Optical System Engineer - Camera Hardware

Summary
Do you love taking on big challenges that require exceptionally creative solutions? Do you deeply understand how an incredible camera experience should work? As part of our Camera Technologies group, you'll help design the innovative technology that allows each generation of Apple products to produce photos even more incredible than the last. You'll design and develop groundbreaking ideas for everything involved in our camera systems, from sensor to lens. You'll collaborate with teams across Apple to research, design, develop, test, and qualify camera hardware for Apple products. Together, we'll craft a magical photography experience that redefines what millions of customers can expect from their cameras.
We live in a mobile and device driven world where knowledge of the physical world around us is needed. We rely on this knowledge to get around, to learn about our environment and to enable spectacular new features for custom applications. Apple is meeting those needs as robustly and as creatively as possible and is interested in people who want to help meet that commitment. The success we are striving will be the result of very skilled people working in an environment which cultivates creativity, partnership, and thinking of old problems in new ways. If that sounds like the kind of environment that you find intriguing, then let's talk. These elements come together to make Apple an amazing environment for motivated people to do the greatest work of their lives. You will become part of a team that sets the standard in fostering excellence, creativity and innovation. Will you help us design the next generation of revolutionary Apple products? The Camera Hardware Engineering group is responsible for all research, design, development, test and qualification of camera hardware for Apple products. The team is looking for an Optical Engineer to develop and support custom lens design and development.

Key Qualifications
Resourceful, prepared to champion your work in front of a large group, ready to take initiative, enjoys working in cross-functional teams
Experience in lens design, tolerance analysis
Experience in Stray light analysis
Proficiency with ZEMAX, CODE V, FRED, LightTools, etc.
Ability to perform comprehensive optical and image quality characterization of the lens and the camera module
Ability to communicate optical design decisions to multi-functional teams
Experience making difficult design decisions with limited information
Ability to analyze production data and extract relevant data
Collaborate with the assembly and packaging groups to support integration of camera lens into module

Description
- Work on new lens designs, characterization and integration into CMOS imager sensor based camera modules.

- Complete analysis of the optical element's influence on the image quality characteristics of the camera module.

- Work with suppliers on prototype design and manufacturing.

- Troubleshoot issues with suppliers by defining proper metrology, requesting and analyzing the necessary data, and making a decision on the solution.

- Communicate your design decision to the cross-functional team.

- Drive your own schedule without a large overhead.

- Take design into production.

Education & Experience
BS and a minimum of 3 years relevant industry experience

Additional Requirements

• - High energy, multi-tasker, resourceful problem solver, ability to work under pressure, take initiative.
• - Working knowledge of opto-mechanics and optics manufacturing.
• - Track record of imaging related innovations.

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