Custom Silicon Architect -Camera Hardware
Apple
Other Engineering, IT
Cupertino, CA, USA
USD 147,400-272,100 / year + Equity
Posted on Feb 3, 2026
We live in a world where understanding our physical environment is essential—whether navigating spaces, learning about our surroundings, or enabling breakthrough applications. Apple is meeting these needs with technology that's both robust and creative, and we're looking for people who want to be part of that mission. Our success depends on exceptional engineers working in an environment that fosters creativity, collaboration, and unconventional problem-solving. If you're motivated to do the greatest work of your career while helping define the next generation of revolutionary Apple products, we'd love to hear from you.
The Camera Hardware Engineering group drives the design, development, and innovation of camera systems across Apple's entire product portfolio—from iPhone and Mac to iPad and Vision products. Our team delivers cutting-edge camera electronics, including custom silicon, that enable best-in-class imaging experiences for our users. We're seeking an enthusiastic, high-energy engineer to help shape the next generation of camera technology. In this role, you'll collaborate with world-class experts across optics, controls, mechanics, and imaging to architect and develop custom silicon ICs that push the boundaries of what's possible in computational photography.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams including mechanical, optical, firmware, product, test, and camera systems engineers to define silicon requirements
- Partner with silicon design vendors from architecture requirement definition through silicon delivery throughout the entire development cycle
- Provide guidance for verification and validation plans and review results to ensure quality and performance targets are met
- Drive the development of emulation platforms using discrete component design or FPGA implementations
- Review and provide guidance for board-level designs that integrate our custom silicon into camera systems
- BS Degree in Electrical or Computer Engineering and a minimum of 3 years relevant experience.
- Experience in analog/mixed-signal IC development
- Experience with board-level design constraints, power assessment, or analysis
- Experience with creating design of experiments and troubleshooting or performing root-cause analysis
- MS/PhD in Electrical Engineering or Computer Engineer and relevant industry experience
- Experience in low-power, low-noise sensing and/or signal processing
- Experience with embedded systems and/or MCU-based custom silicon designs
- Experience with software/hardware co-design methodologies
- Experience optimizing designs across multiple disciplines to include hardware/firmware partitioning, trade-off assessments, and design verification
- Experience with C development from architecture through high-volume production ramp
- Experience working cross-functionally to drive engineering projects to completion
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