Quality Engineer

About This Role

This Quality Engineer role focuses on validating the next-generation MacBook trackpads and keyboards, specifically the invisible logic that translates physical touch into seamless digital interaction. The position involves working with hardware, architecting new test cases, and influencing design decisions within a collaborative team of developers and industry experts, from early prototypes to mass production.

Responsibilities

• Validate the sophisticated logic that interprets raw sensor data, ensuring that digital hardware inputs translate naturally into real-world interactions
• Architect and implement comprehensive test strategies for new features, ensuring continuous validation across the MacBook ecosystem
• Bring ingenuity to the lab by designing and programming custom robotic automation fixtures to solve unique testing challenges
• Go beyond specification compliance to validate the "magic" of the input device, identifying edge cases in human-device interaction
• Partner with Electrical Engineering and Factory teams to scale validation from early prototypes to mass production
• Analyze complex data sets to provide actionable feedback to developers, helping them optimize firmware performance and reliability

Requirements

• Bachelor

-s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or equivalent experience

• 3+ years of experience in firmware validation, embedded development, or a related technical field
• Demonstrated experience with bug hunting, regression testing, and system-level debugging

Nice to have:

• 5+ years of experience in firmware validation or development with a track record of shipping quality consumer products
• Ability to understand and test the underlying logic that maps physical inputs to software events (algorithm validation)
• Strong "quality mindset" with the ability to empathize with the end-user to find bugs that traditional automated tests might miss
• Experience designing or programming robotic automation fixtures and integrating them into test frameworks
• Proficiency with Python, Bash, Swift, or other scripting languages for test automation
• Experience with embedded software architecture (C, Objective-C, C++) and hardware debugging tools (Oscilloscopes, Logic Analyzers)

Benefits

• Opportunity to become an Apple shareholder through participation in Apple's discretionary employee stock programs
• Eligibility for discretionary restricted stock unit awards
• Ability to purchase Apple stock at a discount if voluntarily participating in Apple's Employee Stock Purchase Plan
• Comprehensive medical and dental coverage