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Optical System Engineer

Apple, Inc.Cupertino, CA🇺🇸United StatesPosted 12 Aug 2026

Why This Role Stands Out

As an Optical System Engineer at Apple, you will contribute to groundbreaking camera hardware development, leveraging your lens design expertise within a collaborative and innovative environment. This hybrid role offers exceptional career growth and the chance to shape products that impact millions worldwide, making it an ideal opportunity for skilled optical engineers passionate about pushing technological boundaries. Apply today to join a team dedicated to creating something wonderful and sharing it with the world.

Quick Overview

Work Type
Hybrid
Level
Mid Senior

Job Description

Apple is where individual imaginations gather together, committing to the values that lead to great work. Every new product we build, service we create, or Apple Store experience we deliver is the result of us making each other's ideas stronger. That happens because every one of us shares a belief that we can make something wonderful and share it with the world, changing lives for the better. It's the diversity of our people and their thinking that inspires the innovation that runs through everything we do. When we bring everybody in, we can do the best work of our lives. Here, you'll do more than join something - you'll add something.

Description

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 a Camera Optical Engineer to develop and support custom lens design and development.

Minimum Qualifications

Bachelor's degree in Optical Science, Optical Engineering, Physics, Mathematics or related field.

Experience in lens design fundamentals.

Experience in the area of lens design metrology and integration.

Proficiency using an optical software package (examples may include ZEMAX, CODE V, FRED, LightTool, etc.).

Preferred Qualifications

Master's or PhD and a minimum of 10 years relevant industry experience.

Experience in lens design tolerance and stray light analysis.

Experience in lens characterization methodology and instrumentation.

Ability to perform comprehensive optical and image quality characterization of the lens and the camera module.

Must be high energy multi-tasker resourceful problem solver ability to work within tight deadlines.

Working knowledge of optomechanics is a plus.

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