# Tools & Automation Engineer — Early Career

The AppleCare Field Service Diagnostics Engineering (FSDE) team is looking for an enthusiastic and curious engineer to help develop automation solutions and tools validating diagnostic and repair software across the Apple ecosystem - including Mac, iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch, AirPods, and Apple Vision Pro. This role is ideal for a recent or upcoming graduate with a strong computer science foundation, a passion for software quality and automation, and an eagerness to learn. You will work alongside experienced engineers in a collaborative environment, diving deep into technical challenges, learning modern testing paradigms, and exploring how emerging technologies (including AI-driven workflows) can enhance our engineering processes. Description As an entry-level Tools & Automation Engineer, you will contribute directly to the tools and automated test suites that ensure our diagnostic and repair systems meet Apple’s high standards of quality and reliability. Under the mentorship of senior engineers, you will write automated tests, build helper tools, support our automated device lab, and participate in technical reviews across multi-functional teams. This role offers substantial opport

- **Id**: 3978432
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/apple-tools-automation-engineer-early-career>
- **Role**: DevOps
- **Role family**: DevOps
- **Seniority**: junior
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Sunnyvale, United States
- **Countries**: US
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-11-09T15:21:06Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-11-09
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-11T08:43:30Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 1
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 2542
- **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

- **CI/CD** — Optional: no
- **Git** — Optional: no
- **Linux** — Optional: no
- **Python** — Optional: no
- **Swift** — Optional: no
- **Unix** — Optional: no
- **GitHub Actions** — Optional: yes
- **Jenkins** — Optional: yes
- **LLM** — Optional: yes
- **Pytest** — Optional: yes
- **XCTest** — Optional: yes
- **XCUITest** — Optional: yes

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 1

## Requirements

- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

### Education

- **Level**: bachelor
- **Optional**: no

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-09T18:49:54Z

## 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**: 99
- **Band**: hot
- **Label**: Hiring now
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.993
- **P room**: 1
- **Age days**: 1
- **Expected fill days**: 122
- **Reasons**: conf:1, urgency, velocity, win:early, comp:junior,brand
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-11T05:49:22Z

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