Cross-Functional Quality Engineer

Imagine what you could do here. At Apple, quality isn't a checkpoint - it's a mindset woven into every product, service, and experience we create. The people here don't just test software; they safeguard the customer experience that defines Apple in the minds of millions. If you see quality as a strategic force multiplier - not a final gate - this role was built for you.

The AppleCare Technologies team has an immediate opening for a Cross-Functional Quality Engineer to plan and lead cross-functional testing across complex AppleCare projects. In AppleCare Technologies, inclusion and diversity fuel our ability to solve the most complex quality challenges in the enterprise. Our Cross-Functional Quality Engineers are the architects of confidence - they bring structure to ambiguity, elevate quality thinking across disciplines, and ensure that Apple's most ambitious systems initiatives ship with precision and integrity.

We're looking for a quality leader who doesn't just execute test plans - someone who shapes how Apple thinks about quality from day one of a program, and who leaves every team they touch more capable than they found it.

Description

Champion a Shift-Left Quality Culture

• Embed quality strategy and risk thinking early in the project lifecycle, partnering with product, engineering, and business teams from inception
• Define quality gates, entry/exit criteria, and testing strategies aligned to project goals and risk tolerance, ensuring quality is a shared responsibility across every function
• Inspire teams to fight for excellence under competing priorities, modeling intellectual curiosity, adaptability, and an unwavering dedication to the customer experience

Lead Risk-Based Testing and Intelligent Prioritization

• Apply risk-based testing frameworks to make evidence-driven decisions about test scope, depth, and sequencing -focusing coverage where impact to customers and business is greatest
• Proactively identify and surface technological, organizational, and operational risks, driving mitigation strategies before they become program-level problems
• Leverage data, analytics, and testing insights to continuously optimize coverage strategies and improve predictive quality outcomes

Orchestrate Testing at Enterprise Scale

• Lead end-to-end test planning, preparation, resourcing, and execution for large-scale, cross-functional programs spanning UAT, integration, regression, and performance testing
• Facilitate requirements traceability and test scenario identification across complex, multi-system landscapes with clarity and rigor
• Manage test environments, data strategies, and resource estimation to ensure testing is never the bottleneck - it's the enabler
• Lead cross-functional meetings with audiences ranging from 2 to 60+ participants, driving alignment on actions, owners, and timelines

Advocate for Automation and AI-Powered Quality Engineering

• Champion test automation adoption across teams - identifying opportunities to accelerate coverage, reduce manual effort, and build lasting quality infrastructure
• Integrate Generative AI and AIML capabilities into quality engineering workflows: intelligent test generation, defect prediction, anomaly detection, and smart test prioritization
• Stay ahead of the quality engineering landscape, bringing innovative tools, techniques, and approaches to every program you lead

Mentor, Elevate, and Build Quality Capability

• Mentor quality engineers and cross-functional partners, building lasting capability across the organization - not just within your immediate team
• Foster a culture of healthy debate, continuous learning, and psychological safety, where diverse perspectives produce stronger, more resilient testing outcomes
• Drive continuous improvement in testing processes, methodologies, and tooling - always seeking smarter, faster, better ways to ship with confidence

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