Software Image Quality Engineer, Creativity Apps
Cupertino · On-site
About this role
Imagine what you could do here! The people here at Apple don’t just build products — we craft the kind of wonder that’s revolutionized entire industries. It’s the diversity of those people and their ideas that supports the innovation that runs through everything we do, from amazing technology to industry-leading environmental efforts. Join Apple, and help us leave the world better than we found it.
The Creativity Apps team is looking for a software Image Quality Integrity Engineer with photos, video editing background to contribute to the production of innovative tools for creative professionals, video makers and visual storytellers. It requires a highly proactive individual with strong creative, technical and analytic skills and passion for new technologies related to computer vision/on device machine learning.
In this role, you will be responsible for planning, designing, maintaining and executing test cases with minimal direction. Your ability to free test, without scripts and tools, will be paramount. Report bugs with outstanding isolation and regression techniques will be the key to your success. This role requires balancing a wide variety of deliverables that will rely on your talent for managing priorities and communicating progress and risks effectively and systematically. Your ongoing curiosity and dedication to self-education in video technologies as well as new testing techniques is what will set you apart. You will be working closely with other team members to help coordinate multi-functional test efforts. You will be in continual dialogue with Engineering and Design as products evolve and you will need to have compassion for users so you can effectively advocate on their behalf. The ability to streamline processes for data collection and systematically parse large data sets will be a huge plus.
2+ years of proven experience as a professional photographer in a competitive industry Experience with digital photography and video, including a deep understanding of exposure settings, white balance, depth-of-field, bokeh, sharpening, denoising, and HDR Strong background in subjective and objective image quality evaluation and color science concepts Demonstrated ability to design and conduct experiments, iterating through parameters to optimize image and video quality Proficiency in image editing software Experience with objective and subjective image quality assessment techniques Experience in testing with GenAI Repair tools. Experience using AI/LLMs for Image/Video Quality Evaluations. Competency in applying photographic best practices and techniques Familiarity with computational photography and machine learning concepts Bachelor's Degree or an equivalent of 4+ years of relevant experience
Analytical, methodical, inquisitive and persistent problem solver committed to driving quality forward Proficient at balancing multiple efforts simultaneously and meeting strict deadlines Can extract user scenarios from software feature descriptions and requirements to translate them into effective test plans and cases. Outstanding interpersonal and communication skills (oral and written) Ability to abstract technical details and effectively communicate to audiences at different levels iOS and macOS familiarity Understanding of UX principals
Description
In this role, you will be responsible for planning, designing, maintaining and executing test cases with minimal direction. Your ability to free test, without scripts and tools, will be paramount. Report bugs with outstanding isolation and regression techniques will be the key to your success. This role requires balancing a wide variety of deliverables that will rely on your talent for managing priorities and communicating progress and risks effectively and systematically. Your ongoing curiosity and dedication to self-education in video technologies as well as new testing techniques is what will set you apart. You will be working closely with other team members to help coordinate multi-functional test efforts. You will be in continual dialogue with Engineering and Design as products evolve and you will need to have compassion for users so you can effectively advocate on their behalf. The ability to streamline processes for data collection and systematically parse large data sets will be a huge plus.
Minimum Qualifications
2+ years of proven experience as a professional photographer in a competitive industry Experience with digital photography and video, including a deep understanding of exposure settings, white balance, depth-of-field, bokeh, sharpening, denoising, and HDR Strong background in subjective and objective image quality evaluation and color science concepts Demonstrated ability to design and conduct experiments, iterating through parameters to optimize image and video quality Proficiency in image editing software Experience with objective and subjective image quality assessment techniques Experience in testing with GenAI Repair tools. Experience using AI/LLMs for Image/Video Quality Evaluations. Competency in applying photographic best practices and techniques Familiarity with computational photography and machine learning concepts Bachelor's Degree or an equivalent of 4+ years of relevant experience
Preferred Qualifications
Analytical, methodical, inquisitive and persistent problem solver committed to driving quality forward Proficient at balancing multiple efforts simultaneously and meeting strict deadlines Can extract user scenarios from software feature descriptions and requirements to translate them into effective test plans and cases. Outstanding interpersonal and communication skills (oral and written) Ability to abstract technical details and effectively communicate to audiences at different levels iOS and macOS familiarity Understanding of UX principals
Company at a glance
We’re a diverse collective of thinkers and doers, continually reimagining what’s possible to help us all do what we love in new ways. And the same innovation that goes into our products also applies to our practices — strengthening our commitment to leave the world better than we found it. This is where your work can make a difference in people’s lives. Including your own.
Apple is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to inclusion and diversity. Visit apple.com/careers to learn more.
Founded1976
Team Size10,001+ employees
WorkspaceOn-site
IndustryComputers and Electronics Manufacturing
Location
Cupertino, California, United States
Websiteapple.com/careers
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