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Software Development Engineer in Test - Battery Life

4 days ago San Diego, CA

Why Apple? We live in a mobile and device driven world where knowledge of the physical world around us is needed. We rely on this knowledge to get around, to learn about our environment and to enable spectacular new features for custom applications. Apple is meeting those needs as robustly and as creatively as possible and is interested in people who want to help meet that commitment. Apple has a world-class reputation for product quality, and we need your help to keep those high standards for battery life. We're looking for critical thinkers who would like to play a key role in our engineering process, working in a fast-paced environment across a range of technologies to help us ensure all of our devices have best-of-class battery life.

Description

Responsibilities include designing, developing, and owning automated tests for validating battery life as well as post-processing and reporting of test results. You will be responsible for running tests, analyzing test results against expectations, and collaborating with engineering teams to debug observed battery life issues in order to ensure products and software releases are of the highest quality . You will also be responsible for developing and maintaining test automation frameworks, as well as proactively identifying automated solutions to streamline our workflows.

Preferred Qualifications

System level knowledge of hardware and software

Experience in functional, performance or battery life testing of mobile devices

Minimum Qualifications

Bachelors/Masters degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or equivalent experience

Experience developing automated test frameworks and proficiency in a scripting language (eg, Python)

Strong QA experience in test planning/strategy/methodologies and self-sufficient in debugging, troubleshooting and problem solving

Excellent communication skills (both verbal and written)

Apple is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to inclusion and diversity. We seek to promote equal opportunity for all applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, Veteran status, or other legally protected characteristics. Learn more about your EEO rights as an applicant .

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Client-provided location(s): San Diego, CA
Job ID: apple-200611114-3543_rxr-658
Employment Type: OTHER
Posted: 2025-11-10T19:06:40

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