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Apple is seeking a DevOps / Infrastructure Engineer to contribute to the AMS firmware validation platform — the CI/CD, infrastructure, and tooling that builds, tests, and validates Mixed-Signal IP firmware from static analysis through hardware-in-the-loop silicon test.
Key Responsibilities:
- Own and extend the CI/CD platform end-to-end, from static analysis and unit tests through simulator-based testing, coverage, and hardware-in-the-loop silicon testing, plus dashboards and reporting that make results actionable.
- Operate and harden the self-hosted runner fleet and toolchains, managing SDK/compiler/simulator versioning and the packaging and release flow that ships the platform to runners.
- Onboard new silicon platforms into CI/CD by extending configs, build/test matrices, and low-level hardware integration to make new chips testable with minimal one-off effort.
- Grow the validation lab as a product by making changes to test stations safe, reviewable, and automated rather than manual and one-off.
- Drive deep, cross-stack triage and root-cause analysis across the firmware toolchain, simulators, runner OS/SDK regressions, and silicon test; build triage tooling that speeds diagnosis for the whole team.
- Develop and maintain firmware test cases and tooling on development boards and shipping products, including hands-on setup of test-station hardware (connecting boards and devices, cabling, bring-up), partnering with firmware and QA teams to improve test coverage and release quality.
This role offers the opportunity to work on firmware validation infrastructure at scale, impacting products used by millions of customers worldwide. You will collaborate across firmware, QA, and hardware teams to drive quality and automation in a complex, multi-disciplinary environment.
Minimum Qualifications:
- BS degree in a technical discipline with extensive 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.); day-to-day signal-level debugging and board probing are not core to 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.).
