Engineering Manager, Systems Test Automation
Sunnyvale, CAJobSeen 3w agoSeen in employer's feed 6 days ago
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Job overview
Apple’s Product Systems Quality team tests products across hardware, firmware, and software, from prototypes through launch. The Engineering Manager will lead quality engineers measuring system, sensor, and feature performance across shipping and exploratory hardware programs, and advise leadership on product readiness. The role sets testing priorities and technical direction for test frameworks and infrastructure, guides code reviews and system design, and turns results into evidence-based recommendations in collaboration with hardware, firmware, and software teams.
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Role Number: 200688614-3956
Summary
Imagine what you could do here. At Apple, quality is what makes our products feel like magic. ProductSystems Quality (PSQ) tests Apple products where hardware, firmware, and software meet. We testunder real-world conditions, from the first prototypes through launch, so customers can trust ourproducts with what matters most. Our work helps Apple ship products that set the industry standardfor quality, with hardware and software designed together so everything works seamlessly, day afterday. You’ll join a collaborative team of engineers who hold themselves to a high technical standard and who rely on evidence, not opinion, to decide when a product is ready.
We’re hiring a technically grounded engineering manager to lead a team of quality engineers. Yourteam will measure system, sensor, and feature performance across Apple’s shipping and exploratoryhardware programs. You’ll advise leadership on whether each product is ready to ship.
Description
In this role, you’ll lead a team of engineers, decide what gets tested and how, and set the technicaldirection for test frameworks and infrastructure. You’ll lead code reviews, guide test architecture andsystem design, and give engineers clear technical direction. You’ll work closely with hardware,firmware, and software teams and turn test results into clear, evidence-based recommendations onproduct readiness.
Minimum Qualifications
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Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent work experience
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8+ years of experience in quality, test, or software engineering, including 2+ years managingengineers
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Experience as a senior or lead engineer designing test automation frameworks or infrastructure
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Experience setting test strategy for embedded firmware or system software
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Ability to review code and designs in Python and at least one of Swift, Objective-C, or C/C+ Preferred Qualifications
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Experience validating health, fitness, or sensor-based features, including supporting user studies or testing in regulated environments
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Experience with Apple test frameworks such as XCTest or XCUITest
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Experience debugging embedded firmware (real-time operating systems, bootloaders, sensor drivers) using logs, traces, and instrumented builds
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Experience with hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) testing, test fixtures, and lab instrumentation
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Experience with early hardware bring-up and shipping high-volume consumer hardware
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.
How this job compares
Set against the 5,722 open Engineering Manager jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 11, 2026.
- Pay
- This postingNot listed
- California median$185–280K/yr871 salary ranges
- US median$50–70/hr28 hourly ranges
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 995 open Engineering Manager jobs in California and 5,722 across the US. 7% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 8 years of experience; Engineering Manager postings that state a minimum ask for 8 years at the median (5,008 postings).
- Education
- 2,476 of the 5,722 open Engineering Manager jobs (43%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
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