Position Sensing Systems Engineer

Cupertino Until 9/21/2026 10+ years exp First posted July 23, 2026 Last posted July 23, 2026
Job description

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 Systems 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 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.

Description

The Camera Systems Engineering Group is responsible for the systems-level analysis, design and development of new camera features and technologies for performance enhancement. The team is seeking an exceptional position sensing systems engineer with broad skills to lead product and technology development projects.

Minimum Qualifications

B.S. in EE, ECE, Engineering Physics, or similar.
Skills and/or experience with magnetic or optical or similar sensing systems.
Training and/or experience with Electrical Engineering (EE) fundamentals including: analog and digital or ‘mixed-signal’ electronics, and signal processing.
Skills and experience implementing behavioral models of sensing system signal chains in tools like MATLAB or PYTHON or similar to interrogate performance.

Experience with measurement science, calibration, and physical modeling.

Preferred Qualifications

PhD in EE, ECE, Engineering Physics, or similar.
10+ years of work/industry experience.
Demonstrated ability to apply systems engineering concepts, first principles, and analysis to connect use-case requirements to system-level requirements to component level requirements. Document requirements in Engineering Requirements Specifications.
Experience with statistical data analysis tools like JMP for high volume manufacturing data analysis.
Experience with magneto-static simulations using Finite Element Analysis tools like ANSYS or COMSOL or similar.

Familiarity with cameras, optics, and control systems.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills. Interpersonal skills - the ability to collaborate across groups. Self-motivated, able to lead projects independently.

About this role

Summary

Lead development of sensing systems for Apple camera hardware and features.

Job title

Position Sensing Systems Engineer

Experience level

10+ years

Minimum experience

10+ years exp

Industry

technology

Location requirements

Cupertino, no remote work allowed

Salary

Not specified

Management role

No

Skills & keywords

Required skills

magnetic sensingoptical sensingsignal processingMATLABPYTHONmeasurement sciencecalibrationphysical modeling

Preferred skills

systems engineeringstatistical data analysisFinite Element Analysiscamerasopticscontrol systemscommunication

Specializations

sensing systemssignal processingsystem engineeringmodelingcalibration
Locations

Structured locations inferred from the posting.

Cupertino, CA, USA

On-site City