Software Development Engineer - Test
- Location
- Sunnyvale · On-site
- Job type
- Full-time
- Level
- Senior
- Experience
- 3+ years
- Education
- Bachelor's degree
- Listed
- 13 days ago
Skills & highlights for this role
- Python
- Test automation
- Swift
- Xcode UI automation framework
- iOS test automation
- Detailed test plan authoring
- Cross-functional collaboration
Also useful
- AI-powered development tools
- Continuous integration
- Test scheduling systems
- UI/UX design or testing
- Performance tracking and reporting
- Creative test tool and fixture development
- VisionOS
- macOS
Summary
Be part of the Sensor, Software and Prototyping team, focused on testing application software used to collect data and develop Apple’s next generation features and algorithms. This includes technologies such as VisionPro, Multitouch, TouchID, and FaceID.
Testing is focused on VisionOS, MacOS, iOS, and WatchOS applications that drive unique UI experiences, interface with firmware and low level software drivers, and provide data to processing pipelines.
You will be a motivated individual who independently follows up on bugs, collaborates with developers to resolve issues and can understand and discuss technical problems with other QE engineers, development partners and program managers.
About the role
An excellent candidate will
- Have a passion for quality, enjoy the challenge of breaking things through creative testing
- Thrive in uncertain, rapid project schedules, being able to quickly shift priorities and maximize testing time
- Strive to innovate and try new things, incorporating continuous improvement of testing methods
Minimum Qualifications
- BS in Computer Science or related with minimum 3+ years in software or application testing with strong Python and test automation experience
- Software development/test automation experience, with high proficiency in Python
- Experience with Swift programming and developing iOS test automation with Xcode UI automation framework
- Author detailed test plans that cover all functionality and edge cases of a system
- Experience collaborating with cross-functional teams, guaranteeing complete test coverage and a flawless end user experience
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience leveraging AI-powered development tools to streamline daily workflows, accelerate coding and debugging, creating test frameworks and improve overall code quality and testing
- Partner with development team to quickly learn a new application, break it into functional parts, and identify potential weaknesses
- Develop robust and repeatable automated testing solutions
- Understand the context where an application will be deployed, providing insights to potential failures
- Execute manual and automated test plans on a variety of hardware and software configurations
- Craft quality from an early stage by being involved through the entire project lifecycle
- Documentation of test cases and code used for test execution
- Tracking performance, reporting results to management, driving issues to closure
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Building creative new tools, fixtures, and methodologies to stress software features
- UI/UX design or test experience
- Track record of shipping great consumer products
- Continuous integration and scheduling systems
From Apple's careers page, first listed on Rolev.ai on October 27, 2026. Rolev.ai is not the employer.
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