Senior Software Engineer — Display and Color Quality

Join a team of highly skilled and innovative engineers who play a key role in driving Front of Screen (FOS) visual quality across the Apple ecosystem. Apple's Compositing, Color, and Display Software organization provides the graphics software foundation for all of Apple's innovative products, including iPhone, iPad, Apple TV, Mac and Apple Watch. The technologies we develop are central to enabling enhanced visual experiences across our platforms, from rendering Liquid Glass UI materials to rendering complex HDR media formats while maintaining artistic intent through color and display management.

Description

We are looking for a great teammate who will thrive in our collaborative team environment yet is a capable and highly productive individual contributor. This role requires intellectual curiosity, analytical rigor, and strong technical merit assessment skills. Our mission is to use these skills to enable cutting-edge Front-of-Screen (FOS) technologies and drive better user experiences for our customers. This is a high-energy, time-constrained, multitasking environment with high visibility and impact. Does this sound like you? You have strong analytical skills and can present compelling and clear results. You bring with you confidence from your years of experience, combined with a humble attitude and a willingness to learn and benefit from the experience of others. You have excellent judgment and integrity with the ability to make timely and sound decisions that take into account a diversity of opinions and experience. You have an ability to stay focused and prioritize your workload while achieving extraordinary quality. You are upbeat, adaptable, and results-oriented with a positive attitude. You are driven by the desire to realize the best customer experience, even when achieving that goal might mean choosing the more difficult path.

Minimum Qualifications

Experience or demonstrable expertise and interest in the following areas: Subjective and Objective Image Quality Assessment and commonly used metrics Proficiency in Linux/Darwin command line environments Software Tools and Automation Development: Python, Matlab, Shell Script Video, Image, and Display Colorimetry Standards Color & Display Management, principles and practical applications Familiarity with Apple products (iPhone, iPad, MacBook) and display-oriented features (e.g., Auto Brightness, True Tone, Night Shift, HDR rendering) Degree in CS/EE or equivalent experience

Preferred Qualifications

Software development experience in one or more of the following: C/C++, Objective-C/Swift, TCL Knowledge or experience in HDR WCG formats, such as Dolby Vision, HDR10, HDR10+, and HLG-HDR Knowledge or experience in video and image systems and display technologies and laboratory tools and equipment commonly used to evaluate them iOS/macOS development experience Experience conducting or participating in subjective visual quality user studies

Responsibilities

Design subjective and objective Front-of-Screen (FOS) visual quality test procedures that focus on the most important features, use-cases and risk areas, while fitting within allotted time constraints Document plans clearly, sharing within the team and with cross-functional partners for feedback before ultimately presenting to organizational leadership Execute documented visual quality test procedures while carefully accounting for all of the necessary variables that can impact the test results Analyze test results, thoroughly and carefully, to draw insightful conclusions, partnering with teammates and cross-functional partners to better understand observations as-needed to fully contextualize results and the visual quality implications Present analysis results within the team and with cross-functional partners for feedback before ultimately presenting to organizational leadership As needed, provide domain expertise and leadership to coordinate with cross-functional partners to drive issue demonstration and resolution As needed, apply domain expertise to develop alternative or corrective color and display management prototypes along with procedures to clearly demonstrate how the prototype impacts Front of Screen (FOS) visual quality

Eeo Content

Apple is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to inclusion and diversity. We seek to promote equal opportunity for all applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, Veteran status, or other legally protected characteristics. Learn more about your EEO rights as an applicant.