# Tools and Automation Engineer

Be part of the iOS Device QE team, focused on testing firmware and ensuring ultra-high quality for Apple’s next generation human interface devices. You will be a motivated individual who cares and thinks about user experience, able to collaborate with other engineers to problem solve and understand the basics of firmware. Description - Have a real passion for quality, enjoy breaking things through creative testing - Thrive in uncertain, early prototype stages of a project when not all features are working yet, and enjoy putting energy into identifying/classifying issues as a way to improve quality - Enjoying learning and teaching - Have skill in building new processes or fixing old processes to improve quality of Apple products and efficiency of team - Experience with embedded systems, microcontrollers and sensors - Excellent written and verbal communication skills Minimum Qualifications BS in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Computer Science or related degrees 3+ years of relevant industry experience Experience leveraging AI-powered development tools to streamline daily workflows, accelerate coding and debugging, creating test frameworks and im

- **Id**: 4066262
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/apple-tools-and-automation-engineer-2>
- **Role**: DevOps
- **Role family**: DevOps
- **Seniority**: middle
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Sunnyvale, United States
- **Countries**: US
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Experience years min**: 3
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-10-22T14:50:43Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-11-11
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-11T11:32:14Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 19
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 1851
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Operating Systems, Laptops, Smartwatches & Fitness Trackers, Tablets

## Company

- **Id**: 12
- **Name**: Apple
- **Domain**: apple.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/apple>
- **Size band**: 5000+
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Apple Jobs

### Truth index

- **Grade**: A
- **Score**: 90
- **Open postings**: 824
- **Ghost share**: 0
- **Stale share**: 0.214
- **Repost share**: 0.006
- **Time to fill p50 days**: 122
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-11T05:49:22Z

## Technologies

- **C++** — Optional: yes
- **CI/CD** — Optional: yes
- **Python** — Optional: yes
- **Unix** — Optional: yes

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 19

## Requirements

- **Experience years min**: 3
- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

### Education

- **Level**: bachelor
- **Optional**: yes

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-11T11:18:52Z

## Visa

- Country: US; Licensed sponsor: yes; Adverts offering sponsorship 24m: 0; Sanctioned now: no; Evidence: H-1B filings in 12 months: 6,350 · green card filings: 39; Filings 12m: 6350

## Liveness

- **Score**: 86
- **Band**: hot
- **Label**: Hiring now
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.86
- **P room**: 1
- **Age days**: 19
- **Expected fill days**: 83
- **Reasons**: conf:1, win:early, comp:brand
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-11T12:51:32Z

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