Software Test Engineer, Location Context & AI Models

Apple Inc.; Cupertino, Northern (CA, KY); Hybrid; USD 150,000 - 278,000; Full time

Job summary

Apple Inc. in Cupertino, California, is seeking a Software Test Engineer in Sensing & Connectivity to validate ML models and end-to-end location context features. You will design QA strategies, build automated tests, and monitor performance across iOS/watchOS platforms.

You will work with data-heavy pipelines, synthetic data generation, and privacy-conscious data collection, collaborating with hardware and app teams to ensure high-quality user experiences.

Qualifications

• BS, MS, or PhD in Computer Science / Electrical Engineering / Mechanical Engineering or equivalent.
• Experience in validating AI models, crafting benchmarks and evaluation protocols, and performing statistical analysis.
• Proficient in designing AI-assisted workflows, using GenAI to automate and accelerate testing, debugging, and metrics analysis.
• Proficient at coding in Python and/or MATLAB.
• Proficient at data analysis, data visualization, and reporting.

Responsibilities

• Own the quality of the end-to-end experiences powered by location context, and define the quality assurance strategy for our ML models, including validation of training data, features, and labels.
• Challenge the design and implementation of the algorithms, and back your conclusions with sound analysis.
• Develop automated tests that qualify features and measure performance and system memory usage, along with automated monitoring and quality metrics that continuously track feature performance.
• Identify the KPIs that define the project's success, build the dashboards behind them, and track progress across releases.
• Generate synthetic data at scale to validate on-device models across a large number of highly variable environments, applying the reasoning, analytics, and data-science judgment, and GenAI where it accelerates the work, needed to achieve meaningful variation and coverage.
• Build data-collection and replay infrastructure that scales across diverse real-world scenarios while adhering to Apple's privacy standards.
• Profile, process, and evaluate large structured and unstructured datasets.
• Participate in and present at user study reviews, code reviews, and data reviews.
• Communicate with upstream (e.g., hardware) and downstream (e.g., app) stakeholders to drive the end-to-end user experience of the feature.

Skills

AI model validation

Benchmarking

Statistical analysis

GenAI in testing

Data analysis

Education

BS/MS/PhD in CS/EE/ME

Tools

Python

MATLAB

Job description

Apple Inc. in Cupertino, California, is seeking a Software Test Engineer in Sensing & Connectivity to validate ML models and end-to-end location context features. You will design QA strategies, build automated tests, and monitor performance across iOS/watchOS platforms.

You will work with data-heavy pipelines, synthetic data generation, and privacy-conscious data collection, collaborating with hardware and app teams to ensure high-quality user experiences.