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DevOps / Infrastructure Engineer — Firmware Validation

Cupertino, CAOnsiteFull TimePosted 2 months agoVisa sponsorship available

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Required skills

  • DevOps
  • Infrastructure
  • firmware validation
  • CI/CD
  • Python
  • CLI tooling
  • orchestration
  • API integration
  • GitLab CI
  • Jenkins

Nice to have

  • SoC bring-up
  • silicon test
  • hardware lab
  • oscilloscope
  • logic analyzer
  • Perforce

Role summary

Apple is seeking a results-oriented DevOps/Infrastructure Engineer to join their multifaceted group. This role focuses on developing and maintaining the AMS firmware validation platform, including CI/CD, infrastructure, and tooling for Mixed-Signal IP firmware. The ideal candidate will have a strong DevOps background with at least 10 years of relevant experience, proficiency in Python for automation and integration, and hands-on experience with self-hosted CI/CD systems like GitLab CI, Jenkins, or GitHub Actions. Strong Git skills and communication abilities are essential for driving cross-team collaboration and alignment.

At Apple, we work every single day to craft products that enrich people’s lives. Do you love working on challenges that no one has solved yet? Do you like changing the game? We have an opportunity for a results-oriented and extraordinarily hardworking DevOps / Infrastructure Engineer. As a member of our multifaceted group, you will have the outstanding and great opportunity to craft upcoming products that will delight and encourage millions of Apple’s customers every single day.

Description


We're looking for a DevOps-minded engineer to contribute and grow the AMS firmware validation platform — the CI/CD, infrastructure, and tooling that builds, tests, and validates Mixed-Signal IP firmware from static analysis all the way through hardware-in-the-loop silicon test.

Minimum Qualifications


BS degree in technical discipline with minimum 10 years of relevant experience. DevOps/infrastructure background: designing and owning CI/CD pipelines and shared engineering infrastructure, with an automation-first mindset. Strong Python for CLI tooling, orchestration, and system integrations against APIs, webhooks, and service accounts. Hands-on experience operating self-hosted CI/CD (GitLab CI, Jenkins, GitHub Actions, or similar): pipeline design, runner administration, job orchestration, and debugging failures at the infrastructure level Proficiency with Git and the ability to integrate disparate build, test, and reporting services into one coherent pipeline. Strong written and verbal communication; able to drive cross-team triage and keep stakeholders aligned.

Preferred Qualifications


Familiarity with the hardware/firmware development lifecycle; exposure to SoC bring-up or silicon test. Comfortable working hands-on in a hardware lab — setting up boards and test stations and keeping them running. Familiarity with lab instruments (oscilloscope, logic analyzer, etc.) is a plus; day-to-day signal-level debugging and board probing are not a core part of this role. Experience with additional version-control systems (e.g., Perforce) or server-hosted Git platforms C programming or firmware development experience. Packaging and versioning tools (pip/conda, npm, or equivalent) and managing dependency/release flows AI-assisted development and tooling (LLM agents, MCP-style integrations) for code review, triage, and automation. Containerization / service-deployment experience (Docker, etc.).

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