Apple

Test & Instrumentation Development Engineer

Apple$110K — $130K *
Technical Services
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering or related field.
  • 3+ years of hands-on experience in test integration and implementation.
  • Proficient in programming languages like C/C++ or Python with at least 3 years of experience.
  • Strong electrical engineering fundamentals, including the ability to read schematics and datasheets.
  • Background in testing high-volume consumer electronics, particularly experience with Touch or Sensing technologies.

Responsibilities

  • Architect and design comprehensive test solutions integrating hardware, software, and algorithms.
  • Develop critical test methodologies for system characterization and validation.
  • Create and document comprehensive test plans and define test cases and coverage.
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to support new product introduction and validation.
  • Conduct international travel to support manufacturing partners during key product builds.

Benefits

  • Opportunity to work in a collaborative and innovative team environment.
  • Exposure to advanced technologies and complex systems in product development.
  • Potential for personal and professional growth through international travel experiences.
  • Chance to engage in problem-solving across multiple disciplines and technologies.
  • Flexibility and advance planning for travel to improve work-life balance.
Full Job Description
The Instrumentation and Test technology team architects and designs best-in-class, end-to-end test and measurements systems.

We are a collaborative group of creative and thoughtful people developing highly complex and sophisticated systems to validate the performance of sensors and other critical technologies in our world-class products.

This individual will play a key role in designing comprehensive test strategies, methodologies, and integrating the measurement systems to support new product introduction, characterization, ramp, and mass production. This includes everything from defining high level test plans to architecting the specific instruments required to execute them.

Description

You will play a key role in architecting, designing, and deploying the complete test solutions-including hardware, software, and algorithms-for our next-generation products. Partnering closely with a wide range of cross-functional teams, you will develop the critical test methodologies and instrumentation needed for system characterization, calibration, and validation in a fast-paced and collaborative product development environment.

Minimum Qualifications

Our ideal candidate has experience in test integration, implementation, and has a strong foundation in at least one of the following core areas: system or application-level test software or instrumentation hardware design.

Minimum of bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering or related field with 3+ years of relevant industry experience in a hands-on technical role.

3+ years of experience in a programming language like C/C++ or Python

Preferred Qualifications

End-to-end Test Design: Experience creating and documenting comprehensive test plans, defining test cases and coverage, and developing validation methodologies for complex systems.

International Travel: This role requires international travel (up to 25%) to support our manufacturing partners during key product builds. This typically involves 2-4 trips per year at sites in Asia. Our team is committed to providing as much advance notice as possible to support your planning.

Curiosity and Adaptability: You are driven by curiosity, energized by solving novel problems, and motivated to learn new skills to get the job done.

Focused Problem Solving: You excel at identifying the most critical variables in a complex system and can develop a clear, focused plan of action even when all the details are not yet available.

Hands-on experience with electronics debugging tools

Electrical engineering fundamentals (ability to read schematics & layout & component datasheets).

You have experience developing robust software and algorithms in a modern object-oriented or scripting language (e.g., Python, C++). Familiarity with the Apple ecosystem is a plus but not required.

Background in testing high-volume consumer electronics, particularly with Touch, Sensing, Display, or other complex user-facing technologies.

Knowledge of digital signal processing (DSP) or image processing algorithms.

Experience with instrument camera and optical capture system is a plus.

Communication: Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with an ability to collaborate with cross-functional engineering and design teams.

Passion for learning and contributing across disciplines.

Analytical Problem-Solving: Excellent skills in debugging and performing failure analysis across software, hardware and system domains. Experience with structured problem-solving methodologies like Design of Experiments (DOE). Ability to perform and interpret statistical data analysis

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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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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