Position Sensing Systems Engineer

San Diego 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 and a minimum of 10 years relevant industry experience.
Experience with magnetic or optical sensing systems.
Experience with mixed-signal electronics, and/or signal processing.
Experience with measurement science, calibration, or physical modeling.
Experience implementing behavioral models of sensing system signal chains in tools like Matlab or Python or similar to interrogate performance.

Preferred Qualifications

PhD in EE, ECE, Engineering Physics, or similar.
Experience applying systems engineering concepts, first principles, and analysis to connect use-case requirements to system-level requirements to component level requirements.
Experience with documenting engineering requirements specifications.
Experience with magneto-static simulations using Finite Element Analysis tools like ANSYS or COMSOL or similar.

Experience leading/owning technical projects independently and collaborating, communicating with cross-functional teams.
Experience implementing behavioral models of sensing system signal chains in tools like Matlab or Python or similar to interrogate performance.
Experience driving statistical data analysis tools such as JMP for high-volume manufacturing data analysis and yield/quality investigations.

About this role

Summary

Lead design and development of camera sensing systems using signal processing and modeling.

Job title

Position Sensing Systems Engineer

Experience level

10+ years

Minimum experience

10+ years exp

Industry

technology

Location requirements

San Diego, on-site preferred, remote not specified

Salary

Not specified

Management role

No

Skills & keywords

Required skills

magnetic sensingoptical sensingmixed-signal electronicssignal processingMatlabPythonmeasurement sciencecalibrationbehavioral modeling

Preferred skills

systems engineeringrequirements documentationfinite element analysisANSYSCOMSOLstatistical data analysisJMP

Specializations

sensing systemssignal processingmeasurement sciencecalibrationmodeling
Locations

Structured locations inferred from the posting.

San Diego, CA, USA

On-site City