Apple
Camera Power & Performance Engineer
$129K–$225K
Cupertino, California · Full-time · Posted Sep 21, 2026
- Education
- CS degree or equivalent experience (preferred).
About the job
Analyze and optimize camera power, performance, and memory use across Apple products, coordinating measurements and improvements with software and hardware teams.
What you'll do
- Lead experimental methodology and setup for camera software power and performance measurements.
- Triage power and performance issues and bugs in the camera software stack.
- Work with the automation team to integrate dashboards and measurements.
What they ask for
- Proficiency in C, C++, or Objective-C.
- Knowledge of operating systems, systems, computer architecture, and electrical engineering.
- Experience with virtual memory, scheduling, IPC, and synchronization.
- Expertise with software profiling techniques and tools; ability to debug unfamiliar codebases.
Nice to have
- Experience developing real-time audio/video processing pipelines and optimizing system memory or latency.
- GPU and TPU acceleration experience for image processing and AI/ML workloads; CS degree or equivalent experience.
Pay
$129,300 and $225,300 (base salary range)
Tools
C, C++, Objective-C, Xcode, valgrind, vmmap, Instruments, VTune
AI focus
Exposure to Apple Neural Engine hardware and image-processing algorithms; preferred GPU and TPU acceleration of image processing and AI/ML workloads.
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