Software QA Engineer - Agentic OS Experiences
Quality Assurance
Cupertino, CA, USA
Posted on Jun 26, 2026
We're a small team at Apple betting on what comes next. We believe Al will fundamentally change how people interact with their devices — and we're looking for a Software QA Engineer who wants to help build that future. We can't say much about what we're building for our customers. What we can say: the problems are genuinely new and the potential reach is enormous. Beyond the work, we're a collaborative, humble, and curious group that loves learning from each other and building together. We're looking for critical thinkers who would like to play a key role qualifying critical software and the frameworks that support it during all stages of software development. We practice nimble, fast-paced development that relies heavily on a tight relationship between Engineering, Project Management, and QA.
You'll work alongside a tight group of engineers, designers, and researchers to bring AI features from early prototype to product. This is 0-to-1 work - from a rough idea on a whiteboard to software running on real devices. You'll have a lot of autonomy in how you get there. You'll grow here. The work is hard enough to demand it and the team is generous enough to support it.
- Design, author, maintain grey-box tests that exercise AI integration with Apple's software platforms
- Automate, execute, and maintain various new user facing features that leverage AI
- Take care of features by executing regression suites and filing any issues found
- Collaborate with engineering and project managers to prioritize fixing the correct issues
- Risk analysis, cross-functional testing coordination, and integration testing across the system
- Maintain a qualitative, high level understanding of area of responsibility
- Proficiency in one or more scripting/programming languages (Python, Swift, C/C++, etc)
- Passionate about leveraging AI to improve how work gets done, enhance productivity, and strengthen decision-making
- Excellent knowledge and experience with test methodologies (unit testing, integration testing, performance testing, functional testing, etc)
- Ability to investigate, debug and triage difficult problems both independently and cooperatively
- Track record of working cross-functionally and building strong partnerships amongst teams and individuals
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills to facilitate close interaction with development teams, management, and other cross functional teams within Apple
- BA/BS in Computer Science or 5+ years of professional experience in grey-box testing and test automation
- Experience using Xcode to write, triage, and debug automation scripts, as well as test harness enhancements
- Experience developing API and UI test automation using XCTest/XCUITest
- An enthusiasm for user-focused design and high-quality products with willingness to work in ambiguous environment
- Deep experience in one or more iOS/macOS domains: system services, frameworks, or concurrent application architecture
- You've tested LLM-powered systems yourself — agents, tool orchestration, prompt engineering — and you have opinions about what worked and what didn't
- Close to the frontier. You're the person your team comes to when a new model drops or a new technique emerges
- A sharp eye for detail. You notice what's off and you know when it's right
- A point of view on where human-AI interaction is headed — and the instinct to know what it should feel like when it gets there