• An excellent candidate will:
• Have a real passion for quality, enjoy breaking things through creative testing
• Thrive in uncertain, early prototype stages of a project when not all features are working yet, and enjoy putting energy into identifying/classifying issues as a way to improve quality
• Strive to innovate and try new things, incorporating continuous improvement of testing methods

Core responsibilities include: - Understanding microcontroller based embedded systems, including algorithms - Partnering with a development team to quickly understand an architecture, break it into functional parts, come up with a plan to test/validate, and identify and target weaknesses - Crafting creative ways to exercise embedded subsystems, communication protocols (SPI, I2C, etc) and high-level features of embedded devices - Devising and building test fixtures, building tools and authoring automated scripts - Carrying out manual and automated test plans on early prototypes, typically at the “grey box” level - Helping to craft quality from a very early stage, ushering the product from early prototype to production - Documentation of test cases and code used for test execution - Coming up with ideas for custom tools and methods to exercise firmware features - Supervising performance, reporting results to management, driving issues to closure

BS or MS in CS/CPE/EE or related degrees 2+ years’ experience with embedded systems, microcontrollers and sensors Excellent written and verbal communication skills Helpful/Useful experience: - Experience writing and/or testing firmware, building embedded systems - Knowledge of Mac systems and MacOS/iOS or UNIX variant - Track record of shipping phenomenal consumer products - Testing automation using Python or similar - Use of hardware debugging tools – USB and Bluetooth CATC, protocol analyzer, logic analyzer, oscilloscope - Familiarity with C/C++ or object-oriented programming - Test tool development - Continuous integration systems - Algorithm analysis and validation

• Apple is an Equal Opportunity Employer that is committed to inclusion and diversity. We also take affirmative action to offer employment and advancement opportunities to all applicants, including minorities, women, protected veterans, and individuals with disabilities.
• We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.