Quality Field Test Engineer - Camera Hardware at Apple

Cupertino, California, United States -

Full Time

Start Date

Immediate

Expiry Date

13 Mar, 26

Salary

0.0

Posted On

13 Dec, 25

Experience

2 year(s) or above

Remote Job

Yes

Telecommute

Yes

Sponsor Visa

Skills

Image Quality Testing, Photography, Hardware Development, Troubleshooting, Optics, Image Sensors, ISP Algorithms, Coding, Professional Lighting, Studio Equipment, Camera Systems, Image Quality Metrics, Mobile Camera Modules, Photo Shoot Planning, Benchmarking, Real World Testing

Industry

Computers and Electronics Manufacturing

Description

Are you a passionate Image Quality or QA Engineer with a deep love for photography? As a member of Apple's Camera Hardware Engineering team, you will collaborate closely with hardware, software, and image processing experts to develop cutting-edge camera technologies. Focused on product development and long term roadmap decisions, you’ll play a pivotal role in guiding innovative technology discussions that enable new creative possibilities. This is an exciting opportunity for you to join a team dedicated to the continuous improvement of the worldʼs most popular cameras. DESCRIPTION As an Image Quality Field Test Engineer working in the Camera Hardware Engineering group you will coordinate, execute, and analyze camera image quality. You’ll collaborate with teams across Apple conducting real world image quality tests and studies that utilize your expertise in photography, hardware development, and troubleshooting. Your work will drive hardware roadmap decisions as we develop next generation camera technologies, and you will evaluate camera image quality performance, translate objective metrics into real world photo shoots, and illustrate the customer benefits of new camera technologies by benchmarking existing and future camera designs. Additionally, this role requires a flexible schedule to support occasional nighttime testing. MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS 3+ years in mobile device QA, camera image quality testing, or relevant experience
Experience working with optics, image sensors, and ISP algorithms and how they impact final image quality Portfolio of photography work demonstrating creative and technical skill
s Coding experience with Python or other scripting language PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS Bachelor’s degree in Photographic Sciences, Photography, Computer Science, or related field
Experience testing in development mobile devices such as iPhone, iPad, Mac
Experience with professional lighting, studio equipment, and planning shoot location logistics

Experience with PhaseOne, Fuji, Nikon, Sony, Canon, and other professional camera systems
Experience with objective and subjective image quality metrics and evaluation methodologies
Experience with mobile camera module components, functions, and the ISP pipeline

Responsibilities

As an Image Quality Field Test Engineer, you will coordinate, execute, and analyze camera image quality. You will collaborate with teams across Apple to conduct real-world image quality tests and studies.