Job Details

Tools and Automation Engineer - HomeKit

San Diego, California, United States

Software and Services

Summary

Posted: Aug 05, 2025

Role Number: 200615090-3543

The Home Team provides the foundation that enables an entire ecosystem of secure and intelligent home connectivity. We are developing technologies and building experiences that revolutionize the way people harmonize with their Homes. Our goals are simple but the task is large; craft the most amazing home automation experience in the world that our customers will love. The Home QE team is seeking a highly motivated Tools and Automation Engineer who is passionate about quality and developing world class tooling and automation . You will build robust automation to help with the qualification of Home features running across all our products, work cross functionally to implement changes, and crafting benchmarks and tools to help streamline the process.

Description

We are seeking an experienced engineer that can help develop automation and tooling to improve the Apple Home Ecosystem. Responsibility and tasks include: Design and execute test cases to validate new Apple Home features, develop automated tests using XCTest and tooling to manage and expand CI/CD lab infrastructure , collaborate cross functionally with development and QE teams across different sites and timezones

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer or Electrical Engineering, Computer Science or equivalent experience.

• 3+ years programming experience in Python or C/C++ to develop tools and automations frameworks

• 3+ years experience in a quality assurance with consumer facing products, features or services

Preferred Qualifications

• Proven track record of leading quality or automation efforts for an end-to-end product or feature

• Expertise of tools and techniques for analyzing and benchmarking of operating systems, application/algorithm performance

• Experience with Swift/Objective-C or XCtest

• Knowledge of AI/ML & audio/video testing

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 $134,800 and $245,800, and your base pay will depend on your skills, qualifications, experience, and location.

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