Vision Health Scientist/Engineer

Vision Health Scientist/Engineer

The Apple Vision Science team works on all aspects of visual experience of Apple products. Our team features a highly collaborative and hands-on environment that fosters scientific and engineering excellence, creativity, and innovation in the interdisciplinary areas of vision science, image processing, color science, neuroscience, optics and health. In this role, you will apply your vision science and clinical vision knowledge to enable the exploration and development of novel vision health technologies. Travel to San Diego is required.

This position will rely on your foundation in vision science and clinical vision to conceive, design, develop, test and deploy vision health technologies that integrate with Apple hardware, software and services.

Responsibilities

• Work with team and strategic external partners to frame research questions, write protocols, conduct human/clinical studies, analyze and interpret results, and communicate actionable insights
• Prototype new product ideas and socialize concepts with cross-functional partners
• Apply study learnings to guide development of health products
• Document and effectively communicate work with design, engineering, algorithms, accessibility, quality, marketing and retail teams

Minimum Qualifications

• BS and a minimum of 10 years relevant industry experience in Vision Science, Optometry, Neuroscience, Optics or similar
• Research and clinical practice experience
• Experienced in programming for experimental execution, analysis and/or prototyping

Preferred Qualifications

• OD/PhD in optometry, vision science or related fields
• Strong foundation in existing clinical vision testing
• Previous experience conducting health related user studies
• Worked with human study review boards and familiar with privacy protection of health data
• Experience working with universities, hospitals and/or medical device manufacturers
• Experience in regulated medical products and/or digital health products
• Comfortable learning new instrumentation/software, and working hands-on with prototypes
• Strong analytical, critical thinking and problem-solving skills
• Proficiency with data analysis tools and statistics
• Curious and fast learner - not afraid to ask questions and be able to quickly understand complex technical or clinical topics
• Highly motivated self-starter, taking initiative to tackle problem at hand
• Proven ability to lead by influence without direct authority - can comfortably build relationships, establish credibility, and drive results
• Highly organized and able to communicate clearly and concisely with vendors, peers and leadership