ISP Driver Engineer

Apple's Camera ISP team is looking for an extraordinary engineer to drive groundbreaking technologies for Apple products! As part of the team, you will work on core camera and ISP technologies, including Apple designed ISP pipeline and HW components. You will have the chance to define the way that Apple develops, tests and manufactures all of its products. Our close-knit team champions an environment of product innovation, rapid product iteration and collaboration at both team and multi-functional levels with a liberating amount of autonomy.

This role involves developing camera software across many layers, including firmware, kernel and user space. You will be responsible for helping to design, implement, and test new camera features across all Apple products.

Description

In this role you will implement and maintain camera and ISP features, including:

- Develop firmware and drivers (kernel/userspace) for sophisticated image processing pipelines in embedded systems for the latest SoC blocks and chipsets in Apple.

- Work with algorithm team to design and develop algorithms to control CMOS image sensors, ISP pipeline and machine learning pipeline.

- Design and implement camera features in embedded systems for Apple products. You will work with other teams to define features and communication protocols and detail the requirements clearly with implementation specifications.

- Work on HW validation and provide firmware support to factory testing. You will also implement features to support hardware testing and diagnosis.

- Collaborate closely with various teams, such as Silicon Design, Camera Hardware, QA, and the Media Frameworks team

Preferred Qualifications

4+ years experience in low level software development

Familiarity with image sensors, image processing techniques, and camera pipelines

Experience with macOS or iOS driver development

Strong communication and interpersonal skills

Be able to adapt and excel in a fast paced environment

Minimum Qualifications

BS and a minimum of 3 years relevant industry experience

Proficiency in C/C+

Proficiency in development of multithreaded software in embedded environments

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