Join Apple as a Pro Workflow Architect

The people here at Apple don't just create products - they create the kind of wonder that's revolutionized entire industries. It's the diversity of those people and their ideas that inspires 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. Are you up for the challenge?

The Pro Workflow (PWF) team within Apple's Hardware Engineering organization joins creative domain experts with computer system architects to drive innovation and deliver astounding new features to iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Vision Pro. From beginners learning the basics of music through professional audio and broadcast facilities, PWF is dedicated to elevating and accelerating the creative capabilities of our customers by understanding how the most demanding creative users use our products and leveraging those insights to build better products for everyone. The Pro Workflow team exemplifies Apple's position at the intersection of technology and the liberal arts. We look forward to your contributions to help shape the future of creativity. Come join us!

Primary Responsibilities:

• Collaborating with System Architects to identify creative use cases that are impacted by hardware performance.
• Leading cross-functional efforts to improve performance or bring new features to Apple products.
• Contributing to the process that establishes and validates hardware performance targets for creative use cases.
• Working individually and collaboratively on research and development of new creative capabilities for iPhone, iPad, and Mac.
• Creating presentation materials and regularly presenting status reports and project outcomes to peers and executive leadership.
• Maintaining knowledge of current and next-generation hardware, software, and workflows in media and entertainment.
• Technical engagement with key external developers and strategic customers.

Expertise Required:
Expert in more than one of the following:

• Set up, configuration, and use of video production facilities.
• Motion capture stages.
• On-location capture systems.
• Technologies and strategies for final-frame, intermediate, and interactive rendering.

Ideal Candidate:
The ideal candidate is someone who is an authoritative resource within areas of expertise; familiar with specification, design, and configuration of all relevant software, hardware, and peripherals. Willingness to acquire new technical knowledge and applied skills. Excellent communication, organization, and leadership skills with the ability to inspire and align team members; ability to filter and distill relevant information and package it for the right audience.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or relevant field or equivalent experience.
• 10+ years professional experience leading teams in technologically demanding production environments.
• Experience debugging and resolving workflow issues independently, within a team, and as a beta tester.
• Proven success across creative efforts blending pre-visualized/pre-rendered, real-time/interactive, virtual/practical, and traditional post-production techniques.
• Proven ability to design innovative workflows and bring these into production environments.