Virtualization Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET)

Virtualization Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET)

Software and Services

Are you a big-picture problem solver who loves setting daring goals? Do you have a passion for understanding how each line of code affects all the others? In the Core Operating Systems group ensuring the OS is inseparable from each device’s identity as a whole. That’s because this group is committed to building fully integrated operating systems that combine hardware, software, and apps into a single Apple experience. Your dedication to cross-disciplinary collaboration will help develop groundbreaking technologies, such as iOS, macOS, watchOS, and tvOS. By crafting these distinct, multidisciplinary user experiences, you’ll continue to uphold and advance the excellence people expect from Apple devices. The Core Virtualization team is looking for a Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET) to join the Test Engineering team responsible for ensuring the quality of Virtualization technologies for Apple. We are responsible for macOS, Linux and Windows in a virtualized environment on all Apple products, including development and integration of the bootloader, system software and various user facing features for these platforms, as well as leading multi-functional efforts across software teams.

Description

The Virtualization Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET) is responsible for automated testing ensuring the quality of the customer experience when running macOS, Linux or Windows in virtualization. Primary job responsibilities include: working closely with developers to deeply understand virtualization technologies on macOS, new features and capabilities inside the virtualized OS, creating comprehensive test plans for specific features, developing automated tests including test framework capabilities and general automation to enable comprehensive component-level test coverage. You also will coordinate with cross-functional test engineering and QA teams to ensure adequate test coverage of complex features, identifying and vocalizing risks areas during product and technology development, being an advocate for our users by maintaining Apple’s high quality bar.

Minimum Qualifications

• High level understanding of the software quality engineering discipline and testing levels
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills to facilitate effective collaboration
• Experience developing object-oriented / reusable, efficient, and scalable automated test code
• Fluency in one or more of the following programming languages: Python, Objective-C, Swift, C, C++, Java
• Problem solving and critical thinking: A natural curiosity to know how things work and to understand the why

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelors or Masters degree in (CS, CE), or demonstrated relevant industry experience
• Full understanding of common software quality methodologies and processes
• Previous experience as a software quality engineer responsible for writing, executing, and owning automated testing
• Demonstrated ability to effectively investigate and identify complex software bugs / defects
• Hands on with one or more virtualization technologies or container technologies (ex KVM, Xen, VMware, Hyper-V, Docker)
• In-depth admin level experience with one or more classes of operating systems (ex macOS, Linux, Unix, Windows)

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