Virtualization Quality Engineer (Automation)

Are you a big-picture problem solver who loves setting daring goals? Do you have a passion for understanding how each line of code affects all the others? In the Core Operating Systems group ensuring the OS is inseparable from each device's identity as a whole. That's because this group is committed to building fully integrated operating systems that combine hardware, software, and apps into a single Apple experience. Your dedication to cross-disciplinary collaboration will help develop groundbreaking technologies, such as iOS, macOS, watchOS, and tvOS. By crafting these distinct, multidisciplinary user experiences, you'll continue to uphold and advance the excellence people expect from Apple devices.

The Core Virtualization team is looking for a QA Automation Engineer to join an innovative team responsible for ensuring the quality of Virtualization technologies for Apple. We are responsible for macOS, Linux and Windows in a virtualized environment on all Apple products, including development and integration of the bootloader, system software and various user facing features for these platforms, as well as leading multi-functional efforts across software teams.

Key Qualifications

• Experience with developing automation and hands on "systems" testing

• Experience in driver testing and qualification

• Experience working on test automation development and Linux system testing

• Familiarity with Python, Shell scripting, Objective-C, Swift, C, C++

• Experience coding Unit Tests/Integration Tests/System Tests/Regression Tests and test execution in an automation framework

• Understanding of system architecture and experience qualifying device drivers

• Familiarity with Kernel level debugging

• Excellent communication skills to facilitate close multi-functional interactions

• Strong test planning ability

Description

The Virtualization QA Automation Engineer is responsible for testing and ensuring the quality of the customer experience when running macOS, Linux or Windows under virtualization. Primary job responsibilities include: work closely with developers to understand virtualization technologies in macOS, establish understanding of new features and capabilities inside virtualized OS, creating test plans with development engineers for specific features, developing automated test frameworks and automation harnesses to enable comprehensive component-level test coverage, coordinating with multi-functional test engineering and QA teams to ensure adequate test coverage of complex features, identifying and vocalizing risks areas during product and technology development, being an advocate for the user, representing the needs of our end user community.

Education & Experience

Bachelors or Masters degree in (CS, CE, EE) or a degree plus significant programming experience or equivalent industry experience required.

Additional Requirements

• Knowledge of Virtualization technologies such as VirtIO, KVM.

• Experience with macOS, iOS and Xcode

• Experience with Linux, Windows

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 $138,900.00 and $256,500.00, 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.