Silicon Architect, Camera Hardware

Silicon Architect, Camera Hardware

As a Silicon Architect for the Camera Hardware team, you will work cross-functionally to define and develop digital control, processing, and functional capabilities for next-generation camera sensors in support of innovative product features. You will identify opportunities for advancement in camera systems aligned with emerging technologies and critical system constraints.

Your role will be to evaluate the problem/solution space, including system constraint discovery, to identify creative architectural implementation approaches. You will develop & drive chip-level specifications through the implementation phase and support bring-up and debug of initial silicon implementation, including the development of optimized settings for key product-level camera features. Additionally, you will represent new camera silicon in cross-functional forums in support of the productization of sensor features across hardware, software, and system teams. You will assess feature and implementation tradeoffs, including conducting hands-on analysis of data-path/algorithms, performance, and power trade-offs to help define and refine our camera sensors and participate in and drive the advancement of our architectural exploration/development methodologies.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or Computer Science
• Experience with hardware architecture and digital design principles.
• Experience leading the development of new features on image sensing devices or SoC/mixed-signal designs

Preferred Qualifications

• Master's degree or PhD in EE, CE, or CS and 10+ years of relevant industry experience.
• Experience leading technical initiatives across distributed multi-disciplinary teams. Experience with silicon bring-up and debug, hardware-software system integration, and final productization.
• Experience with modeling and simulating device/system designs to assess power/performance/area/bandwidth/latency tradeoffs.
• Experience in algorithm development and signal processing data-path design.
• Experience in Matlab, C, Python, or other programming/scripting languages.
• Experience in neural network processing hardware architectures.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills and solid collaboration and leadership skills.

At Apple, base pay is one part of our total compensation package and is determined within a range. This provides the opportunity to progress as you grow and develop within a role. The base pay range for this role is between $181,100 and $318,400, and your base pay will depend on your skills, qualifications, experience, and location. Apple employees also have the opportunity to become an Apple shareholder through participation in Apple's discretionary employee stock programs. Apple employees are eligible for discretionary restricted stock unit awards, and can purchase Apple stock at a discount if voluntarily participating in Apple's Employee Stock Purchase Plan. You'll also receive benefits including: Comprehensive medical and dental coverage, retirement benefits, a range of discounted products and free services, and for formal education related to advancing your career at Apple, reimbursement for certain educational expenses including tuition. Additionally, this role might be eligible for discretionary bonuses or commission payments as well as relocation.

Apple is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to inclusion and diversity. We seek to promote equal opportunity for all applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, Veteran status, or other legally protected characteristics.