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Apple

Embedded Quality Engineering Manager – Camera

$184K–$320K

Cupertino, California · Manager · Full-time · Posted Sep 4, 2026

Experience
Minimum 10 years relevant industry experience; 6+ years in quality or test engineering, including 2+ years leading or managing engineers; 6+ years in embedded test strategy and test automation.
Education
BS

About the job

Leads a team qualifying camera and ISP firmware and drivers, while contributing directly to test automation, execution, and technical problem-solving.

What you'll do

  • Manage, mentor, recruit, and develop engineers while setting technical direction.
  • Own camera and ISP quality strategy and test plans for functionality, performance, power, stability, and image quality.
  • Build and maintain Python automation, execute tests, integrate coverage into CI/CD, and communicate results and risks to stakeholders.

What they ask for

  • BS and a minimum of 10 years of relevant industry experience.
  • 6+ years in quality or test engineering, including 2+ years leading or managing engineers.
  • 6+ years defining and executing test strategy for embedded firmware, drivers, or system software.
  • 6+ years building and maintaining test automation in Python or a comparable scripting language; macOS or Linux command-line experience; CI/CD integration using Git and embedded build systems; and experience testing hardware and backend integration points on embedded devices.

Nice to have

  • Camera or ISP firmware validation; complex firmware defect triage; consumer hardware shipping; image quality evaluation; or pre-silicon validation and hardware bring-up.
  • Experience developing engineers, presenting quality metrics and risks, or using AI-assisted tools for test authoring, log analysis, and debugging.

Pay

$183,700 and $319,800 (base salary)

Tools

Python, macOS, Linux, Git, CI/CD

AI focus

Preferred use of AI-assisted development and testing tools for test authoring, log analysis, and debugging to increase engineering throughput.

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First seen Oct 15, 2026 · Last verified Nov 4, 2026 (UTC)