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Custom Silicon Architect - Camera Hardware

Apple· Hardware
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Cupertino, California$216.2k - $324.8k full-timePosted 1w ago

About the role

Camera Hardware Engineering group drives the design, development, and innovation of camera systems across Apple’s product portfolio, including custom silicon ICs for computational photography. The role involves collaborating with cross-functional teams to architect and develop custom silicon, guiding verification, and driving emulation/platform development.

Responsibilities

  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams including mechanical, optical, firmware, product, test, and camera systems engineers to define silicon requirements.
  • Partner with silicon design vendors from architecture requirement definition through silicon delivery throughout the entire development cycle.
  • Provide guidance for verification and validation plans and review results to ensure quality and performance targets are met.
  • Drive the development of emulation platforms using discrete component design or FPGA implementations
  • Review and provide guidance for board-level designs that integrate our custom silicon into camera systems.

Qualifications

  • BS Degree
  • Experience in at least one of the following domains: analog/mixed-signal IC development, low-power, low-noise sensing and signal processing
  • Experience with board-level design constraints, power assessment, and analysis
  • Experience with performing root-cause analysis and problem-solving
  • Experience driving complex projects to completion
  • A minimum of 20 years of industry experience
  • MS or PhD degree in Electrical or Computer Engineering
  • Engineer and relevant in low-power, low-noise sensing and signal processing
  • Experience with embedded systems and MCU-based custom silicon designs
  • Experience with software/hardware co-design methodologies
  • Experience optimizing designs across multiple disciplines, including hardware/firmware partitioning, trade-off assessments, design verification, and tolerance analysis
  • Experience with IC development from architecture through high-volume production ramp
  • Experience working independently to design and deliver complex systems

Skills

Required:silicon architectureverification and validation planningemulation platforms (FPGA/Discrete components)

Benefits

  • Comprehensive medical and dental coverage
  • retirement benefits
  • range of discounted products and free services
  • reimbursement for certain educational expenses — including tuition
  • discretionary bonuses or commission payments as well as relocation (eligibility varies)
  • employee stock programs including discretionary RSU awards and Employee Stock Purchase Plan
Last updated Oct 16, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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