Apple

Software Quality Test Manager, Sensing & Connectivity

Apple$150K — $180K *
Consumer Technology
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • BS, MS, or PhD in Computer Science/Electrical Engineering/Mechanical Engineering or equivalent.
  • 5+ years of relevant industry experience.
  • 2+ years of experience managing a quality team with proven success in professional development.
  • Experience in validating AI models and performing statistical analysis.
  • Proficient in utilizing GenAI for testing and metrics analysis.

Responsibilities

  • Own the quality assurance strategy for AI-driven location context features.
  • Define the technical direction for algorithm validation and improvement.
  • Lead the development of automated tests and performance monitoring.
  • Establish KPIs for project success and create performance dashboards.
  • Coordinate bug resolution with engineering and partner teams.
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure end-to-end quality alignment.
  • Guide team vision and identify new opportunities for growth.
  • Recruit, mentor, and support team members' career advancement.

Benefits

  • Comprehensive health and wellness packages.
  • Opportunities for professional growth and development.
  • Flexible work arrangements and schedules.
  • Engaging work culture focused on innovation.
Full Job Description
The Sensing and Connectivity QE team is looking for a Software Development Manager in Test to lead a talented group of engineers who validate the algorithms and AI models behind our location context features. We work in a fast-paced environment that depends on a tight relationship between test and development. In this role you will:

- Own the quality assurance strategy for our ML models and for the end-to-end experiences powered by location context, including validation of training data, features, and labels.

- Set the technical direction for how the team validates these algorithms - challenging the design and implementation, turning assessments of AI model outputs into prioritized algorithm improvements, and holding the team to the same rigor in their own analysis and conclusions.

- Lead the team in developing the automated tests, analytics, and monitoring that qualify features, measure performance and system memory usage, and continuously track quality across releases.

- Identify the KPIs that define project success, build the dashboards behind them, and represent the team's results in user study, code, and data reviews as well as to engineering and executive audiences.

- Drive bug resolution across the broader software engineering organization and with partner teams across Apple, escalating and negotiating as needed to hold the quality bar.

- Work closely with development, program management, and cross-functional partners - from upstream hardware to downstream apps - to drive excellent end-to-end quality aligned with release schedules.

- Set a vision for the team's future direction, identify new opportunities, and build stakeholder buy-in to pursue them.

- Hire, coach, mentor, and grow the team - building on individual strengths and creating meaningful career growth.

Minimum Qualifications

BS, MS, or PhD in Computer Science / Electrical Engineering / Mechanical Engineering or equivalent

5+ years of relevant industry experience

2+ years leading and managing an engineering or quality team, with a track record of growing engineers' skill sets and creating meaningful career growth.

Experience in validating AI models, crafting benchmarks and evaluation protocols, and performing statistical analysis.

Proficient in designing AI assisted workflows, using GenAI to automate and accelerate testing, debugging and metrics analysis.

Preferred Qualifications

Hands-on engineering background, including prior experience with software development sufficient to set technical direction and critically evaluate the team's work.

Experience leading a team that builds and maintains data pipelines for large-scale data processing.

Experience working at the intersection of hardware and software is a plus.

Ability to work in a dynamic environment with shifting priorities and schedules, with excellent analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills.

Passionate about location technologies and fitness

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.

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154,000 employees
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Industry
Net Income
$63.9 billion
Founded
1976
5 Year Trend
+11.5%
Revenue
$294.1 billion
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