QUALITY ENGINEERING
Core AI Debugger
A developer tool for visualizing, inspecting, and debugging AI models on Apple platforms, showcased at WWDC 2026. I led quality validation for it during my Graphics, Games & Machine Learning internship.
QUALITY • AUTOMATION • HARDWARE
Christian
Rodriguez
I build, test, repair, and improve technology — from software quality and automation to hands-on device repair and personal engineering projects.
FEATURED WORK
Work you can actually see
A few visuals that represent the kind of products, tools, and interfaces I’ve worked around or built myself.
PERSONAL PROJECT
MirrorMirror
A desktop app that reads on-screen text with OCR and uses AI to interpret it. Answers appear in an overlay right on top of whatever you’re working on.
APPLE PAY QA
Tap to Cash
An Apple Pay feature that lets you send money just by bringing two iPhones together. I tested it end to end during my Apple Pay QA internship.
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
Headline accomplishments
Selected moments that represent how I work and the kind of impact I aim to have.
01
Led QA for an AI developer tool featured in Apple's WWDC 2026
Owned quality validation and helped drive confidence in a developer-facing AI experience ahead of its public showcase.
02
Completed two Apple Quality Engineering Internships
Worked across Apple Pay and Graphics, Games & Machine Learning, gaining hands-on experience with test strategy, automation, triage, and cross-functional quality work.
03
Built tools and automation to make testing more repeatable
Created scripts, internal utilities, and automated validation workflows designed to reduce manual friction and catch regressions earlier.
04
Escalated release-impacting issues before customers saw them
Identified problems involving privacy, usability, device eligibility, and workflow behavior, then partnered with engineering teams through resolution.
05
Combine software quality with hands-on hardware repair
My current Apple retail work keeps me close to the physical side of technology, strengthening the way I think about product reliability, serviceability, and the full customer experience.
EXPERIENCE
Where I’ve built my career
A mix of quality engineering, automation, support, and repair — all centered on making technology work better.
Apple
Technical Expert / Repair Technician
2022 — Present
Hands-on device diagnostics and hardware repair in a fast-paced retail service environment.
- Diagnose device issues and complete hardware repairs behind the scenes.
- Balance repair quality, turnaround time, documentation, and customer expectations.
- Bring prior QA experience into day-to-day troubleshooting and failure analysis.
Apple — Internship
Graphics, Games & Machine Learning — Quality Automation
2026 (6 Months)
Quality validation and automation work across machine learning projects and developer-facing experiences.
- Built and maintained validation workflows for functional, regression, and performance testing.
- Developed internal tools and automation to improve repeatability and pre-integration coverage.
- Communicated quality status, risk, and defect trends across cross-functional teams.
Apple — Internship
Apple Pay Quality Assurance
2024 (6 Months)
End-to-end product quality work focused on new payment experiences, device behavior, privacy, and reliability.
- Validated new workflows across devices, builds, feature flags, and edge cases.
- Partnered with engineering and design teams to investigate and resolve product issues.
- Used logs, proxy tools, diagnostics, and structured stress testing to isolate failures.
PROJECTS
Things I build outside the job
Personal projects that let me explore automation, AI, interfaces, computer vision, and robotics.
See all project write-ups →COMPUTER VISION
Currently in progress
Hand Gesture Recognition
Real-time hand and gesture recognition from camera input, being built as a control and interaction layer for the Quadruped Robot Platform.
PythonMediaPipeOpenCV
View on GitHub ↗
ROBOTICS
Currently in progress
Quadruped Robot Platform
Jetson-powered walking robot concept with LiDAR, camera input, on-device intelligence, and a custom display-driven personality layer.
JetsonROS 2LiDAR
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COMPUTER VISION
MirrorMirror OCR Overlay
Desktop overlay that combines OCR and AI-assisted text interpretation to surface useful context directly on screen.
PythonPyQt6OCR
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AUTOMATION
Social Media Video Automation
Automated content pipeline for sourcing, narration, composition, and rendering using Python and multiple APIs.
PythonAPIsMoviePy
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SKILLS
Tools I’m comfortable working with
A practical mix of programming, QA, device work, debugging, and development platforms.
Programming & development
PythonDartJavaSwiftUIGitHubXcode
Quality & debugging
QA AutomationXCTestCharles ProxyATPRegression TestingDevice Testing
Platforms & hardware
iOSmacOSvisionOSLinuxWindowsHardware Repair
EDUCATION
Computer science foundation
Bachelor of Science
Stockton University
Computer Science • In progress
Associate of Science
Rowan College of South Jersey
Computer Science • 2022
CONTACT
Let’s build something good.
I’m interested in quality engineering, automation, product testing, and technical roles where I can keep learning and building.