Camera Image Quality Tuning Engineer

Apple • Cupertino, CA

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About The Position

The Camera SW Image Quality team is seeking a skilled, innovative engineer with a passion for photography to help define and tune still image quality and camera feature experiences across Apple devices. The role contributes to camera technologies such as Deep Fusion, SmartHDR, Night Mode, and Portrait Mode, and participates in evaluating the quality of new features and algorithms by providing feedback to engineering teams. The engineer works in a fast-paced, collaborative environment alongside engineers developing Apple camera systems.

Requirements

• At least 2 years of experience in image quality testing, tuning, or image processing algorithms.
• Strong understanding of and hands-on experience with 3A, denoising, sharpening, fusion, and tone-mapping algorithms.
• Technical familiarity with machine learning and image processing technologies.
• Excellent photography, videography, and cinematography skills.
• Proficiency in at least one of C, C++, Objective-C, Swift, Python, or shell programming.
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills, with experience in cross-functional collaboration.
• Bachelor’s degree in Imaging Science, Imaging Technology, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Color Science, or a related field.

Nice To Haves

• Experience researching, designing, and developing automation tools, metrics, and methodologies to enhance camera tuning processes.
• Experience integrating LLMs into AI workflows for data analysis, debugging, documentation, tool development, and automation.
• Experience with software and hardware on consumer devices and cell phone cameras.
• Experience with iOS/macOS app development.
• Knowledge or research experience in human vision and psychophysics.

Responsibilities

• Tune and define still image quality and camera feature experiences.
• Contribute to camera technologies including Deep Fusion, SmartHDR, Night Mode, and Portrait Mode.
• Evaluate the quality of new features and algorithms and provide feedback to engineering teams.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level