Software Development Engineer in Test - Charging & Inductive Power

The Core OS Charging & Inductive Power organization is looking for a highly motivated, self-driven, and passionate software development engineer to join the quality engineering team in San Diego. As a critical member of the team, you will be working daily with software developers on charging technologies in the wired adapter, inductive power, battery management, and gauging across multiple platforms.

Your responsibilities will span across all phases of the software delivery process of Apple's products, from early design to product launch and beyond. Through ownership of the overall software quality of these technology areas, you'll be required to become very familiar with the underlying SW/FW and its algorithms, control loops, and interfaces. You will take on responsibilities of working with many cross-functional teams to solve large scale complex problems, fully automated test plan development and execution, building internal frameworks and tools, SW unit testing with mocks/stubs, multiple forms of process automation, systems engineering, and influencing design decisions in production SW/FW with a focus on quality in a technology area that users around the world rely upon.

Key Responsibilities:

• Create well formulated, scalable software solutions for various charging and wired adapter technologies across many platforms.
• Devise and execute a testing strategy for one or more major technologies/features in the charging domain.
• Quickly gain a deep understanding of the design, requirements, and architecture of energy technologies SW/FW.
• Influence inclusion of testability into the software design.
• Develop and automate unit, functional, and system-level tests.
• Define and drive quality metrics to track progress and improvements throughout the SDLC.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with peer test, QA, and validation teams across Apple.
• Assess and represent end-user impact of issues, shaping key product decisions.
• Explore novel approaches to create new frameworks, systems engineering solutions, tools, automation, and infrastructure to streamline code development and quality practices.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Familiarity with wired adapter, battery management systems, or power.
• Experience with data analytics, big data.
• Experience with control systems.

Experience Requirements:

• Minimum 2 to 3 years experience in software development.

Skills:

• Excellent understanding in writing, reading, and debugging C, C++.
• Excellent understanding of developing class-based python tests and python frameworks.
• Excellent understanding of embedded architecture.
• Experience in testing and automation of embedded systems and firmware.
• Excellent understanding of computer architecture and operating systems concepts.
• Demonstrate strong critical thinking, debugging, and troubleshooting skills for large, complex problems.
• Excellent collaborative and communication skills in large cross-functional team environments.
• Demonstrate excellent attention to detail.
• Familiarity with bug triage.