About the position
APPLE INC has the following available in Cupertino, California and various unanticipated locations throughout the USA. Develop test applications on all platforms. Advise on new API design. Develop and maintain test infrastructure and automation. Develop UI automation and UI automation tools for testing. Analyze test failures and debugging, and report outstanding issues. Perform manual tests on hardware. Document and design testing areas, expanding test coverage. Write, review, and maintain example code for third-party developers to use as reference when utilizing the CoreLocation.framework. This code is hosted publicly on developer.apple.com. Track bugs related to CoreLocation.framework breakages and help prioritize issues that have large customer impact, using knowledge of Location Services and external telemetry. Audit cached data for privacy leaks and exceptions that violate marketing claims, including local and backed up data. Write and maintain automated functional tests using Swift. These tests are deployed on all physical and simulated platforms for iOS, watchOS, tvOS, macOS, and visionOS. Write applications and tools that are deployed by field test engineers for evaluating location technologies. Maintain Python libraries that are deployed on Apple’s internal PyPI server. 40 hours/week.
Responsibilities
- Develop test applications on all platforms.
- Advise on new API design.
- Develop and maintain test infrastructure and automation.
- Develop UI automation and UI automation tools for testing.
- Analyze test failures and debugging, and report outstanding issues.
- Perform manual tests on hardware.
- Document and design testing areas, expanding test coverage.
- Write, review, and maintain example code for third-party developers to use as reference when utilizing the CoreLocation.framework.
- Track bugs related to CoreLocation.framework breakages and help prioritize issues that have large customer impact.
- Audit cached data for privacy leaks and exceptions that violate marketing claims.
- Write and maintain automated functional tests using Swift.
- Write applications and tools that are deployed by field test engineers for evaluating location technologies.
- Maintain Python libraries that are deployed on Apple’s internal PyPI server.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree or foreign equivalent in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering or related field.
- Experience and/or education must include: Object Oriented Programming in C++.
- Scripting in shell for testing and debugging.
- Using Git to version control code.
- Using Python, Ruby, or JavaScript to test and generate reports.
- IDE Integrated Debuggers, including GDB.
- Using knowledge of computer architecture to develop test plans.
- Using GitHub, Markdown and HTML for code reviews and bug reports.
- Object Oriented Programming, Memory Management, Computational Complexity, Threading, interprocess communication, and Network OSI Model for software engineering.
Benefits
- Comprehensive medical and dental coverage.
- Retirement benefits.
- A range of discounted products and free services.
- Reimbursement for certain educational expenses — including tuition.
- 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.
- Potential for discretionary bonuses or commission payments.
- Relocation assistance.