Apple

Software Automation Engineer

Apple$120K — $150K *
Consumer Technology
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's or Master's Degree in Computer Engineering or Computer Science
  • 2-3 years as a software engineer, or 4-5 years in software/hardware testing
  • Proficiency with LLM-based development tools like Claude Code or Copilot
  • Experience with Git and collaborative development processes
  • Strong shell scripting and command-line skills in macOS/Linux
  • Familiarity with device management tools and networking fundamentals

Responsibilities

  • Own and maintain lab infrastructure for test automation
  • Develop and extend automated test suites for Display Software/Firmware
  • Create automation test plans in collaboration with development teams
  • Build and run automated test suites, and triage test failures
  • Monitor and ensure the health of CI pipelines and test agents
  • Contribute to team internal tooling and process improvements
  • Leverage AI tools to enhance test development and documentation

Benefits

  • Opportunity to work on cutting-edge technologies at Apple
  • Collaboration with skilled engineering teams across the organization
  • Exposure to AI-assisted development tools
  • Focus on professional growth through learning and development
  • Dynamic work environment that encourages innovation and creativity
Full Job Description
The Display Driver team at Apple is looking for an outstanding Software Automation engineer to work alongside the Engineering development team to drive Software quality and Integration. You will own and maintain the lab infrastructure that powers our test automation, develop and extend automated test suites, and leverage modern AI-assisted development tools to accelerate your work. If you are a highly motivated engineer with aspirations to build powerful automation, cultivate learning, and lead automation efforts across teams at Apple, we want to talk to you!

This position requires a self-motivated individual with strong programming fundamentals and prior programming or automation experience to handle responsibilities which will span all phases of development. You will be responsible for writing new automated tests for Display Software/Firmware, and for maintaining the infrastructure vital to run that automation - including the physical lab environment, test agents, device fleet health, and CI pipeline reliability. In early development phases, you will be asked to develop an automation test plan in cooperation with development engineering to cover the new features of our products. As development progresses, you will work closely with engineers to build, run automated test suites and triage the failures. Along the way, you will build knowledge of issues with our products and expand the automation test suites to cover those. You will also contribute to the team's internal tooling and leverage generative AI tools to improve productivity in test development, documentation, triage, and reporting.

Bachelor/Master degree in Computer Engineering/Computer Science and/or Looking for 2-3 years experience as a software engineer and/or 4-5 years experience as a software/hardware test engineer

LLM-based development tools (Claude Code, Copilot, or similar) Git, code review, and collaborative development workflows Shell scripting and command-line proficiency (macOS/Linux) Device management tooling Networking fundamentals

About Apple

Apple is a corporation that designs, manufactures, and markets mobile communication and media devices, personal computers, portable digital music players, and sells a variety of related software, services, peripherals, networking solutions, and third-party digital content and applications. Apple provides many products and services, including iPhone; iPad; iPod; Mac; Apple TV; a portfolio of consumer and professional software applications; the iOS and OS X operating systems; iCloud; and accessories, service, and support offerings. It sells its products worldwide through its retail stores, online stores, direct sales force and third-party cellular network carriers, wholesalers, retailers, and value-added resellers to the consumer and also sells third-party iPhone, iPad, Mac and iPod compatible products, including application software and accessories through its online and retail stores. Introduced in 1984, the Macintosh was the first widely sold personal computer with a graphical user interface (GUI). That feature and others such as an improved floppy drive design and a low-cost hard drive that made data retrieval faster helped Apple cultivate a reputation for innovation. Apple was named as the most admired company in the United States in 2008 and in the world from 2008 to 2012 by the Fortune magazine. The company was founded by Steven Paul Jobs, Steve Wozniak, and Ronald Gerald Wayne on April 1, 1976, and is headquartered in Cupertino, California.

Apple Careers

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Learn more about Apple
Size
154,000 employees
Market Cap
$2,074.3 billion
Industry
Net Income
$63.9 billion
Founded
1976
5 Year Trend
+11.5%
Revenue
$294.1 billion
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