Graphics, Games, and Machine Learning - Gaming Experience Test Engineer
The Graphics, Games, and Machine Learning Test Engineering organizations plays a meaningful role in the success and delivery of nearly every major Apple product — we're practically involved with everything except watch bands!
The engineering teams we support have brought the world Metal, Reference Mode on iPad Pro, ProMotion on iPhone and iPad, 3rd Party game controller support, and a little thing called Apple Silicon on Mac. We are the test arm of our engineering teams, working closely with them to develop test plans, execute them, and partnering with them through development cycles to evolve the testing till the very end.
The Graphics, Games, and Machine Learning team is seeking an expert, self-motivated test engineer with a real passion for not just gaming but making the macOS, iOS, and tvOS gaming experience the best it can be. You will work with the latest Apple products, ensuring that the gaming experience is the best for our platform and competitive with other gaming platforms. In this role, test efforts will target graphics, technologies, and the overall gaming experience across all platforms, partnering with both engineering teams and third party game developers to ensure product quality.
This role will primarily focus on the development and execution of automation to support gaming on both HW and SW features for graphics technology (Metal), display technologies, and game technologies, to name a few.
The successful candidate should have a strong aptitude for learning new technologies, excellent interpersonal skills, and the ability to drive sophisticated and challenging projects. Strong collaboration with engineering teams and an ability to thrive under pressure are key skills required to succeed in this role.
- iOS and macOS power user
- Excellent problem solving and deductive reasoning skills.
- Solid understanding of *NIX-based systems and command-line tools for debugging, analysis, and automation
- Experienced in Python. Swift is a plus.
- Experience with Professional Rendering Software (3ds Max, Blender, Cinema 4D, etc.) a plus
- Creative thinker and passionate about quality
- Passionate about gaming and the gaming experience
- Experience in building automated tests and working with automation test harnesses
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