Apple's Camera Firmware team is seeking an outstanding firmware engineer to help drive innovative technologies for Apple's iconic products! As part of this dynamic team, you will work on core camera technologies, including Apple's custom Image Signal Processing (ISP) pipeline, hardware components, and machine learning techniques, all while contributing to the future of photography and videography. You'll play a key role in crafting how Apple develops, tests, and manufactures its products.
In this role, you will develop, maintain, and troubleshoot firmware for Apple's camera systems. Your responsibilities will include:
- Developing Low-Level Device Drivers: Build drivers for advanced image processing pipelines in embedded systems, working with the latest SoC blocks and chipsets used in Apple products.
- Platform Validation and Development: Integrate and configure camera sensors and power management units for Apple products.
- Diagnosing and Troubleshooting Platform Issues: Identify and resolve performance and memory usage bottlenecks in embedded systems to ensure efficient functionality and stability.
- Designing and Implementing Camera Features: Build camera functionalities for embedded systems in Apple products, working multi-functionally to define features, communication protocols, and clear implementation specifications.
- Supporting Hardware Validation and Factory Testing: Contribute to hardware validation, offering firmware support during factory testing and implementing features to aid in hardware diagnostics and testing.
This is a highly collaborative product development role, requiring close coordination with teams such as Silicon Design, QA, and Machine Learning. The fast-paced, dynamic environment is ideal for a proactive, determined individual.