Apple

Calibration Algorithm Architect

Apple$130K — $180K *
Consumer Technology
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in CS/EE/ME/Physical Sciences
  • 7+ years of relevant engineering experience
  • Extensive knowledge of camera technologies including image sensor operation and algorithms
  • Expertise in camera and image quality measurement
  • Proficiency in Python for tool development and data analysis

Responsibilities

  • Design and implement frameworks and software tools for calibration algorithm developers
  • Collaborate with system design leads and production teams to define software needs
  • Evaluate and extend existing algorithm implementations in C++ and/or Python
  • Develop software solutions to enable hardware testing of Apple products
  • Support new metrology methods and measurement capabilities

Benefits

  • Collaborative work environment with cross-functional teams
  • Opportunity to innovate within cutting-edge hardware technologies
  • Hands-on experience with advanced AI-driven workflows
  • Engagement in challenging projects that impact product quality
  • Access to professional development and learning resources
Full Job Description
Description

As part of the Hardware Test Engineering group, you will be responsible for designing and implementing frameworks and software tools used by calibration algorithm developers and factory station software engineers. You will work closely with system design leads and the production teams to understand the software needs for factory test stations and develop software solutions to enable hardware testing of Apple products.

You will also evaluate and extend existing algorithm implementations in C++ and/or Python to support new metrology methods and measurement capabilities.

Minimum Qualifications

Bachelor's degree in CS/EE/ME/Physical Sciences

7+ years of relevant engineering experience

Extensive knowledge of camera technologies including image sensor operation, analog electronics, image processing (perceptual rendering and machine vision), algorithms (AWB, AGC, AF, OIS), actuators, and optics

Expertise in camera and image quality measurement including sharpness (SFR/MTF), color accuracy, noise, defect detection, distortion calibration, and optical issues

Proficiency in Python for tool development and data analysis; working knowledge of C/C++ and/or MATLAB

Strong software design skills including data structures, algorithms, and object-oriented design

Preferred Qualifications

Master's degree in CS/EE/ME/Physical Sciences

5+ years of relevant engineering experience

Knowledge of computational imaging including areas such as multi-view geometry, depth estimation, extrinsic calibration, perspective transforms, sensor fusion, camera-to-camera and camera-to-IMU calibration

Experience with FATP or high-volume manufacturing test environments, telemetry, critical metrics, and data-driven decision-making

Strong background in data analysis, statistics, large dataset handling and visualization

Proven experience designing, building, and deploying AI-driven automated workflows and tools

Experience using LLMs and autonomous agents to solve complex engineering problems

Hands-on experience developing custom "skills" and tool-calling capabilities for AI agents to enable them to interact with APIs, databases, and internal software frameworks

Ability to identify and develop solutions to broad, systemic problems across complex hardware and software environments

Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, ambiguous environment and make sound decisions with incomplete information

About Apple

Apple is a corporation that designs, manufactures, and markets mobile communication and media devices, personal computers, portable digital music players, and sells a variety of related software, services, peripherals, networking solutions, and third-party digital content and applications. Apple provides many products and services, including iPhone; iPad; iPod; Mac; Apple TV; a portfolio of consumer and professional software applications; the iOS and OS X operating systems; iCloud; and accessories, service, and support offerings. It sells its products worldwide through its retail stores, online stores, direct sales force and third-party cellular network carriers, wholesalers, retailers, and value-added resellers to the consumer and also sells third-party iPhone, iPad, Mac and iPod compatible products, including application software and accessories through its online and retail stores. Introduced in 1984, the Macintosh was the first widely sold personal computer with a graphical user interface (GUI). That feature and others such as an improved floppy drive design and a low-cost hard drive that made data retrieval faster helped Apple cultivate a reputation for innovation. Apple was named as the most admired company in the United States in 2008 and in the world from 2008 to 2012 by the Fortune magazine. The company was founded by Steven Paul Jobs, Steve Wozniak, and Ronald Gerald Wayne on April 1, 1976, and is headquartered in Cupertino, California.

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