Image Sensor Architect, Camera Hardware

Apple Inc

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Work type: On-site
Location: Cupertino, CA
Salary: $184,700–$324,800 / yr
Posted: 2 days ago
Freshness: Confirmed live yesterday
Nearby: 99+ roles within 25 mi

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TL;DR · Image Sensor Architect, Camera Hardware

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JOB TITLE: Image Sensor Architect, Camera Hardware The Image Sensor Architect, Camera Hardware joins the Camera Silicon Architecture team to pioneer image sensor architectures for various products. This role involves defining digital control, processing, and functional capabilities for next-generation camera systems. You will translate product goals into concrete silicon requirements and algorithmic solutions, exploring emerging technologies while analyzing system-level constraints. Key responsibilities include developing chip-level specifications, supporting silicon bring-up and debugging, and representing new silicon in cross-functional forums to assess feature tradeoffs. The role requires expertise in high-performance, low-power image sensor architecture design and mixed-signal designs. Candidates should possess skills in modeling and simulating device designs to assess power, performance, area, bandwidth, and latency tradeoffs. Proficiency in Matlab, C, Python, or other programming languages is required to solve complex imaging problems.

Skills

Image Sensor Architecture Mixed-Signal Design Silicon Design Signal Processing Matlab C Python Algorithm Development Silicon Bring-up Digital Control Data-path Design Electrical Engineering Computer Engineering

What you'll do

Define and develop image sensor architectures including digital control and processing for next-generation camera systems.
Translate ambitious product goals into concrete silicon requirements and algorithmic solutions.
Identify architectural approaches and opportunities for advancement aligned with emerging technologies and system constraints.
Develop and drive comprehensive chip-level specifications.
Support the bring-up and debug of initial silicon implementations.
Participate in system integration tasks with multi-disciplinary teams.
Assess feature and implementation tradeoffs across hardware, software, and system forums.
Model and simulate device designs to assess power, performance, area, bandwidth, and latency tradeoffs.

What we're looking for

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field.
Experience with high performance and low power image sensor architecture design.
Experience leading development of image sensing devices or mixed-signal designs.
10+ years of relevant industry experience (preferred).
Ability to drive and lead technical initiatives across distributed multi-disciplinary teams (preferred).
Familiarity with image sensor manufacturing technology, performance metrics, and system integration (preferred).
Experience modeling and simulating device/system designs to assess power, performance, area, bandwidth, and latency tradeoffs (preferred).
Experience in algorithm development, signal processing data-path design, and programming languages like Matlab, C, or Python (preferred).

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