DevOps Engineer

Heads Up Technologies•Kirkland, WA

14d•$115,000 - $135,000•Onsite

About The Position

We are seeking a DevOps Engineer to improve and maintain the developer tooling, CI/CD pipelines, and test infrastructure that our embedded software, firmware, and FPGA teams rely on every day. The immediate focus for this role will be leading a version control migration to Git and GitHub, building GitHub Actions workflows on self hosted runners, and standing up hardware in the loop test infrastructure for embedded audio and video products. This is a hands on role for an engineer who enjoys making other engineers more productive by streamlining builds, automating tests, and removing friction from the development process.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
Five or more years of DevOps or automation experience.
Experience with version control systems, including Git. SVN migration experience is a plus.
Experience developing CI/CD pipelines. GitHub Actions experience is strongly preferred.
Experience deploying and managing self hosted runners or build agents.
Experience with automated testing frameworks and infrastructure.
Experience with package management and software distribution.
Strong scripting and automation skills, such as Python, Bash, or similar tools.
Experience working in embedded systems development environments.
Demonstrated ability to design, implement, and maintain automated build and test systems.
Hands on experience building or maintaining hardware in the loop or automated hardware test infrastructure.
Core DevOps and automation skills, including GitHub Actions, self hosted runner management, Linux, Docker, Python or Bash, and Ansible.
Embedded and FPGA support experience with GNU Make, CMake, Xilinx toolchains, Yocto, or proprietary toolchains.
Testing and artifact management experience with hardware in the loop infrastructure, test fixture orchestration, automated regression testing, and artifact repositories.

Nice To Haves

Experience leading version control migrations from SVN to Git.
Experience with FPGA development workflows, especially Xilinx.
Experience designing hardware in the loop test rigs, including fixture design, instrument control, and test orchestration.
Familiarity with artifact repository systems such as JFrog Artifactory, Nexus, or GitHub Packages.
Background in audio, video, or high performance embedded systems.

Responsibilities

Build and maintain GitHub Actions CI/CD workflows for embedded software, firmware, and FPGA builds across Windows, Linux, and Xilinx toolchains.
Deploy and manage self hosted GitHub Actions runners, on premises and/or cloud based, to support embedded build and test workloads that require specific toolchains, hardware access, or long running jobs.
Design and deploy on premises hardware in the loop test systems for automated regression testing of embedded audio and video products, including fixture orchestration, instrument control, and result reporting.
Stand up an artifact repository for managing build outputs, binary assets, and firmware images.
Lead the migration from legacy version control, including SVN, to Git and GitHub, including repository structure, branching strategy, and team onboarding.
Evaluate and integrate tools that improve developer productivity across embedded and FPGA workflows.
Provision, configure, and maintain build and test servers, including runner scaling, OS imaging, and toolchain installation.
Develop and maintain a package management system for embedded software distribution.
Define and implement Infrastructure as Code solutions for build servers, runners, test rigs, and development environments.
Optimize compute and storage resources across CI/CD, runners, and hardware in the loop testing infrastructure.
Identify bottlenecks across engineering workflows and propose scalable improvements.
Mentor engineers in Git, GitHub Actions, automation, and DevOps best practices.
Conduct code reviews for build scripts, deployment pipelines, and automation components.
Maintain documentation for build, test, and deployment processes.
Establish metrics for build performance, test coverage, and pipeline reliability.