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Stability Quality Engineer - Data Center Systems Quality

Apple· Hardware
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Sunnyvale, CA$144.6k - $263.8kFull-timePosted 3mo ago

About the role

Stability Quality Engineer focused on Data Center projects, responsible for designing, executing and optimizing hardware-centric software tests to surface system-level stability and stress issues in data center platforms, driving product readiness decisions and defining quality standards for Apple's data center infrastructure.

Responsibilities

  • Design, develop, and execute system-level and rack-level stability and stress tests across data center platforms, validating functional and stress characteristics to ensure systems meet stability requirements
  • Manage and operate racks of systems running concurrent tests, experiments, and long-duration workloads that simulate production deployment conditions
  • Identify, reproduce, isolate, debug, and conduct root cause analysis on issues using performance analysis, debugging tools, and stress benchmarks that expose design flaws
  • Partner cross-functionally with hardware, software, data center operations, and quality teams to identify risk areas specific to data center platforms and define comprehensive test strategies
  • Develop and optimize test frameworks and tools to create controlled validation environments that support large-scale validation
  • Report issues clearly using Apple's bug reporting processes, support engineering investigations with data and technical analysis, and communicate findings to inform product readiness decisions

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or equivalent degree
  • 3+ years of experience in hardware/software test engineering with demonstrated focus on system validation or data center environments
  • Hands-on experience with modern CPU architecture and microarchitecture concepts demonstrated through previous work on processor-level debugging or validation projects
  • Proficiency with Unix-based operating systems and scripting automation using languages such as Python, Ruby, Swift, or JavaScript & experience developing or executing test automation frameworks and methodologies at scale
  • Proven ability to design and execute comprehensive validation test plans, work independently and collaboratively with cross-functional engineering teams, and deliver results in concurrent multi-system environments

Skills

Required:System-level stability testingRack-level test executionRoot cause analysisCross-functional collaborationTest framework development

Benefits

  • Comprehensive medical and dental coverage
  • retirement benefits
  • discounted products and free services
  • reimbursement for certain educational expenses including tuition
  • discretionary bonuses or commission payments options and relocation may be eligible
  • Apple shareholder opportunities via stock programs and Employee Stock Purchase Plan
Last updated Jul 17, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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