Role Overview

Are you passionate about cutting edge camera technology, and the possibilities it has enabled, from smart home products to self-driving road vehicles? In Arm’s ISP team, we develop the groundbreaking image processors that enable this revolution in imaging, and demonstrating the best image quality (IQ) is crucial. This role is an excellent opportunity for an expert engineer to define how Image Signal Processors of the future should be designed, tuned and tested.

About the role

You will lead internal development and IQ testing of our image processors, collaborating closely with software developers, hardware design engineers and product marketing to make sure our products are outstanding. You will also act as a technical consultant to our partners – some of the most well-known technology companies in the world, and play a crucial role in enabling them to push the boundaries of what is possible with each generation of their technology.

In this role you will get to work on the best digital imaging and multimedia technology, so if that excites you and you want to see tangible results from you work, like witnessing how your decisions turn into better products that people use every day, you will love this job!

You will also get the chance to amplify your impact by sharing your knowledge, supporting and mentoring team members.

The IQ team is outstanding technically, but also very inclusive. Teamwork is at the heart of what we do, so neuro-diversity and our wide range of backgrounds plays a really meaningful role in achieving our objectives.

What you can expect to do:

• Coordinate tests and experiments in order to achieve the best objective and subjective image quality from digital cameras
• Lead all aspects of IQ activities for new ISP products from conception to productization
• Find and solve image quality problems
• Tune and test full camera systems (CMOS sensors, ISP and lenses)
• Meet customers and industry peers to support them and understand their needs

Requirements

Key Skills & Experience

• Awareness of image processing algorithms and the underlying mathematics
• CMOS sensors and lenses, and factors affecting their performance
• 3A algorithms (Auto White Balance, Auto Focus, Auto Exposure) and tuning
• Image quality analysis and tools
• Good report writing skills
• Good problem solving skills

Desirable Skills & Experience

• A deep understanding of ISP operations
• Awareness of the technology industry: camera applications, image quality challenges and new developments
• Proficiency in at least one of: MATLAB, C, Python

Education:

• Minimum requirement: a Bachelor’s degree in a relevant technical subject such as Physics, Mathematics, Computer Science, or Digital Signal Processing.

Arm Core Beliefs

At Arm, we are guided by our core beliefs that reflect our culture and guide our decisions, defining how we work together to defy ordinary and shape extraordinary:

We not I

• Take daily responsibility to make the Global Arm community thrive
• No individual has the right answer. Brilliance is collective
• Information is essential, share it
• Realise that we win when we collaborate — and that everyone misses out when we don’t

Passion for progress

• Our differences are our strength. Widen and mix up the pool of people you connect with
• Difficult things can take unexpected directions. Stick with it
• Make feedback positive and expansive, not negative and narrow
• The essence of progress is that it can’t stop. Grow with it and be responsible for your own progress

Be your brilliant self

• Be quirky not egocentric
• Recognise the power in saying ‘I don’t know’
• Make trust our default position
• Hold strong opinions lightly

With offices around the world, Arm is full of diverse, dedicated, creative and hard-working engineers. By enabling an inclusive, meritocratic and open workplace where all our people can grow and succeed, we support our people to share their contributions to Arm’s success in the global marketplace.

Arm has a responsibility to ensure that all employees are eligible to live and work in the UK.

More About Arm

Arm® is at the heart of the world’s most sophisticated digital IP products. Our technology enables the creation of new markets and transformation of industries and society. We design scalable, energy efficient-processors and related technologies to deliver the intelligence in applications ranging from sensors to servers, including smartphones, tablets, enterprise infrastructure and the Internet of Things.

Our innovative technology is licensed by ARM Partners who have shipped billions of Systems on Chip (SoCs) containing our intellectual property since the company began in 1990. Together with our Connected Community, we are breaking down barriers to innovation for developers, designers and engineers, ensuring a fast, reliable route to market for leading electronics companies.

We are an equal opportunity employer, committed to providing an environment of mutual respect where equal opportunities are available to all applicants and colleagues. We are a diverse organization of dedicated and innovative individuals, and don’t discriminate on the basis of any characteristic.

We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.

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Arm is an equal opportunity employer, committed to providing an environment of mutual respect where equal opportunities are available to all applicants and colleagues. We are a diverse organization of dedicated and innovative individuals, and don’t discriminate on the basis of any characteristic.

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