Apple
Embedded QA Engineer - Camera, ISP FW & Driver
$145K–$264K
Cupertino, California · Full-time · Posted Oct 27, 2026
- Experience
- Minimum 3 years relevant industry experience and 3+ years of embedded-system QA experience.
- Education
- BS
About the job
Qualifies ISP firmware and camera drivers across iOS hardware platforms through regression testing, feature validation, and automated test development.
What you'll do
- Own ISP code regression testing, triage failures, and identify issues before code integration.
- Validate camera and ISP features on new hardware and design end-to-end test plans covering functionality, performance, power, stability, and image quality.
- Build and maintain automated tests; collaborate with development and QA teams to diagnose issues and identify coverage gaps.
What they ask for
- BS and a minimum of 3 years of relevant industry experience.
- 3+ years of QA experience testing embedded system products.
- Proficiency in Python or a similar scripting language.
- Experience developing system and feature-level test plans and cases, automated tests for embedded systems or mobile devices, and using AI-based tools to build and automate workflows.
Nice to have
- Understanding of camera technologies, the ISP pipeline, 3A, video formats, and color space.
- Experience with Pytest or other test frameworks, Jenkins or CI/CD pipelines, or quality test gating in a large multi-repo embedded codebase.
Pay
$144,600 and $263,800 (base salary range)
Tools
Python, Pytest, Jenkins
AI focus
Hands-on use of AI-based tools to build and automate workflows.
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