Job Details

Tools and Automation Engineer

San Diego, California, United States

Hardware

Summary

Posted: May 22, 2025

Weekly Hours: 40

Role Number: 200605031

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Description

APPLE INC has the following available in San Diego, California. Test firmware and ensure ultra-high quality for Apple's next generation human interface devices. Test low-level software and microcontroller firmware interfaced with sensor and various other system components. Provide inputs for designing embedded systems from the user experience perspective. Develop and build test fixture, create tools, and authorize automated scripts. Execute manual and automated test plans on early prototypes, typically at the “grey box” level. Document test cases and code used for test execution. Resolve low-level software issues while collaborating with developers. Understand a technical architecture, break it into testable parts, and design a test plan. Develop custom tools and methods to exercise firmware and software features. Track performances, report results to management, and drive issuers to closure. Partner with User Study groups to validate the customer experience and learn about how humans use new input devices. 40 hours/week. At Apple, base pay is one part of our total compensation package and is determined within a range. This provides the opportunity to progress as you grow and develop within a role. The base pay range for this role is between $129,600- $195,200/yr and your base pay will depend on your skills, qualifications, experience, and location.

PAY & BENEFITS: Apple employees also have the opportunity to become an Apple shareholder through participation in Apple’s discretionary employee stock programs. Apple employees are eligible for discretionary restricted stock unit awards, and can purchase Apple stock at a discount if voluntarily participating in Apple’s Employee Stock Purchase Plan. You’ll also receive benefits including: Comprehensive medical and dental coverage, retirement benefits, a range of discounted products and free services, and for formal education related to advancing your career at Apple, reimbursement for certain educational expenses — including tuition. Additionally, this role might be eligible for discretionary bonuses or commission payments as well as relocation. Learn more about Apple Benefits: https://www.apple.com/careers/us/benefits.html.
Note: Apple benefit, compensation and employee stock programs are subject to eligibility requirements and other terms of the applicable plan or program.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or foreign equivalent in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering or related field.

• Experience and/or education must include:

• Oscilloscope functions, including probing analog and digital signal lines, triggering, detailed signal measurements, and waveform output

• Object-Oriented Programming, enabling appropriate abstraction, transportable code design, readable structure across automated tooling and tests, and using python

• Test Plan Development, covering expansive brainstorming of human factor experiences, systematic dissection of each possible case, correlation between cases to reduce redundant permutations, and step-by-step design of test sequences

• Understanding low voltage circuitry to reference schematics and diagnose parasitics, signal SNR, trace continuity, and voltage response to diagnose hardware performance

• Using Logic analyzer to dissect communication protocols, voltage sequencing, and sensor operation at a signal level

• Understand OS principles, including kernel, memory management, ARM architecture, filesystem, and terminal

• Knowledge of Agile Software development methodology to collaborate and iterate on automated test development with coding conducted in sprints

• Embedded fundamentals knowledge, including state machines, interrupts, watchdogs, GPIO/peripheral input, and memory

Preferred Qualifications

• N/A

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