Aesthetics Scientist

iPhone is the most popular camera in the world and Aesthetics Science is focused on understanding human perception and artistic intent with enough precision for scientists engineers designers and artists to work on it together. This role joins a team that strives to understand why people take pictures and what they like about them in order to infuse that knowledge directly into the software development process. We are feature developers who bring rigorous research and photographic principles to how Apple builds the camera and visual experiences that people rely on every day.n

We are seeking an Aesthetics Scientist who brings deep domain expertise in aesthetics research or research in photography recommendation algorithms or image processing to translate that understanding directly into feature development: working at the intersection of imaging technology human behavior and will lead the day-to-day design and execution of an imaging aesthetics research program running user studies that inform Ru0026D across Camera and Photos software teams. Youll take complex open-ended questions about aesthetics and taste and distill them into effective well-scoped engineering solutions developing and shaping new functionality that pushes imaging technology forward in ways that feel both practical and delightful. Your research shapes decisions that reach every iPhone shipped were looking for someone ready for that scale of impact.n

Design and conduct user studies covering participant recruitment and quantitative/qualitative analysis to understand the complex preference space of photographic renderings individual differences in preference visual trends and customer behavior while building the tools analytics frameworks and dashboards that surface these insights at research operations end to end including protocol development approvals and vendor rigorous statistical standards across the work of the broader propose and run research projects that inform feature development in collaboration with research leads and cross functional teams.

5 years of relevant experience including 1 years conducting research on a product development demonstrable track record conducting perceptual or aesthetics experience in R Python MATLAB or similar and experience with research software designing and conducting human perception experiments and/or working with algorithmic recommendation systems.

PhD in aesthetics vision science cognitive science psychology or a related -matter expertise in contemporary photography visual storytelling or photographic or experience in UX design principles and UX experience in SWIFTnFluency in additional languages (e.g. Mandarin Hindi Spanish) to support user research across global to written and verbal communication with AI tools and incorporating them into research in peer-reviewed journals or academic conferences.