Systems QA Engineer - Beats
Quality Assurance
Los Angeles, CA, USA
USD 115,700-173,600 / year + Equity
Posted on Jun 10, 2026
The Apple Beats team is looking for a highly-motivated systems QA engineer to drive our multi-functional testing efforts across all our products. Quality is essential to the Beats Apple product experience. In this key role, you will have responsibilities throughout the System, including but not limited to, test planning and execution, FW feature validation & performance evaluation, investigations into architectural improvements, driving general analysis, and debugging & resolving critical issues. Join the Beats Apple Engineering team! We are seeking an enthusiastic team member to join our growing team. Apply today!
A successful candidate will combine strong technical abilities with excellent communication skills. In this highly cross-functional role, they will collaborate with hardware, firmware, and software developers to solve issues from the highest level down to the lowest levels of the system. This will include identifying bottlenecks, debugging issues, and making decisions to ensure the product meets the high quality standards that delight our customers.
- Collaborate closely with hardware, firmware, and software development teams to debug and resolve system-level issues.
- Thoroughly analyze how new features or designs impact the system from technical risk to customer experience.
- Identify, reproduce, and isolate bugs using structured and open-ended testing methodologies.
- Identify and drive key quality focus areas cross-functionally.
- Deliver exceptional work in high-pressure, high-visibility settings with tight timelines, serving as a trusted partner across organizations.
- 1+ years of experience with test execution and developing system test plans
- Experience testing QA on multiple products throughout the software development process from concept to market
- Possess an understanding of SQA methodologies and practices
- Exceptional organizational skills and the ability to prioritize work
- Knowledge of UN*X/Python based frameworks and command-line tools for debugging, analysis and automation
- Experience with or working knowledge of sensor systems and algorithm validation
- Bachelors Degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or equivalent experience
- Experience with test execution and developing system test plans
- Possess an understanding of SQA methodologies and practices
- Ability to travel 10% domestically