One of the biggest disappointments following the iPad’s introduction on January 27th was the absence of some kind of camera, preferably a front-facing one which would have enabled video conferencing capabilities to the device. But if a recent Apple job posting is any indication, Cupertino may still have something on the boards for a future model.

MacRumors is reporting on the new job posting on Apple’s own website which suggests that still and video camera capabilities may indeed come to the iPad in the future -- but we wouldn’t hold out too much hope for a surprise come late March and find it added to the existing model.

The job position is for a quality assurance manager in the Media Systems division of Apple’s Interactive Media Group (say that three times fast), with a focus on the “iPad Media” segment of said division.

“The Media Systems team is looking for a software quality engineer with a strong technical background to test still, video and audio capture and playback frameworks,” the job post reads. “Build on your QA experience and knowledge of digital camera technology (still and video) to develop and maintain testing frameworks for both capture and playback pipelines.”

The lucky employee will find themselves “assisting the development team by testing performance of their systems” as well as developing the tools necessary for such testing.

“Familiarity with and interest in photography, video as well as media file formats is highly desirable,” the job post adds. “Experience with tuning of and image pipeline, including, but not limited to AWB, Color Correction, AutoExposure, FrameRate adjustments is a plus.”

Enterprising tech-heads discovered what appears to be an empty space inside the iPad’s enclosure that’s appears to be intended for an iSight-style camera, but it does not appear at this time that Apple intends to offer it for the device’s debut in March.