Quality Engineer

Apple Inc

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Work type
On-site
Location
San Diego, CA
Salary
$122,700–$184,800 / yr
Posted
19 days ago
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Confirmed live yesterday

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This role $154k
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This role pays more than 51% of similar roles. Most pay $119,099–$177,250 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $154k versus about $148k for comparable roles.

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About Apple Inc

Apple Inc. is a multinational technology company known for designing and manufacturing consumer electronics, software, and online services, including the iPhone, Mac, iPad, and App Store. Industry: Consumer Electronics & Software

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TL;DR · Quality Engineer

Quality Engineer As a Quality Engineer, you will join a collaborative team to drive the validation of next-generation MacBook trackpads and keyboards. You will work at the intersection of physical hardware and digital interaction, ensuring that raw sensor data translates into seamless user experiences. Your daily responsibilities include architecting test cases for firmware and logic, designing and programming custom robotic automation fixtures, and analyzing complex data sets to provide actionable feedback to developers. You will partner with Electrical Engineering and Product Design teams to scale validation from prototypes to mass production. The role requires expertise in algorithm validation, bug hunting, and system-level debugging. You will utilize Python, Bash, Swift, C, Objective-C, and C++, while utilizing hardware tools like Oscilloscopes and Logic Analyzers. Additionally, you will implement LLM-powered tooling to accelerate automated test failure triage and orchestration.

What you'll do

  • Validate the logic that translates raw sensor data into natural digital interactions for trackpads and keyboards.
  • Develop and implement comprehensive test strategies for new features across the MacBook ecosystem.
  • Design and program custom robotic automation fixtures to solve unique hardware testing challenges.
  • Identify edge cases in human-device interaction that go beyond basic specification compliance.
  • Collaborate with engineering teams to scale validation from early prototypes through mass production.
  • Analyze complex data sets to provide actionable feedback for optimizing firmware performance and reliability.
  • Develop and implement LLM-powered tooling to automate test failure triage and bug reporting.

What we're looking for

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or equivalent experience.
  • 3+ years of experience in firmware validation, embedded development, or a related technical field (preferred).
  • Experience with bug hunting, regression testing, and system-level debugging (preferred).
  • Experience implementing AI-assisted workflows for code generation, data analysis, and automated testing (preferred).
  • Ability to understand and test the logic mapping physical inputs to software events (preferred).
  • Experience designing or programming robotic automation fixtures integrated into test frameworks (preferred).
  • Proficiency with Python, Bash, Swift, or other scripting languages for test automation (preferred).
  • Experience with embedded software architecture (C, Objective-C, C++) and hardware debugging tools like Oscilloscopes or Logic Analyzers (preferred).

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