Audio Software Test Engineer Airpods

The Audio Media Technologies Group (AMT) provides the audio video and graphics foundation across all of Apples innovative products including AirPods iPhone iPad AppleTV AppleWatch iTunes iOS and macOS as well as professional and consumer applications from Final Cut Logic and other Apple Audio QA - AirPods Team provides audio software test support across all of Apples AirPods products and AirPods Audio features. We are seeking a creative and organized test engineer to develop testing solutions to support and enhance our quality initiatives. Audio drivers firmware and audio subsystems will all be qualified using manual test passes and applying subjective measures of Audio Quality on the AirPods products. As well as building plans to automate test suites.n

You will contribute to the quality and testing of Apple AirPods products. You will work with peer groups to understand the needs challenges and existing tools and be involved in defining and updating team test plans test cases processes and procedures. Taking existing test cases and test suites and architecting automation this position you will need to be a self-starter with excellent communications skills both verbal u0026 written and have an attention to detail. Youll need to work well on a team and on your own and at times lead your test areas which will require the presentation and communications of testing progress issues found and champion the improved quality of your areas. The fast-paced nature of the job requires someone who can work well under pressure and can quickly adapt to new technologies into effective audio testing. nnWe are seeking someone who is intensely curious yet focused on delivering results in a timely manner. Having eyes ears and passion for user focused quality is required.n

5 years experience in audio test engineeringnAdvanced understanding of macOS and iOS platforms is a mustnExpertise in Audio Testing isolating issues devising test plans driving to specificationsnFamiliarity with real-time audio handling (sample rates buffering PCM drivers etc.)nProficient in using Python and command line interfacesnKnowledge of Apple software developer tools (Xcode Objective-C)nA foundational understanding of electronics audio technology and recording studiosnMusicians u0026 Audiophiles welcomen

Experience with FPGAs development boards preferred nAudio DSP experience is preferrednBS/BA in Computer Science Audio Engineering or Music Technologyn