Algorithm Engineer, Home and Audio Devices

Algorithm Engineer, Home and Audio Devices

Cupertino, California, United States Hardware

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.

We are looking for an individual with genuine passion for innovation and product development, with experience from inception through delivery to customers. You will work very closely with the architecture, human experience, firmware and software, and electrical and mechanical engineering teams to define and create sensing experiences for a number of future products.

During the concept design of a product, the candidate will be responsible for driving and creating requirements, identifying the best HW solutions available, and designing the SW algorithms. In this role, you will work on signal processing, machine learning, and data fusion techniques to enhance the capabilities of our sensing technologies. The individual will also be responsible for the overall sensor integration and tuning in the product and ensuring the highest quality execution.

Proven capability to deploy models to resource‑constrained embedded systems, ensuring that the product meets the desired experience requirements and performance metrics.

• Design, implement, and optimize sensing algorithms.
• Prototype and evaluate novel techniques to improve sensing accuracy and functionality.
• Ensure algorithms meet performance, accuracy, and latency requirements for embedded systems.
• Integrate models into embedded systems and tune them to meet product requirements.
• Develop metrics and KPIs to track algorithm performance.

• M.S. in EE, CE, CS, or equivalent experience or skills.
• Algorithm design for classification, noise modeling/filtering, signal processing, statistical analysis, and machine learning.
• Experience with data analysis, visualization of complex data in Python and/or MATLAB, and presenting resulting conclusions.
• Implementation into embedded or resource‑constrained systems in C/C++ in production environments.
• Able to learn how to quantify and test new sensing technologies such as IMU, capacitive, environmental, light, motion, radar, optical, acoustic, and evaluate user impact and performance.
• Availability to travel domestically and internationally for development and on‑site manufacturing support is also expected.

• Good team player with great communication and leadership skills and ability to lead high-level discussions on technology strategy and approach.
• Prior experience with end-to-end development, taking a feature from concept to ship.
• Proven technical leadership skills with the ability to generate and deliver creative problem solutions.
• Experience leading multi-disciplinary teams/projects and driving projects of varying sizes and scopes.
• Availability to travel domestically and internationally for development and on‑site manufacturing support is also expected.

At Apple, base pay is one part of our total compensation package and is determined within a range. This provides the opportunity to progress as you grow and develop within a role. The base pay range for this role is between $150,400 and $277,600, and your base pay will depend on your skills, qualifications, experience, and location.

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