qualify camera hardware.
• Drive future camera hardware requirements that align with product vision.
• Perform detailed system analysis and trade-off evaluations for camera systems.
• Develop camera design options based on system requirements and constraints.
• Guide design studies for imaging system proposals, mapping to system requirements and performance goals.
• Analyze system simulations to quantify proposals and designs.
• Deliver executive level presentations based on solid facts and detailed analysis.
• Collaborate on prototyping efforts for early evaluation where necessary.
• Lead architecture development and trade-off analysis cross-functionally, providing technical leadership and oversight.
• Design studies to quantitatively assess customer impact, including visual perception and computer vision algorithm impacts.
• Derive image space figures of merit and requirements, allocating requirements to related sub-components.
• Collaborate on factory test and metrology setups, supporting camera and system design and validation processes.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Optics Science, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• Experience in optical fundamentals, image quality evaluation, or image processing.

Nice-to-haves

• Experience with camera technologies and optical science.
• Strong knowledge in geometric optics fundamentals, image sensor and pixel fundamentals, image quality evaluation, validation and metrology techniques for imaging, and computer vision and machine learning fundamentals.
• Knowledge of camera module design, including image sensor, optics, module construction, and assembly processes.
• Good knowledge of state of the art ISP data-flows and processing blocks.
• Experience with modern imaging algorithms such as HDR, super resolution, image fusion, and multi-camera registration.
• Experience with technical project and team leadership, strong communication, persuasion, and negotiation skills.

Benefits

• Health insurance coverage
• 401k retirement savings plan
• Paid holidays
• Flexible scheduling
• Professional development opportunities