Senior Software Engineer - DevOps

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Job Description:

We are looking for an energetic and self-motivated person with an Engineering or Computer Science background to join our Firmware / Embedded Software team in the Communication Business Unit  are building firmware for the high performance System on Chip (SoC) devices developed by our hardware teams. These SoC products, like the PIC
64-HPSC product (), contain clusters of CPUs, data switching subsystems and a variety of high speed and low speed interfaces. They support the aerospace and communications markets as well as a growing number of applications in next generation embedded systems. Our focus is on technical excellence, teamwork, collaboration, and continuous improvements in an open and encouraging environment. If you have a strong technical background in Dev Ops then this role is for you!

As a Senior Dev Ops Engineer
, you will be part of a highly skilled engineering organization responsible for building, operating, and continuously improving the CI/CD, build, and release infrastructure that supports embedded software and driver development for modern System‑on‑Chip (SoC) platforms. These platforms target Linux and RTOS environments and incorporate multi‑CPU clusters, Ethernet switching, high‑speed interfaces (PCIe/CXL), and complex memory and peripheral subsystems.

You will engage across the full embedded software lifecycle, enabling development teams by designing and maintaining automated build, test, and release pipelines
, supporting robust continuous integration and regression environments
, and ensuring reliable, reproducible builds s includes administering and evolving our Jenkins‑based CI infrastructure
, maintaining containerized build environments using Docker
, and troubleshooting build and infrastructure issues on Alma Linux 9 and Ubuntu 24 systems.

The build and verification infrastructure you support spans both pre‑silicon development
, leveraging FPGA‑based prototyping platforms, and post‑silicon validation
, using lab‑based evaluation boards. In addition, the team actively leverages AI‑assisted development tools
, including Git Hub Copilot and Claude‑based tooling
, to improve productivity, automate workflows, and enhance CI/CD reliability.

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