Senior Automation Engineer - Diagnostics & QA Tools

Apple Inc.; Sunnyvale (CA); On-site; USD 175,000 - 312,000; Full time

Job summary

Apple Inc. in Sunnyvale, California, is seeking an Automation Engineering professional for the AppleCare Field Service Diagnostics team.

You will own the team\'s automation strategy, expand frameworks, build new tools, set up monitoring, and ensure readiness to test the latest Apple products with high-quality diagnostic and repair systems. The role requires 5+ years in Swift and Python, strong QA experience, and collaboration across global teams.

Qualifications

• BA/BS degree in a related field, or equivalent work experience.
• 5+ years of Swift and Python programming experience.
• Experience building and growing XCUITests and supporting frameworks.
• Possess a proven understanding of software testing and QA methodologies.
• Ability to extract user scenarios from software feature descriptions and requirements to translate them into effective test plans and cases.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, and thrives in a dynamic, collaborative team environment.
• Strong knowledge of Unix-based systems.

Responsibilities

• Partner with cross-functional/global teams to define automation requirements and roadmap.
• Mentor and provide technical guidance to other engineers on the team.
• Design, implement and maintain automation frameworks and tools to support Diagnostics and Repair QA test teams.
• Expand the existing monitoring systems.
• Manage and scale the QA Automation Lab fleet of devices.

Skills

Swift programming

Python programming

Test planning

QA methodologies

Communication skills

Unix-based systems

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Tools

Jenkins

Apple Service Toolkit 2

Field Diagnostics ecosystem

Puppet

Ansible

MDM solutions

Job description

Apple Inc. in Sunnyvale, California, is seeking an Automation Engineering professional for the AppleCare Field Service Diagnostics team.

You will own the team\'s automation strategy, expand frameworks, build new tools, set up monitoring, and ensure readiness to test the latest Apple products with high-quality diagnostic and repair systems. The role requires 5+ years in Swift and Python, strong QA experience, and collaboration across global teams.