OpenAI · 3 weeks ago
Camera ISP Software Engineer, Consumer Products
San Francisco
Full-time
Hybrid
Mid, Senior Level
$325K/yr - $325K/yrOpenAI is an AI research and deployment company dedicated to ensuring that general-purpose artificial intelligence benefits all of humanity. As a Camera ISP Software Engineer, you will own end-to-end ISP bring-up and tuning across prototype and production hardware, focusing on delivering stable, high-quality imaging systems under real-world constraints.
Agentic AIArtificial Intelligence (AI)Foundational AIGenerative AIMachine LearningNatural Language ProcessingSaaS
Responsibilities
Own end-to-end ISP tuning and bring-up, from early prototypes through production hardware
Tune core 3A and image-quality blocks including AE, AWB, AF, noise reduction (spatial and temporal), sharpening, tone mapping, color correction, HDR/WDR, flicker mitigation, lens shading, defect pixel correction, and related ISP stages
Build repeatable capture and evaluation workflows, combining controlled lab sweeps with real-world validation
Validate robustness across sensor, module, and manufacturing variation with clear, defensible success criteria
Deliver production-grade tuning artifacts, including versioned tuning packs, parameter manifests, change logs, and curated RAW and processed datasets with supporting documentation
Partner closely with camera firmware, systems, and hardware teams to debug pipelines, configure sensors, and resolve board-level and silicon-level issues as designs evolve
Qualification
Required
Deep experience shipping ISP tuning for embedded or mobile camera products, from bring-up through production
Strong fundamentals across 3A (AE/AWB/AF), noise modeling, sharpening and detail trade-offs, tone mapping, and color pipelines
Proven ability to run data-driven tuning loops, including repeatable capture, rigorous evaluation, and disciplined versioning of tuning artifacts
Hands-on experience debugging end-to-end camera pipelines on real hardware, including RAW capture, processed outputs, and hardware-accelerated paths
Ability to collaborate cross-functionally and translate system-level constraints (power, latency, motion, reliability) into concrete tuning decisions and validation plans
Preferred
Experience with mobile or embedded SoC camera stacks and vendor frameworks (e.g., Qualcomm, Samsung, MediaTek)
Experience tuning imaging pipelines explicitly for downstream machine-learning consumers, with iteration driven by model feedback
Experience designing motion-aware temporal imaging strategies that remain stable under rapid device or scene motion
Benefits
Relocation assistance
Company
OpenAI
OpenAI is an AI research and deployment company that develops advanced AI models, including ChatGPT. It is a sub-organization of OpenAI Foundation.
Founded in 2015
201-500 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Growth StageTotal Funding
$79BKey Investors
The Walt Disney CompanySoftBankThrive Capital
2025-12-11Corporate Round· $1B
2025-10-02Secondary Market· $6.6B
2025-03-31Series Unknown· $40B
Leadership Team
Sam Altman
CEO & Co-Founder
Greg Brockman
President, Chairman, & Co-Founder
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