Camera Architect
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Apple’s Camera Architecture team develops future camera hardware requirements and definitions across a range of products. The Camera Architect collaborates with camera hardware, product hardware, algorithm, and software teams to deliver camera performance and features. The ideal candidate can perform system analysis and tradeoff evaluations, derive camera-system requirements from use cases, and characterize and simulate optical systems to support design and validation.
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Role Number: 200666890-3543
Summary
The Apple Camera Architecture team is seeking an energetic and highly motivated leader to drive future camera hardware requirements and definitions for exciting range of products. The camera architecture team initiates and fosters deep collaboration between all cross functional teams involved to deliver final camera performance and features, from the hardware level to user facing applications. The end goal is to successfully tie in highly optimized camera hardware solutions with state-of-the-art software providing market leading imaging experiences.
The ideal candidate is someone who can perform detailed system analysis and tradeoff evaluations, derive camera and camera system requirements from use cases, and characterize and simulate optical systems to aid the design and validation process.
Description
As a Camera Architect you will be working closely with camera HW, product HW, algorithm and SW teams on future Apple imaging solutions.
Minimum Qualifications
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BS in Physics, Engineering, Computer Science, Imaging Science or equivalent and a minimum 3 years of relevant experience.
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Familiarity with camera technologies and optical science, knowledge in two or more of the following areas: optics, camera calibration, computer vision, image quality metrics, image sensor and pixel fundamentals, image processing pipeline
Preferred Qualifications
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MS, or PhD in Physics, Engineering, Computer Science, Imaging Science or equivalent
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Experience in three of the follow camera technologies and optical science areas: optics, camera calibration, computer vision, image quality metrics, image sensor and pixel fundamentals, image processing pipeline
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Experience defining camera metrics and specifications through product goals, user studies and image/data analysis
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Understanding of important camera metrics and common design tradeoffs to achieve required goals
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Ability to communicate and collaborate with cross-functional partners to recommend solutions and influence product decisions at leadership level
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.
How this job compares
Set against the 406 open Imaging jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 2, 2026.
- Pay
- This postingNot listed
- US median$165–218K/yr30 salary ranges
- US median$35–51/hr167 hourly ranges
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 30 open Imaging jobs in California and 406 across the US. None of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in California
- Scripps Health8 open
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- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 3 years of experience; Imaging postings that state a minimum ask for 2 years at the median (165 postings).
- Education
- 41 of the 406 open Imaging jobs (10%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 2, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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