Software Quality Engineer, Media Applications & Live Experiences

Apple•Irvine, CA

About The Position

Apple's Vision Products Group is seeking a Software Quality Engineer to champion quality for live and on-demand media experiences on visionOS and Apple Vision Pro. The role serves as the voice of the end user for live sports, events, and spatial media, shaping client software quality through testing coordination across complex development cycles and collaboration with development engineers, production teams, and delivery partners. The engineer develops test plans, runs quality reviews, supports design reviews, and leads bug triage through resolution on Apple client devices. The role supports testing throughout the media lifecycle, from live capture and distribution through on-device playback, performance, and reliability. It also assesses stream health and playback stability for features such as 3D playback and Apple Immersive Video, and helps execute testing and resolve issues during live events under operational timelines. To scale test coverage, the engineer partners with automation engineers, contributes to test automation as skills grow, and uses Generative AI tools to accelerate log analysis, failure classification, and reporting. The role also includes hands-on exploratory, reliability, and performance testing on visionOS hardware.

Requirements

10 years in end-user client software quality engineering or media/video QA.
Experience writing test plans and coordinating test passes and reviews across engineering teams.
Familiarity with video streaming concepts such as HLS or DASH and video formats such as AVC and HEVC.
Curiosity about spatial media playback.
Experience leading and developing a team in a highly cross-functional environment.
Understanding of test automation concepts and how automated tests fit into a quality strategy for OS frameworks such as AVKit and CoreMedia.
Proficiency balancing multiple efforts simultaneously and meeting deadlines.
Passion for user-focused design, high-quality applications, and iterative refinement.
Practical use of Generative AI tools to support test workflows, such as log analysis or report generation.
Strong analytical and communication skills, including the ability to turn complex issues into clear bug reports and readiness summaries.

Nice To Haves

Experience building or maintaining automated test scripts, tools, or pipelines to run on Apple devices.
Familiarity with Apple platform tools such as Xcode and Swift, and media frameworks such as AVFoundation and other OS media frameworks.
Working knowledge of visionOS, iOS, or macOS.
Experience debugging and profiling performance on client devices.
Experience with AR/VR or spatial computing devices.
Experience with CI/CD test pipelines and working across various OS media frameworks and platform teams.
BS or MS in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Broadcast Engineering, or equivalent experience.

Responsibilities

Serve as the voice of the end user for live sports, events, and spatial media on visionOS.
Plan and coordinate testing across complex development cycles in collaboration with development engineers, production teams, and delivery partners.
Develop test plans, run quality reviews, and support design reviews.
Lead bug triage through resolution on Apple client devices.
Support testing across the media lifecycle, from live capture and distribution to on-device playback, performance, and reliability.
Assess stream health and playback stability for features such as 3D playback and Apple Immersive Video.
Help execute testing during live events, coordinate with engineering partners, and drive issues to resolution under operational timelines.
Partner with automation engineers and contribute to test automation as skills grow.
Use Generative AI tools to accelerate log analysis, failure classification, and reporting.
Perform hands-on exploratory, reliability, and performance testing on visionOS hardware.
Lead and develop a team in a highly cross-functional environment.
Balance multiple efforts simultaneously and meet deadlines.
Turn complex issues into clear bug reports and readiness summaries.