Software Quality Assurance Jobs at Apple with Visa Sponsorship

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The Siri AI Quality Engineering team is seeking a quality engineer to build sound and robust quality strategies for Siri and exceed our customer expectations. Think beyond what features are supposed to do and creatively seek ways to measure qualitative experiences. You will ultimately be responsible for understanding how well our products work, advocating for critical changes, and representing how they'll be experienced by our customers. We are a nimble, fast-paced team that relies heavily on a tight relationship between engineering, program management, and quality engineering. As a member of our passionate group in Siri, you will have the unique and rewarding opportunity to shape and improve our products to delight and inspire millions of Apple's customers every day.

Description

In this role, you will be responsible for shipping world-class user experiences and act as the voice of our end-users. As a Quality Assurance Engineer, you will support the testing of multiple features and drive for quality via extensive hands-on functional testing of user-facing features and systems for Siri. You will be responsible for setting the bar high, going beyond ensuring a great experience, and helping to ship robust and amazing products taking an active role in shaping the quality of our products. This will demand deep integration with our development engineers, devising test plans and user studies, bug triaging, and supporting technical as well as UX design reviews. Collaborating closely with a team of Software Development Engineers in Test (SDETs), you will be responsible for the authorship of functional and non-functional test plans in service of feature areas of responsibility to enable continual and robust statements of quality.

Responsibilities

• Test planning and developing quality strategies alongside QA and development partners
• Manual on-device testing
• Supporting colleagues with qualification needs
• Identifying test gaps and conducting product quality assessments

Minimum Qualifications

• Minimum 3 years of industry experience.
• Knowledge of the software development lifecycle and associated test methodologies.
• Proactive self-starter with a keen eye for detail and a passion for high quality user experiences.
• Experience creatively building comprehensive test plans, evaluating risk, filing detailed bug reports, and communicating results.
• Strong passion for quality assurance in software, including developing, extending and maintaining test plans, and methodologies.
• Ability to collaborate cross-functionally across various facets of the organization as well as understand technical and interdisciplinary dependencies.

Preferred Qualifications

• Knowledge of the Apple development ecosystem using Xcode, Xcode Cloud, and XCTest/XCUITest.
• Experience with or knowledge of Machine Learned (ML) systems and associated qualification approaches.
• Software programming and automated testing experience.

Pay & Benefits

At Apple, base pay is one part of our total compensation package and is determined within a range. This provides the opportunity to progress as you grow and develop within a role. The base pay range for this role is between $120,900 and $249,000, and your base pay will depend on your skills, qualifications, experience, and location.

Apple employees also have the opportunity to become an Apple shareholder through participation in Apple's discretionary employee stock programs. Apple employees are eligible for discretionary restricted stock unit awards, and can purchase Apple stock at a discount if voluntarily participating in Apple's Employee Stock Purchase Plan. You'll also receive benefits including: Comprehensive medical and dental coverage, retirement benefits, a range of discounted products and free services, and for formal education related to advancing your career at Apple, reimbursement for certain educational expenses - including tuition. Additionally, this role might be eligible for discretionary bonuses or commission payments as well as relocation. Learn more about Apple Benefits

Note: Apple benefit, compensation and employee stock programs are subject to eligibility requirements and other terms of the applicable plan or program.