Sr Software Engineer

About Advanced Energy

Advanced Energy (Nasdaq: AEIS) is a global leader in the design and manufacturing of highly engineered, precision power conversion, measurement and control solutions for mission-critical applications and processes. AE's power solutions enable customer innovation in complex applications for a wide range of industries including semiconductor equipment, industrial, manufacturing, telecommunications, data center computing and healthcare. Advanced Energy has devoted four decades to perfecting power for its global customers and is headquartered in Denver, Colorado.

Some people say it's like working in the best of two worlds. We operate like an agile, growing, small company - you can see your work make a difference to the company every day. Things move quickly and you can see and feel it. At the same time, we're a global company founded in 1981 and have been publicly traded for more than 28 years.

We have a strong cash position, deep trust and partnership with leading customers, a global best-in-class operations capability, and a proven leadership team. We have a track record and resources to make things happen both organically and inorganically. Being part of a nimble company with a solid foundation attracts team members that are capable, driven and like a challenge. Our employees collaborate and know how to have fun inventing, working, building and winning together.

At our core, we are Advanced Energy - powering the future, together.

Advanced Energy, RF Delivery Systems (RFDS) is seeking a Dev Ops Engineer III to support and continuously improve the development, build, test, release, and automation infrastructure used by embedded firmware teams developing software controls for RF Generator Systems in Plasma Power applications. Working closely with Embedded Firmware, Systems, Electrical, FPGA/Logic, Test, IT, and Product Development teams, this role focuses on firmware development operations, regression testing, database-backed workflows, CI/CD pipelines, build automation, release traceability, and AI/ML-enabled automation.

The ideal candidate has strong software development practices, scripting, source control, build systems, automated testing, and data management experience, and can take ownership of defined tools, workflows, and automation improvements with sound technical judgment and increasing design independence. This role helps teams ship firmware faster with better quality, stronger traceability, and reduced manual effort.

• Own and support defined tools, processes, and automation infrastructure used across the embedded firmware development lifecycle.
• Own, develop, and maintain CI/CD pipelines for firmware builds, unit/integration/regression tests, static analysis, documentation generation, and release artifacts.
• Take ownership of build environments, dependency management, toolchain and compiler integration, artifact storage, and automated release workflows.
• Design and maintain automation scripts and internal tools (Python, shell, or similar) to reduce repetitive engineering tasks. Support automated regression test frameworks, including test execution, result capture, reporting, failure triage, and trend analysis.
• Develop, maintain, and take ownership of database-backed tools used to manage test results, build metadata, release history, engineering metrics, configuration data, and traceability records.
• Apply data analysis, machine learning, and AI-assisted tooling to identify recurring failures and trends and to improve workflow efficiency, troubleshooting, and engineering decision support.
• Own dashboards, reports, and metrics for build health, regression status, release readiness, defect trends, and automation effectiveness, ensuring they remain useful and actionable for engineering decisions.
• Support integration across engineering tools such as Git, Jira, Confluence, CI/CD systems, artifact repositories, test frameworks, and databases.
• Participate in design and code reviews and process improvement; independently troubleshoot build, test, lab, database, automation, and integration issues within owned areas; and document Dev Ops workflows, schemas, and release procedures.
• Develop task estimates, contribute to Agile project planning, and take ownership of assigned firmware automation, regression testing, and AI-assisted improvement tasks through completion.
• Some travel within the US and some international sites is possible.

• Location:
  
  Onsite in Fort Collins, CO
• Environment:
  Production, and calibration laboratory setting with some office work

• Experience supporting embedded firmware teams, embedded C/C++ build systems, or hardware-adjacent software development environments.
• Familiarity with embedded concepts such as RTOS-based systems, embedded processors, device drivers, peripherals bootloaders, hardware abstraction layers, or board-support packages.
• Experience with build tools (CMake, Ninja, GNU Make, GCC/G++)…