Firmware Quality Engineer - Wireless Power Division

Summary
The Wireless Power Technology team develops bleeding-edge Wireless Charging designs that are central to Apple’s products - the iPhone, Apple Watch, AirPods and more. New challenges arise everyday that require the sharp problem-solving skills of talented & smart individuals. The team features a collaborative and hands-on environment that fosters engineering excellence, creativity & innovation. Apple is known for having the highest quality products in the world; in this role, you will be directly responsible for the quality of your technology, working collaboratively with developers and industry leading wireless power experts in a fast-paced, dynamic team that never compromises when it comes to delivering a world class experience to millions of customers around the world.

Description
Responsibilities:

• Owning the quality of wireless power firmware, software and algorithms in embedded applications
• Hunting down bugs, clearly and concisely documenting issues, and tenaciously driving them to resolution
• Developing and executing intelligent automated and manual test cases
• Writing comprehensive test guidelines from engineering specifications and data sheets
• Working multi-functionally to drive quality and communicate results
• Using diagnostic software and hardware to isolate and debug complex issues
• Analyzing field data to inform future design

You Will Be a Motivated Individual Who

• Independently follows up on issues
• Is comfortable collaborating with developers to resolve low level issues
• Understands and discusses highly technical issues with developers
• Thoroughly analyzes how new features or designs impact the customer experience

Minimum Qualifications

• Tertiary qualification(s) in the field of electrical engineering or computer science, computer systems
• Strong knowledge of validation strategies
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Proven skills in bug hunting and regression testing
• Coding skills in Python, Bash, Swift, C++, AppleScript or other scripting languages

Preferred Qualifications

• Track record of shipping great consumer facing products
• Use of hardware debugging tools - Oscilloscopes, Logic Analyzers
• Experience with embedded software architecture and languages such as C, Objective C, C++
• Experience with USB-C, USB-PD and other USB power protocols
• Experience developing and deploying test automation tools and frameworks
• Experience writing device drivers, instrumentation drivers and robot control drivers for use in automated testing

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Role Number: 200675166-0095