Custom Silicon Validation Engineer - Camera Hardware
Apple · Cupertino ·
- Category
- Hardware
- Experience
- 10+ years
- Company size
- 1000+
Validates custom silicon and hardware for Apple’s camera systems, collaborating with cross-functional teams to ensure cutting-edge imaging features (e.g., depth sensing, eye tracking) meet performance specs through lab testing and debugging.
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 tomorrow’s challenges.
The Camera Electronics and Sensing Group, develops custom chipsets to enable world-class imaging and sensing features across Apple products, including lens stabilization, depth sensing, flicker detection, and eye tracking.
In this role, you will be working with cross-functional teams including mechanical, optical, firmware, product/test and camera systems engineers to evaluate performance specifications. You will understand how complex system architectures translate to electrical and IC requirements to deliver the best and most innovative Camera technologies into our products.
Minimum Qualifications
- BS degree in Electrical or Computer Engineering and a minimum of 10+ years of relevant industry experience
- Experience validating mixed signal systems with a focus on hands-on measurements in the lab using electrical instrumentation.
- Experience with design of experiments or similar process to troubleshoot or debug electrical problems.
- Experience with scripting in Python, C, and/or MATLAB for validation, automation, and analysis of electrical systems.
Preferred Qualifications
- MS/PhD in Electrical or Computer Engineering and/or relevant industry experience.
- Experience with low-level programming and debug for embedded development (C/C++) on MCU based systems.
- Experience with PCB design and debug for hardware platforms containing drivers, converters, PMUs or high-speed amplifier ICs.
- Experience with circuit design, schematic capture, layout and component selection.
- Experience with electrical design, integration, and validation of electro-optical, electro-mechanical, camera and/or optical depth systems.