System Stability Automation Engineer

Boulder, Colorado, United States Hardware

Are you looking for a new opportunity to work on a dynamic team that is all about delivering a quality experience on some of the world’s most creative products? Do you enjoy exploring applications for augmented reality, thrive on building test solutions rapidly and then iterating on them? We are looking for a highly motivated, energetic, and experienced stability QA engineer with a passion for automation and driving quality for consumer electronics and breaking new ground on the leading edge of technology!

We are a group of diverse-minded systems QA engineers, and we have the unique rewarding opportunity to partner closely with the engineering teams, to drive stability and shape upcoming products that will delight and inspire millions of Apple’s customers every day. Come be a part of a team using creativity and innovation to qualify features and technologies that our customers love and that you will be proud of!

We are seeking a passionate QA automation engineer to build/execute automated tests for validation of features and ensuring system stability. You will support design scalability, automation and complete integrated system tests via software and robotic test fixtures. You will own and maintain automated test suites that run continuously across product builds and investigate failures, triage root causes. Using data and your drive for quality, you'll advocate for fixes to drive them to resolution and continuously improve tests and processes with a drive towards innovation and automation.

Your work will be highly visible to engineering teams and executive-level review boards and requires understanding of software release management, data visualization, and data analysis. You will coordinate with engineers across Apple to improve and maintain stability on new and upcoming releases. You'll be working through every step of the product development cycle and will help make Apple products more reliable, flexible, and easy to use.

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent in CS, CE or related field
• 3+ years of Systems QA or System Test experience, preferably on consumer electronics
• Ability to define/design/develop/maintain test automation frameworks with development skills in Python, Object Oriented Programming and scripting languages
• Experience being responsible for a complete functional area of a product or application
• Ability to independently investigate, debug and triage difficult problems and work towards results by working with a wide range of cross-functional teams

• Familiarity in computer vision or image processing, AR/VR systems, spatial computing
• Experience with AI-based tooling and framework development
• Experience with visualization tools like Tableau, or Splunk
• Experience with robotics text fixtures

At Apple, base pay is one part of our total compensation package and is determined within a range. This provides the opportunity to progress as you grow and develop within a role. The base pay range for this role is between $134,700 and $249,500, and your base pay will depend on your skills, qualifications, experience, and location.

Apple employees also have the opportunity to become an Apple shareholder through participation in Apple’s discretionary employee stock programs. Apple employees are eligible for discretionary restricted stock unit awards, and can purchase Apple stock at a discount if voluntarily participating in Apple’s Employee Stock Purchase Plan. You’ll also receive benefits including:
Comprehensive medical and dental coverage, retirement benefits, a range of discounted products and free services, and for formal education related to advancing your career at Apple, reimbursement for certain educational expenses — including tuition. Additionally, this role might be eligible for discretionary bonuses or commission payments as well as relocation. Learn more about Apple Benefits

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