Software Development Engineer in Test

Software Development Engineer in Test

Duration: 12 Months

Location:

Cupertino, CA (Hybrid)

Be part of the engineering team crafting health features on Watch. The Health Sensing team has a catalogue of health features we ship to customers every year. "We're looking for a Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET) who has strong experience with developing and maintaining robust and stable test automation, building up reliable and scalable testing infrastructure to run them, managing test lab that hosts automation test agents and all supported devices under test."

In this role, you’ll also test number of sophisticated health features on the next version of Watch hardware and watchOS, ultimately to provide timely and actionable feedback to our development partners well before they ship to customers. If you are a highly motivated engineer with aspirations to solve automation challenges at scale, in the area of testing and production performance monitoring, we want to talk to you!

• 5+ years of proven experience working as an SDET, or Automation Engineer for software, firmware, and/or hardware projects
• Proficiency in scripting languages such as Python and Shell
• Proven background in testing methodologies (e.g., unit testing, integration testing, performance testing, functional testing, etc.), tools, frameworks, and pipelines
• Experience triaging, diagnosing, and debugging complex systems that involve both hardware and software
• Experience identifying automation requirements and crafting solutions to address test execution challenges
• Experience compiling and sending out test summary reports
• Experience using telemetry for building dashboards to monitor production performance
• Experience with managing test passes and releasing software, including software updates
• Experience working with contractors and overseeing their deliverables
• Excellent time‑management and project management skills
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Software Engineering, or a related field

• This position requires someone with a passion for Quality Engineering to deliver high quality products to our customers, as well as being a phenomenal partner with the Health Sensing Engineering teams.
• You possess the right set of skills to design and develop automation frameworks with a focus on scalability and reliability of the tests, while promoting coding best practices.
• As an automation expert, you will be providing solutions to automate the various testing and triaging workflows with a strong sense of ownership. Participate in deep technical discussions with the engineering team, understand software development, testing, triaging, and sustainment workflows, to ensure the robustness and scalability of the solutions.
• You should have strong experience in developing tests, executing them, and triaging test results in a scalable manner. You will be responsible for the following:
• Owning the catalogue of regression test suites for software running health algorithms on watchOS and iOS devices
• Designing and recommending logging telemetry to improve failure analysis and field performance metrics, and efficiently gathering and presenting quality metrics
• Participating in and/or driving post‑mortem discussions to think strategically about how to prevent similar issues in the future

• Experience with testing algorithm
• Familiarity with health‑regulated software testing and documentation processes
• Familiarity with digital signal processing
• Familiarity with testing embedded devices
• Familiarity with developing KPI dashboards
• Knowledge of Macintosh systems and Mac OS or UNIX variants
• Outstanding collaborative skills including networking, negotiating, documentation, and presentation skills
• Ability to think analytically and creatively, solve sophisticated problems, and innovate
• Self‑motivated, proactive, enthusiastic about user‑focused design and high‑quality products
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills to facilitate close interaction with development teams, management, and other organizations