Apple
Camera Image Quality Tuning Engineer
$124K–$218K
Cupertino, California · Full-time · Posted Oct 28, 2026
- Experience
- Minimum of 2 years in image quality testing, tuning, or image processing algorithms.
- Education
- Bachelor’s Degree in a listed or related field.
About the job
Tunes and evaluates iPhone camera pipelines and algorithms to improve still-image quality and camera feature experiences.
What you'll do
- Tune camera pipelines and algorithms and perform image-quality analysis.
- Drive camera feature development and evaluate new features and algorithms, providing feedback to engineering teams.
- Present technical findings and recommendations to stakeholders.
What they ask for
- Hands-on experience with 3A’s, denoising, sharpening, fusion, and tone-mapping algorithms.
- Technical familiarity with machine learning and image processing technologies, plus strong photography, videography, and cinematography skills.
- Proficiency in at least one of: C, C++, Objective-C, Swift, Python, or shell programming; strong communication and cross-functional collaboration skills.
- Bachelor’s Degree in Imaging Science, Imaging Technology, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Color Science, or a related field.
Nice to have
- Experience developing automation tools, metrics, and methodologies for camera tuning.
- Experience integrating LLMs into AI workflows or with consumer-device cameras, iOS/macOS app development, or human vision and psychophysics.
Pay
$123,700 and $218,000 USD base salary
Tools
C, C++, Objective-C, Swift, Python, shell programming, LLMs, iOS/macOS
AI focus
Working technical understanding of machine-learning-based approaches; preferred use of LLMs in AI workflows for data analysis, debugging, documentation, tool development, and automation.
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