DevOps Engineer

Ericsson; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) plan

Stock Purchase Plan

Health benefits

Dental plan option

Parental/leave benefits

Educational assistance

Job summary

Ericsson in Austin, Texas is seeking a DevOps Engineer to streamline hardware validation workflows, reduce setup drift, and stabilise regression processes. The role aims to prevent tool-release disruptions, enabling validation teams to focus on bug isolation and silicon quality.

We value diverse experiences and offer comprehensive benefits, including health plans, 401(k) matching, and family leave. Equal opportunity employer welcoming all backgrounds.

Qualifications

• Master’s degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or related field, or equivalent experience.
• Experience supporting hardware validation, ASIC/SoC bring-up, emulation, simulation, or lab automation.
• Familiarity with firmware deployment flows, regression infrastructure, and test execution frameworks.
• Experience enabling AI-assisted validation, data-driven debugging, or scalable experimentation environments.
• Understanding of release gating, tool qualification, and production environment promotion.
• Experience improving developer productivity through automation and self-service tooling.

Responsibilities

• Reduce manual setup and configuration drift in validation environments.
• Improve regression predictability and reliability of tool releases.
• Prevent unstable tool releases from disrupting validation execution.
• Free validation engineers to focus on bug discovery, root cause analysis, and silicon quality readiness.

Skills

Hardware validation

ASIC/SoC bring-up

Emulation & simulation

Lab automation

Firmware deployment flows

Regression infrastructure

Test execution frameworks

AI-assisted validation

Data-driven debugging

Automation tooling

Education

Master’s degree in CS/EE

Equivalent experience

Job description

Join our Team

Highly desired qualifications:

• Master’s degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or a related technical degree or equivalent experience.
• Experience supporting hardware validation, ASIC/SoC bring-up, emulation, simulation, or lab automation environments.
• Familiarity with firmware deployment flows, regression infrastructure, and test execution frameworks.
• Experience enabling AI-assisted validation, data-driven debug, or scalable experimentation environments.
• Understanding of release gating, tool qualification, and production environment promotion processes.
• Experience improving developer or validation engineer productivity through automation and self-service tooling.

Your Expected Impact:

The DevOps Engineer will reduce manual setup and configuration drift, improve regression predictability, prevent unstable tool releases from disrupting validation execution, and free validation engineers to focus on bug discovery, root cause analysis, and silicon quality readiness.

Ericsson uses a merit-based hiring approach that values people with different experiences, perspectives and skillsets. We truly believe this approach drives innovation, which is essential for our future growth. We encourage people from all backgrounds to apply and realize their full potential as part of our Ericsson team. Ericsson is proud to be an Equal Opportunity employer, learn more.

If you need assistance or to request an accommodation due to a disability, please contact Ericsson at [e-mail].

DISCLAIMER: The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by employees in this position. They are not an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and skills required for this position, and you may be required to perform additional job tasks as assigned.

Primary country and city: USA || Austin, Texas

Job details: Developer

Primary Recruiter: Jim Everett

Compensation and Benefits at Ericsson

Your Pay

The salary range for this position is dependent on various factors including, but not limited to, location, and the candidate’s combination of job-related knowledge, qualifications, skills, education, training, and experience.

Short-Term Variable Compensation Plan:

Your pay also includes the opportunity for an annual bonus. Actual bonus payouts are based on performance of the business against the unit’s objectives, individual performance, and the individual bonus target. Certain eligibility and pro-ration rules apply.

Your Health

Ericsson offers excellent health benefits including the choice of three medical plan options and a dental plan option that allow an employee to select the level of coverage that suits their needs. Employees will receive company credits in an amount equal to the cost that Ericsson pays toward the cost of their medical and dental premiums for themselves and eligible covered dependents.

Your Financial Security

We invest in both your short and long-term financial wellbeing. The Ericsson US 401(k) Plan offers an automatic 3% company contribution and Ericsson match $1 for every $1 you put into the 401(k) Plan on the first 3% of your eligible pay, plus 50 cents on every $1 on the next 2% of eligible pay. When you contribute at least 5% of eligible pay, you are receiving Ericsson’s full matching contributions of 4%. Matching and company automatic contributions stop when your total eligible pay for the year reaches the IRS limits. Employees will also receive company credits in an amount equal to the cost of basic life insurance and basic accidental death and dismemberment coverage, as well as short-term and long-term disability coverage. Employees also have the option to participate in Ericsson’s Stock Purchase Plan.

Your Time

Your work-life balance is important to us. New employees are provided a minimum of 15 days of accrued vacation, up to 3 personal days per year, 11 annual holidays, 8 hours of volunteer time, and 80 hours of sick time annually. Please note paid time off is pro-rated based on the employee’s start date. Furthermore, Ericsson provides up to 16 weeks of paid maternity leave and 6 weeks of parental or adoption leave at 100% of pay.

Additional Benefits

Ericsson offers many other company-paid benefits such as financial wellness programs, educational assistance, matching gifts, and recognition programs.