Apple is seeking a technically strong and inspiring leader to manage the iPhone & iPad HW Automation team. The team's charter is to create innovative robotic/mechatronic systems to exercise iPhone and iPad features, ensuring top-notch quality for customers.
Requirements
- 3+ years of hands-on experience creating and using robotics and/or mechatronic systems, and signal processing from sensors to extract meaningful and precise data, including computer vision (e.g. OpenCV)
- Proficiency in Python or similar scripting languages
- Experience with machine learning and AI
- Strong background in applied mathematics (e.g. linear algebra, transformation matrices)
- Experience in mechanical design (e.g. CAD) and/or electronic circuit design/troubleshooting
- Systems Quality Assurance or System Test experience, preferably on consumer-facing Hardware/Software products
- In-depth understanding of iOS, OS X, or Unix system
Responsibilities
- Provide technical guidance and feedback to engineers developing robotic automation solutions for testing hardware and software features
- Drive technical standards across the team
- Stay current with emerging robotics technologies and evaluate their potential application to quality testing to keep raising the bar
- Defining testing strategies
- Running and analyzing automation results to quantify the impact of issues and fixes to ensure product quality
- Manage project timelines, resource allocation, and deliverables across multiple automation initiatives
Other
- Experience leading technical teams and/or projects with multiple partners
- Experience effectively collaborating in cross-functional teams
- Strong communication and time management skills
- Experience developing and mentoring individual contributors
- Experience with agile development methodologies and project management tools
