Imagine what you could do here at Apple. Innovation runs through everything we do, from amazing technology to industry-leading environmental efforts. Join Apple, and help us leave the world better than we found it. The people here at Apple dont just build products - they craft the kind of wonder thats revolutionized entire industries. Its the diversity of those people and their ideas that inspires the innovation that runs through everything we do, from amazing technology to industry-leading environmental efforts. Join Apple, and help us leave the world better than we found it. The Apple Watch team is looking for a qualified engineer who can quickly come up to speed and contribute to the development process in a significant way. We are seeking an Automation Engineer to help us ensure that our iOS and watchOS releases continue to be stable, reliable, and bug-free. As a member of our fast-paced group, you will work with groundbreaking technology while enhancing our testing capabilities for new features. You will have a unique and rewarding opportunity to help plan and shape upcoming products that will delight and inspire millions of Apples customers every day. This position requires a motivated, highly technical engineer to create, maintain, and expand automated UI testing for watchOS. You will help drive our testing capabilities for all Apple operating systems, as well as triage the results to find any and all software bugs present before the software ships to customers. BA/BS in Computer Science or equivalent professional experience. Strong programming skills in Python, Swift, and Bash. Experience with Git and codebase management. Excellent knowledge and experience with test methodologies (unit testing, integration testing, performance testing, functional testing, etc). Strong passion for quality assurance in software, including experience in finding, investigating, and fixing bugs. Experience with developing test strategies, including writing test plans, test cases, custom tools, and testing architectures. Ability to investigate, debug and triage difficult problems both independently and cooperatively. Highly organized, creative, motivated, and passionate about achieving results. Excellent written and verbal communication skills to facilitate close interaction with development teams, management, and other organizations within Apple. Creative thinker and strong problem solver with meticulous attention to detail. An enthusiasm for user-focused design and high-quality products. Experience developing UI automation, preferably in Apple frameworks such as XCTest.
We’re a diverse collection of thinkers and doers, continually reimagining what’s possible to help us all do what we love in new ways. The people who work here have reinvented entire industries with the Mac, iPhone, iPad, and Apple Watch, as well as with services, including iTunes, the App Store, Apple Music, and Apple Pay. And the same passion for innovation that goes into our products also applies to our practices — strengthening our commitment to leave the world better than we found it.
There’s a place here for every kind of brilliant. Everyone here is an innovator, or an innovator-to-be, no matter what your team or your role. So bring your passion, courage, and original thinking and get ready to share it, because every new product, service, or feature we invent is the result of people working together to make each others’ ideas stronger. Innovation at this level depends on people who represent the variety of the human experience and inspire us with their own fresh perspectives. Together, we’ll do amazing work that can make a difference in people’s lives. Including your own. Learn more about working at Apple.