Senior Quality Engineering Leader: AI, Scale & Strategy

Apple, Inc.; Cupertino (CA); On-site; USD 213,000 - 376,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical and dental coverage

Employee stock programs

Tuition reimbursement

Relocation assistance

Job summary

Apple, Inc. in Cupertino, CA seeks a Principal Quality Engineer to elevate quality across Apple Services Engineering. You will lead cross-organizational quality strategy, partner with Engineering and Product, and define metrics to measure success in a massive-scale environment.

You will guide AI-driven quality initiatives, build scalable processes, and influence leadership with clear communication. Applicants should have 10+ years in QA and a strong architecture mindset.

Qualifications

• 10+ years experience in the quality engineering space.
• Experience leading large technical organizations through change.
• Expert in QA/QE and track record of improving quality through processes, systems, and automation.
• Strong technical leadership and keen architecture sense.
• Capacity to engage in deep technical detail yet move fluidly into big-picture thinking.
• Honed practice of developing technical leaders, setting clear strategy, direction and goals
• Experience working with distributed teams across cultures, geography, and timezones.
• High value for teamwork, collaboration, and driving cross-functional alignment. Fluent in influencing without control.
• Strong practice of stakeholder management.
• Ability to drive clarity in the midst of ambiguity.
• Superb communication skills: ability to convey complicated concepts concisely and tailor messaging to different audiences.
• Bachelor’s degree in a quantitative field, such as computer science, engineering, or mathematics.

Responsibilities

• Define and drive cross-organizational quality strategy and execution.
• Collaborate with Engineering and Product partners to align on strategic efforts in the product lifecycle.
• Define, instrument, and implement metrics to measure success of strategic efforts.
• Integrate AI as a core competency into Quality lifecycle and tooling (test case generation, anomaly detection, coverage analysis).
• Communicate progress effectively across the organization, to all levels of leadership.

Skills

Quality leadership

QA/QE practices

Automation mindset

Architecture sense

Stakeholder management

Distributed teams

Education

Bachelor's degree in a quantitative field

Tools

Test case generation

Anomaly detection

Coverage analysis

Job description

Apple, Inc. in Cupertino, CA seeks a Principal Quality Engineer to elevate quality across Apple Services Engineering. You will lead cross-organizational quality strategy, partner with Engineering and Product, and define metrics to measure success in a massive-scale environment.

You will guide AI-driven quality initiatives, build scalable processes, and influence leadership with clear communication. Applicants should have 10+ years in QA and a strong architecture mindset.