Image Sensor Architect, Camera Hardware

Do you love taking on big challenges that require exceptionally creative solutions Do you deeply understand how an incredible camera experience should work The Camera Hardware Engineering group is responsible for the design development and innovation of camera hardware for all related Apple products. Our target is to deliver superior camera hardware to enable best-in-class camera user experience. We are looking for an enthusiastic high-energy individual who can help us with tomorrows Camera Silicon Architecture team develops innovative silicon solutions and technologies for Apples products including the iPhone iPad MacBooks Vision Pro and more. The key goal of the team is to continue to push the envelope of performance and capabilities of the worlds most popular cameras. New challenges arise every day that require the sharp problem-solving skills of versatile and thoughtful individuals. The team features a collaborative and hands-on environment that fosters engineering excellence creativity and innovation.

As a Camera Silicon Architect you are at the heart of defining the future of imaging for Apple products. Your core responsibility lies in pioneering image sensor architectures that power Apples camera systems. This involves not just conceptualizing new features but deeply understanding the intricate interplay between optics sensor technology silicon design and software. nnYou will tackle complex multi-disciplinary challenges translating ambitious product goals into concrete silicon requirements and algorithmic solutions that push the boundaries of image quality and user experience. You will explore emerging technologies analyze system-level constraints and drive architectural decisions from early concept phases all the way through to silicon bring-up and productization.

Work cross-functionally to define and develop image sensor architectures including digital control processing and functional capabilities for next generation camera systems in support of innovative product featuresnEvaluate problem/solution space and identify architectural approachesnIdentify opportunities for advancement in camera systems aligned with emerging technologies and critical system constraintsnDevelop u0026 drive chip level specificationsnSupport bring-up and debug of initial silicon implementation participate in system integration tasks with multi-disciplinary teamsnRepresent new camera silicon in cross-functional forums in support of productization of sensor features across hardware software and system assessing feature and implementation tradeoffs

Bachelor of Science in EE CE CS and 10 years of relevant industry experiencenExperience with high performance and low power image sensor architecture designnExperience on leading development of image sensing devices or mixed-signal designs

MS/PhD in EE CE CS or related industry experiencenExperience leading/driving technical initiatives across distributed multi-disciplinary teamsnBeing familiar with general industry trends and technical challenges for high performance and low power imaging sensors/systems is a strong plusnAbility to methodically derive design and verification requirements from design specifications and drive design activities toward compliance to requirementsnFamiliarity with image sensor manufacturing technology image sensor performance metrics image sensor usage and integration into camera systems is a strong plusnExperience with modeling and simulating device/system designs to assess power/performance/area/bandwidth/latency tradeoffs nExperience in algorithm development and signal processing data-path designnExperience in Matlab C Python or other programming/scripting languages