Software Quality Engineer, Vision Products Group (Networking Apps)

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The Vision Products Group is building the next generation of Mixed Reality interactive solutions on Apple platforms. You'll partner in testing our state-of-the-art connectivity technologies, designing automated test frameworks and conducting hands-on manual testing to validate connectivity experiences on visionOS, working closely with engineering teams to ensure world-class reliability and user experience.

Description

You will be responsible for planning, executing, and automating comprehensive test coverage for wireless connectivity and networking features on visionOS. This includes authoring test cases, identifying regressions, and driving bugs to resolution through clear, concise reporting. You'll work closely with cross-functional engineering teams to validate functionality, performance, and stability across product areas. Strong communication and collaboration skills are essential as you'll be interfacing with development, QA, and program teams. This role demands a highly technical and detail-oriented mindset, along with a strong sense of ownership and a passion for product quality.

Responsibilities:

Manual/Automated testing of visionOS using Python; develop scripts and tools that aid in analysis.

Ensure the automation infrastructure is robust and aids in delivering high quality software.

Performance benchmarking and characterization of new connectivity features; measure and analyze Wi-Fi and Bluetooth system performance.

Work with cross-functional teams across different organizations within Apple to further improve the quality of our codebase and products.

Build dashboards to represent and visualize the test data and KPIs.

Leverage advanced machine learning and analysis tools to identify patterns, debug, and troubleshoot wireless system performance issues.

Preferred Qualifications

Advanced degree in Computer Science, or a related field.

Hands-on experience working with AR/VR products and ecosystems.

Experience with Machine Learning tools for real-time telemetry data analysis and visualization.

Minimum Qualifications

Bachelors Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering and minimum of 3+ years of industry experience in QA (manual/automation) on consumer electronics products, with hands-on testing experience in consumer or enterprise networking.

Familiarity with networking standards such as IPv4, IPv6, TCP, UDP, DHCP. Working knowledge of WiFi and Bluetooth analysis tools and packet sniffers.

Proficiency in Python for test automation and framework development. Experience with manual test case design, execution, and exploratory testing methodologies.

Experience in identifying performance KPIs for evaluation, creating test setups to capture metrics, and creating UI dashboards for data visualization.

Ability to independently work with cross functional teams on new features and bring up automated and manual test setups for verification.

Ability to quickly prototype ideas/solutions, perform critical analysis, and use creative approaches for solving complex problems.