What are the responsibilities and job description for the QE Engineer position at Apple?
Do you want to see your ideas and passion make an impact on the way consumer electronics enrich customers' lives? Ever wondered what technologies make the special things happen across Apple products like - Accessories, iPhones, iPads, Watch, Mac, Display? At Apple, we solve hard problems to ensure that our customers have a seamless experience with our products. We have an exciting new opportunity for a highly motivated and creative engineer with excellent problem solving and interpersonal skills. You'll join a dynamic team of hardworking engineers responsible for driving the quality of Apple Products and their integration in iOS/macOS ecosystems by working closely with hardware, firmware and software engineering teams.
Description
Be part of the iOS Device QE team, focused on testing firmware and ensuring ultra-high quality for Apple's next generation human interface devices. You will be a motivated individual who cares and thinks about user experience, able to collaborate with other engineers to problem solve and understand the basics of firmware. Core responsibilities include but not limited to: Understanding microcontroller based embedded systems, including algorithms Working to guarantee that Multitouch system consistently achieve Apple quality bar Partnering with a development team to quickly understand an architecture, break it into functional parts, come up with a plan to test/validate, and identify and target weaknesses Devising and building test fixtures, building tools and authoring automated scripts Driving manual and automated test plans on early prototypes Documentation of test cases and code used for test execution Coming up with ideas for custom tools and methods to exercise firmware features Tracking performance, reporting results to management, driving issues to closure Partnering with Human Factors / User Study Group to validate the customer experience and learn about how humans use new input devices
Preferred Qualifications
Experience writing and/or testing firmware, building embedded systems
Algorithm analysis and validation
Knowledge of Mac systems and MacOS/iOS or UNIX variant
Track record of shipping great consumer products
Testing automation using Python or similar
Use of hardware debugging tools
USB and Bluetooth CATC, protocol analyzer, logic analyzer, oscilloscope
Familiarity with C/C or object-oriented programming
Test tool development
Continuous integration systems
Minimum Qualifications
BS and a minimum of 3 years relevant industry experience.
Experience writing and/or testing firmware, building embedded systems
Knowledge of Mac systems and MacOS/iOS or UNIX variant
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