Job Details

Role Number: 200651767-0836

Summary

Apple is where individual imaginations gather together, committing to the values that lead to great work. Every new product we build, service we create, or Apple Store experience we deliver is the result of us making each other's ideas stronger. That happens because every one of us shares a belief that we can make something wonderful and share it with the world, changing lives for the better. It's the diversity of our people and their thinking that inspires the innovation that runs through everything we do. When we bring everybody in, we can do the best work of our lives. Here, you'll do more than join something — you'll add something.

Description

The Camera team at Apple creates the world’s most popular camera, capturing people’s most precious moments and putting professional-grade storytelling tools in the hands of every iPhone user.

Apple’s Camera Hardware Engineering group is responsible for all research, design, development, test, and qualification of camera hardware for Apple’s products. As a Camera Module Lead, you will be the end-to-end technical owner at the interface of hardware and software across our camera platform. You’ll operate at the intersection of optics, actuators, hardware, firmware, image signal processing, and computational imaging — understanding what’s required to deliver the best image quality to our users, building the frameworks to bridge hardware and software, and aligning diverse engineering teams toward shared system-level outcomes.

You will be in a technical leadership position requiring demonstrated ability to learn rapidly across disciplines, communicate with precision across organizational boundaries, and drive complex system integration to successful production outcomes. A genuine passion for photography and image quality is essential.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Optics, Image Science, or an equivalent relevant field.

• Experience collaborating across technical disciplines and contributing to design or system integration decisions.

Preferred Qualifications

• Master's or PhD

• 3+ years of relevant industry experience, preferably in roles spanning hardware and software system boundaries.

• Passion for photography and can evaluate image characteristics such as sharpness, noise, dynamic range, color accuracy, and bokeh in consumer and technical contexts.

• Ability to communicate complex technical information clearly across disciplines and can influence decisions at leadership level without direct authority.

• Experience with experimental design and statistical modeling.

• Proficient in data analysis and visualization with tools such as Python, MATLAB, or JMP.

• Experience with cameras, image sensors, or computational imaging and have the curiosity to go deep on how optics, ISP pipelines, and optical characterization fit together across the full camera system.

• Delivered hardware products into mass production.

Apple is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to inclusion and diversity. We seek to promote equal opportunity for all applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, Veteran status, or other legally protected characteristics. Learn more about your EEO rights as an applicant (https://www.eeoc.gov/sites/default/files/2023-06/22-088_EEOC_KnowYourRights6.12ScreenRdr.pdf) .