Apple
Real-Time Computer Vision Architect
$185K–$325K
Sunnyvale, California · Full-time · Posted Aug 14, 2026
- Experience
- Minimum 10 years of relevant, proven experience.
- Education
- BS in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or another relevant field.
About the job
Architects and optimizes real-time, on-device computer vision systems and ISP pipelines for Apple products, balancing algorithm performance with hardware and system constraints.
What you'll do
- Translate product goals into system, module, and component requirements, including firmware, ISP, and OS constraints.
- Develop and optimize perception algorithms and ISP pipelines for performance, power, and memory on embedded platforms.
- Coordinate sensing tradeoffs and communicate technical requirements with firmware, OS, hardware, and product teams.
What they ask for
- BS in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or another relevant field.
- At least 10 years of relevant, proven experience.
- Proven track record developing and improving computer vision perception algorithms and ISP pipelines.
- Experience optimizing computer vision algorithms on embedded platforms and understanding firmware integration, OS, power, memory, and real-time constraints.
Nice to have
- Breadth in computer vision, including classical methods or ML; exposure to vision transformers, foundation models, or vision-language models.
- Experience translating high-level product goals into detailed architectures and system requirements, optimizing ISP pipelines, or leading large multifunctional efforts.
Pay
USD $184,700 to $324,800 base salary
Tools
Computer Vision, ISP, SLAM, PnP-based pose estimation, vision transformers, foundation models, vision-language models, IMUs
AI focus
Develops computer vision perception algorithms; preferred exposure to ML, vision transformers, foundation models, and vision-language models, particularly for resource-constrained environments.
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