Apple
DevOps / Infrastructure Engineer — Firmware Validation
$185K–$325K
Cupertino, California · Full-time · Posted Oct 27, 2026
- Education
- Bachelor's degree required.
About the job
Build and operate the CI/CD infrastructure, tooling, and lab systems that validate Mixed-Signal IP firmware from static analysis through hardware-in-the-loop silicon testing.
What you'll do
- Own and extend CI/CD pipelines, self-hosted runners, toolchains, dashboards, and reporting.
- Onboard silicon platforms and automate safe, repeatable validation-lab and test-station changes.
- Develop firmware tests and tooling, and lead cross-stack failure triage with firmware and QA teams.
What they ask for
- Bachelor's degree required.
- Experience designing and owning CI/CD pipelines and shared engineering infrastructure, with an automation-first mindset.
- Strong Python for tooling, orchestration, and integrations; proficiency with Git.
- Hands-on experience operating self-hosted CI/CD systems, including pipeline design, runner administration, orchestration, and infrastructure-level debugging.
Nice to have
- Familiarity with hardware/firmware development, SoC bring-up, silicon testing, or hands-on hardware labs.
- C or firmware development, packaging and versioning tools, AI-assisted development, or containerization experience.
Pay
$184,700 and $324,800 (USD, base pay range)
Tools
Python, Git, GitLab CI, Jenkins, GitHub Actions, Perforce, Docker, pip/conda
AI focus
AI-assisted development and tooling, including LLM agents and MCP-style integrations, for code review, triage, and automation are preferred.
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