Hardware Infrastructure Engineer IV

Hardware Infrastructure Engineer IV

Ascendion is an AI-native software engineering disruptor helping businesses innovate faster, smarter, and with greater impact. We partner with enterprise clients across North America, the UK, Europe, and APAC to solve complex challenges in data, experience design, software product engineering, and workforce transformation. Powered by expert engineers, thousands of AI agents, and our Engineering to the Power of AI (EngineeringAI) method, we deliver measurable outcomes that build trust, unlock value, and accelerate growth.

We have a culture built on opportunity, inclusion, and a spirit of partnership. Come, change the world with us:

• Build the coolest tech for the world's leading brands
• Solve complex problems – and learn new skills
• Experience the power of transforming digital engineering for Fortune 500 clients
• Master your craft with leading training programs and hands-on experience

Experience a community of change makers!

Join a culture of high-performing innovators with endless ideas and a passion for tech. Our culture is the fabric of our company, and it is what makes us unique and diverse. The way we share ideas, learning, experiences, successes, and joy allows everyone to be their best at Ascendion.

About The Role:

• Build and operate the software/infrastructure backbone of the Artificial Intelligence (AI) Factory tooling of dashboard, data pipeline, and image-inspection pipeline on production-grade company infrastructure.

Key Responsibilities:

• Maintain and harden the AI Factory dashboard and data pipeline (ingest, scheduled processing, uptime/stability);
• Support the image-inspection pipeline (factory image ingestion and automated processing end-to-end);
• Operate on production-grade infra (Tupperware, Simple Storage Service[S3]) with deployments, monitoring, and on-call stability;
• Partner with factory-side engineers on camera/Automated Optical Inspection(AOI) and station-data integration.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor of Science in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or equivalent
• Minimum 10+ years of experience.
• Strong software / firmware engineering with data-pipeline experience
• Cloud storage and service deployment (e.g., S3, containerized services)
• Track record owning reliability / infrastructure for a production tool
• Image / vision pipeline experience
• Familiarity with factory / manufacturing data
• Python and Machine Learning (ML) tooling

Preferred Qualifications:

• Master of Science or PhD in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering or equivalent
• Prior FAANG/Big Tech

Location: Sunnyvale, CA or Redmond, WA [Onsite]

Salary Range: The salary for this position is between $166,400 – $228,800 annually. Factors which may affect pay within this range may include geography/market, skills, education, experience, and other qualifications of the successful candidate.

Benefits: The Company offers the following benefits for this position, subject to applicable eligibility requirements: [medical insurance] [dental insurance] [vision insurance] [401(k) retirement plan] [long-term disability insurance] [short-term disability insurance] [5 personal days accrued each calendar year. The Paid time off benefits meet the paid sick and safe time laws that pertains to the City/ State] [10-15 days of paid vacation time] [6 paid holidays and 1 floating holiday per calendar year] [Ascendion Learning Management System]

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