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Software Image Quality Engineer - Creativity Apps

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Apple

Software Image Quality Engineer - Creativity Apps

Cupertino, CA

Imagine what you could do here! The people here at Apple don't just build products - we craft the kind of wonder that's revolutionized entire industries. It's the diversity of those people and their ideas that supports the innovation that runs through everything we do, from amazing technology to industry-leading environmental efforts. Join Apple, and help us leave the world better than we found it. The Creativity Apps team is looking for a software Image Quality Integrity Engineer with a background in photos, video editing, to contribute to the production of innovative tools for creative professionals, video makers, and visual storytellers. It requires a highly proactive individual with strong creative, technical, and analytic skills and a passion for new technologies related to computer vision/on-device machine learning.

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Description

In this role, you are responsible for planning, designing, maintaining, and implementing test cases with minimal direction. Your ability to free test, without scripts and tools will be paramount. Reporting bugs with outstanding isolation and regression techniques will be the key to your success. This role requires balancing a wide variety of deliverables that will rely on your talent for managing priorities and communicating progress and risks effectively and systematically. Your ongoing curiosity and dedication to self-education in video technologies as well as new testing techniques are what will set you apart. You will work closely with other team members to help coordinate multi-functional test efforts. You should have comfort in continual dialogue with Engineering and Design as products evolve, and you will need to have compassion for users so you can effectively advocate on their behalf. Lastly, having the ability to streamline processes for data collection and systematically parse large data sets will be a huge plus.

Minimum Qualifications

  • 2+ years of proven experience as a professional photographer in a competitive industry.
  • Experience with digital photography, including video with a deep understanding of photography: exposure settings, WB, depth-of-field, bokeh, sharpening, denoising, HDR, etc.
  • Understand both subjective and objective image quality evaluation, as well as color science concepts.
  • Past experience developing a testing methodology to gather input on subjective image and video quality changes.
  • The ability to design and conduct experiments that include iterating through various parameters to optimize image/video quality
  • Competent in applying photographic best practices.
  • Understand computational photography and machine learning techniques.
  • Proficient with Image editing software.
  • Analytical, methodical, inquisitive and persistent problem solver committed to driving quality forward.
  • Proficient at balancing multiple efforts simultaneously and meeting strict deadlines.
  • Outstanding interpersonal and communication skills (oral and written).

Preferred Qualifications

  • Having past QA Engineer experience is highly desired.
  • Can extract user scenarios from software feature descriptions and requirements to translate them into effective test plans and cases.
  • Ability to abstract technical details and effectively communicate to audiences at different levels.
  • iOS and macOS familiarity.
  • Understanding of UX principals.

Pay & Benefits

At Apple, base pay is one part of our total compensation package and is determined within a range. This provides the opportunity to progress as you grow and develop within a role. The base pay range for this role is between $112,900 and $234,700, and your base pay will depend on your skills, qualifications, experience, and location.

Apple employees also have the opportunity to become an Apple shareholder through participation in Apple's discretionary employee stock programs. Apple employees are eligible for discretionary restricted stock unit awards, and can purchase Apple stock at a discount if voluntarily participating in Apple's Employee Stock Purchase Plan. You'll also receive benefits including: Comprehensive medical and dental coverage, retirement benefits, a range of discounted products and free services, and for formal education related to advancing your career at Apple, reimbursement for certain educational expenses - including tuition. Additionally, this role might be eligible for discretionary bonuses or commission payments as well as relocation. Learn more about Apple Benefits.

Note: Apple benefit, compensation and employee stock programs are subject to eligibility requirements and other terms of the applicable plan or program.

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. Learn more about your EEO rights as an applicant .

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Client-provided location(s): Cupertino, CA, USA
Job ID: apple-200604042
Employment Type: Other

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