Firmware Quality & Test Automation Engineer

Apple Inc.; Sunnyvale, Northern (CA, KY); Hybrid; USD 145,000 - 264,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical & Dental

Retirement benefits

Employee stock programs

Relocation assistance

Discounts on products

Job summary

Apple Inc. is seeking an iOS Device QE engineer to test firmware for next-generation Human Interface devices. You will collaborate with engineers to understand architectures, design test plans, and build automation in Python to validate features early in development.

The role emphasizes quality at prototype stages, strong communication, and experience with embedded systems, microcontrollers, and sensors to ensure Apple quality is met across Multitouch devices.

Qualifications

• BS in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Computer Science or related degrees.
• 3+ years of relevant industry experience.
• Experience leveraging AI-powered development tools to streamline daily workflows, accelerate coding and debugging, creating test frameworks and improve overall code quality and testing methodologies.
• Preferred: MS in related fields.

Responsibilities

• Understand microcontroller-based embedded systems and algorithms.
• Guarantee Multitouch system meets Apple quality bar.
• Collaborate with development teams 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 in Python.
• Execute 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.

Skills

Embedded systems

C/C++

Python

Testing automation

Algorithm analysis

MacOS/iOS familiarity

Education

BS in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Computer Science or related degrees

Tools

USB and Bluetooth CATC

Protocol analyzer

Logic analyzer

Oscilloscope

Hardware debugging tools

Job description

Apple Inc. is seeking an iOS Device QE engineer to test firmware for next-generation Human Interface devices. You will collaborate with engineers to understand architectures, design test plans, and build automation in Python to validate features early in development.

The role emphasizes quality at prototype stages, strong communication, and experience with embedded systems, microcontrollers, and sensors to ensure Apple quality is met across Multitouch devices.