Location Software Development Engineer in Test
Apple
Software Engineering
Cupertino, CA, USA
USD 147,400-272,100 / year + Equity
Posted on Oct 23, 2025
Summary Join the Sensing and Connectivity team to work on Location Technologies that power critical experiences in Apple products. We build highly innovative and deeply impactful location features based on the core wireless technologies such as GNSS, Cellular, Ultra Wide Band (UWB), WiFi and Bluetooth. These are used across many of our products and are the foundation of Maps Navigation, Fitness applications & Emergency Text via Satellite - among many more. As a member of our dynamic group, you will have the rare and rewarding opportunity to craft upcoming products that will delight and inspire our customers. We’re looking for an individual to help us build automation infrastructure, automated tests, and tools to enhance our quality assurance processes and deliver the best location experience for our customers. Are you highly technical, a strong communicator, collaborative, and have great programming skills? If so, we’d love to hear from you!
The Software Location Quality team undertakes special projects for the Sensing and Connectivity groups at Apple. These projects have ranged from developing data crowdsourcing systems to prototyping apps & features for future OS releases. We are looking for an engineer with a deep understanding of GNSS / Cellular location technologies and the possibilities such technologies hold for improved positioning and fitness use-cases.
- You will work closely with developers and other cross functional stakeholders to understand the features and use data-driven test results to influence and craft the end product.
- You will use your programming skills to automate test processes, data analysis, and reporting.
- Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or equivalent experience.
- 5+ years of solid understanding of GNSS / Cellular / WiFi / Bluetooth / NFC and related Connectivity / RF technologies
- 5+ years in coding with Python code or related programming experience
- Deep understanding of QA methodologies and automation strategy
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills and ability to thrive in a reciprocal environment
- Excellent knowledge of chipset validation lifecycle, testing methodologies, and testing tools
- Knowledge of GNSS / Cellular location simulations required for functional & performance validation
- Experience in debugging GNSS logs to triage and root-cause issues ,with development of custom analysis scripts considered a plus
- Ability to drive cross-functional communications and understanding dependencies while also ensuring a tight timeline can be maintained
- Experience in design and development of automated test harnesses & data analysis tooling
- Prior experience of working in fast-paced, agile environment, with flexibility to pivot easily to support new user requirements
- Knowledge of machine learning algorithms and novel genAI techniques that can be leveraged for automation and analysis
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