Apple

Camera Power & Performance Engineer

Apple$130K — $155K *
Consumer Technology
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Proficient in C, C++, or Objective-C.
  • Strong understanding of computer architecture and electrical engineering.
  • Experience with virtual memory, scheduling, IPC, and synchronization.
  • Skilled in software profiling tools like Xcode, valgrind, and Instruments.
  • Ability to quickly debug and understand unfamiliar codebases.
  • Degree in Computer Science or equivalent experience.

Responsibilities

  • Analyze and optimize camera power and performance across various Apple products.
  • Set up experimental boards to measure power and profile performance issues.
  • Collaborate with hardware and software teams to enhance image processing capabilities.
  • Utilize profiling and analysis tools to identify optimization opportunities.
  • Assist partner teams in modeling the demands for future camera features.

Benefits

  • Collaborative work environment across multiple teams.
  • Exposure to cutting-edge GPU and image processing technologies.
  • Opportunity to influence next-generation product features.
  • Access to a variety of profiling and analysis tools.
  • Engagement in high-impact projects across Apple’s product line.
Full Job Description
In this role, you'll be responsible for analyzing and optimizing camera Power and performance across Apple's product range. Building on a strong foundation of computer architecture, electrical engineering and operating system fundamentals, you'll work to setup experimental boards, measure power, profile performance and memory issues and identify solutions, working closely and collaboratively with partners across both software and hardware teams to fully realize the capabilities of Apple's world-beating silicon.

Description

The Camera performance team works cross-functionally across Apple to optimize and sustain the camera experience for both next-generation and existing products. You'll use a range of profiling and analysis tools as well as experimental prototyping setups to triage problems and identify optimizations, whilst simultaneously working to assist partner teams in modeling the demands of upcoming features. At a high level, you'll work to ensure that implementation of Apple's image processing algorithms is aligned to silicon capabilities - gaining extensive exposure to GPU and Apple Neural Engine hardware in the process.

Minimum Qualifications

Proficiency in C, C++, or Objective-C

A knowledge of OS, systems, computer architecture and electrical engineering.

Experience with virtual memory, scheduling, IPC / inter-process communication, and synchronization

Expertise in software profiling techniques and tools (such as Xcode, valgrind, vmmap, Instruments, VTune, or Perfetto)

An ability to quickly understand and debug unfamiliar codebases

Preferred Qualifications

Prior experience of realtime audio/video processing pipeline development

A proven ability to debug performance issues and implement system-level memory and latency optimizations

Proficiency with the use of GPU & TPU hardware to accelerate image processing and AI/ML workloads

History of making data-driven decisions and recommendations to move projects forward

CS degree or equivalent experience

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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154,000 employees
Market Cap
$2,074.3 billion
Industry
Net Income
$63.9 billion
Founded
1976
5 Year Trend
+11.5%
Revenue
$294.1 billion
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