Camera Silicon Architect

San Francisco Bay Area, California, United States Hardware

Do you love crafting creative solutions to highly sophisticated challenges? Do you deeply understand how an incredible camera experience should work? As part of the Camera Silicon Architecture team, you’ll help design innovative technology that allows each generation of Apple products to produce photos even more incredible than the last. You’ll collaborate with teams across Apple to explore, define and drive the development of next-generation camera silicon chipset architectures. The Camera Silicon Architecture team develops innovative silicon solutions and technologies for Apple’s 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 world’s 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.

Description

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 novel architectures, image signal processing algorithms and control algorithms that power Apple’s Image Sensor chips and the broader Camera System. This involves not just conceptualizing new features, but deeply understanding the intricate interplay between optics, sensor technology, silicon design, and software. You 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.

Responsibilities

• Work cross-functionally to define and develop digital control, processing and functional capabilities for next generation camera sensors in support of innovative product features.
• Identify opportunities for advancement in camera systems aligned with emerging technologies and critical system constraints.
• Develop & drive chip level specifications through the implementation phase.
• Support bring‑up and debug of initial silicon implementation including the development of optimized settings for key product level camera features.
• Represent new camera silicon in cross‑functional forums in support of productization of sensor features across hardware, software and system, assessing feature and implementation trad…

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelors Degree in EE, CE or CS.
• Experience with hardware architecture and digital design principles.
• Experience leading development of novel features on image sensing devices or complex SoC/mixed-signal designs.

Preferred Qualifications

• MS/PhD Degree in EE, CE or CS and 10+ years of relevant industry experience.
• Experience leading technical initiatives across distributed multi-disciplinary teams.
• Experience with silicon bring up and debug, hardware-software system integration and final productization.
• Experience with modeling and simulating device/system designs to assess power/performance/area/bandwidth/latency tradeoffs.
• Experience developing algorithms and signal processing data-path design.
• Experience with Matlab, C, Python or other programming/scripting languages.
• Experience communicating and presenting to management leadership and collaborating with technical cross‑functional partners.

At Apple, base pay is one part of our total compensation package and is determined within a range. This provides the opportunity to progress as you grow and develop within a role. The base pay range for this role is between $181,100 and $318,400, and your base pay will depend on your skills, qualifications, experience, and location.

Apple employees also have the opportunity to become an Apple shareholder through participation in Apple’s discretionary employee stock programs. Apple employees are eligible for discretionary restricted stock unit awards, and can purchase Apple stock at a discount if voluntarily participating in Apple’s Employee Stock Purchase Plan. You’ll also receive benefits including comprehensive medical and dental coverage, retirement benefits, a range of discounted products and free services, and for formal education related to advancing your career at Apple, reimbursement for certain educational expenses—including tuition. Additionally, this role might be eligible for discretionary bonuses or commission payments as well as relocation. Learn more about Apple Benefits.

Note: Apple benefit, compensation and employee stock programs are subject to eligibility requirements and other terms of the applicable plan or program.

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 .

Apple accepts applications to this posting on an ongoing basis.