Apple
Mac Power Validation Engineer
$124K–$218K
Sunnyvale, California · Full-time · Posted Sep 15, 2026
- Experience
- 1 year required; 2 years preferred in a QA, Quality, or Testing environment.
- Education
- BS EE/CS or equivalent experience preferred.
About the job
Tests and optimizes power consumption and battery efficiency on in-development Mac platforms, helping products meet power and battery-life targets.
What you'll do
- Collect, analyze, and present power data; identify and root-cause problems.
- Drive bug fixes and optimizations, and design tests for the power impact of hardware and software features.
- Improve test coverage, methodology, and efficiency while collaborating with cross-functional teams.
What they ask for
- At least 1 year of experience in a QA, Quality, or Testing environment; Power QA preferred.
- Understanding of computer architecture, operating system concepts, EE fundamentals, and power consumption and management.
- Experience in test planning, validation, issue discovery, and driving issues to resolution with engineering teams.
- Coding and scripting experience for basic automation and tool development.
Nice to have
- MS EE/CS.
- Python and shell; Power QA experience.
Pay
$123,700 and $218,000 (base salary range)
Tools
Python, shell
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