Apple - San Diego, CA
posted 3 months ago
The OS Release QA Engineer position at Apple is a critical role within the SWE Release Validation Seed & Release Quality Engineering team. This team is dedicated to ensuring the quality and stability of final seeds and releases for iOS and macOS. As an OS Release QA Engineer, you will focus on application-level functionality through manual testing, playing a key role in qualifying Apple's software releases and ensuring a high-quality customer experience. The position requires a self-motivated individual with strong technical and communication skills, who is passionate about achieving results and has a keen eye for quality. In this role, you will be responsible for designing and implementing test plans, test cases, and conducting risk analysis and integration testing across Apple platforms. You will perform manual functional testing of first-party applications on iOS and macOS, ensuring that all software features meet the high standards expected by Apple. Your responsibilities will also include identifying, escalating, and communicating key build quality issues, and working towards resolutions on critical issues affecting build quality. You will conduct end-to-end testing of both small and large-scale software features across multiple platforms, and collaborate with different QA teams to design and review tests and coverage plans. The ideal candidate will possess excellent written and verbal communication skills to facilitate close interaction with peers, management, development teams, and other organizations within Apple. You will need to be highly organized, creative, and motivated, with a strong problem-solving ability and meticulous attention to detail. This position offers an exciting opportunity to contribute to the development of innovative software solutions at one of the world's leading technology companies.