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Devops Lead 840868

Capstone Search Advisors
  • New Haven, CT
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10 days ago

Job Description


 

 

Global Manufacturing firm is seeking a DevOps Lead who will own the full firmware lifecycle from commit to production artifact. This is not a generalist cloud DevOps role — it requires deep embedded systems knowledge, protocol-level test engineering, and hands-on hardware validation capability.

What will you own

 
  • GitLab CI/CD pipeline for all firmware product variants
  • HiL server fleet and physical test fixture infrastructure
  • Production firmware signing, OTA packaging, and release artifact pipeline
  • Robot Framework test suite architecture and standards
  • AI/agent tooling layer for CI debugging and test generation

 

What will you be doing

 
  • Lead Software Development Engineers in Test (SDET) and embedded automation teams across multiple SAFe program increments
  • Define KPIs, career ladders, and onboarding paths for firmware QA and Software Development in Test (SDET) roles
  • Collaborate with Firmware Architects, Product Owners, and System Architects to align test strategy with release goals
  • Drive improvements in quality metrics, traceability, and feedback loop speed
  • Build and maintain domain-specific Claude Code agent skills for CI debugging, test authoring, and embedded firmware analysis
  • Develop MCP servers that expose CI/CD data (pipeline status, build logs, JSONL events) to AI agents
  • Integrate AI tooling into team workflow without replacing engineer judgment — agents as accelerators, not oracles
  • Own and improve our CI/CD pipelines for embedded firmware, ensuring fast, reliable builds and releases.
  • Maintain the infrastructure that supports automated testing, build execution, and artifact delivery.
  • Support and expand our HiL testing environment used to validate firmware across multiple device families.
  • Develop lightweight test fixtures and automation tools that help validate hardware behavior.
  • Build and maintain automated test suites covering BLE, Zigbee, OTA, and system?level functionality.
  • Establish testing standards, improve test reliability, and contribute to overall product quality.
  • Manage the firmware release workflow, including signing, packaging, and delivering builds across environments.
  • Improve release traceability, versioning, and documentation.
  • Create internal tools and lightweight AI?assisted workflows that help engineers debug, test, and ship faster.
  • Integrate automation and intelligence into everyday engineering processes to accelerate development.

 

Experience

 
  • 10+ years in DevOps/infrastructure engineering, with at least 5 years in embedded systems or firmware CI/CD
  • Demonstrated team leadership: QA, SDET, or embedded automation engineers (3+ direct reports)
  • Expert-level GitLab CI/CD: pipeline design, runner fleet management, conditional execution, artifact handling
  • Robot Framework: authoring, keyword architecture, CI integration, Robocop linting
  • Python 3.10+: test automation libraries, CLI tools (Typer/Rich), protocol parsers, CI scripting
  • Hardware-in-the-Loop: operation and expansion of HiL (Hardware in Loop) test infrastructure with real device hardware
  • Embedded protocol knowledge: BLE, Zigbee (IEEE 802.15.4 / ZCL), or UART at integration test level
  • Firmware build systems: Make-based (ABS/MBS) or Bazel — understanding of cross-compilation targets
  • OTA firmware update pipelines and firmware signing
  • SAFe or equivalent large-scale Agile program coordination

 

Preferred Skills

 
  • nRF52840 or STM32 target familiarity: flashing (nrfjprog, OpenOCD), debugging, SWD/JTAG
  • Custom test fixture hardware design with ESP32, RP2040, or equivalent microcontrollers
  • EDHOC/OSCORE embedded cryptographic protocol experience
  • AI/LLM tooling: Claude Code agent authoring, MCP server development, prompt engineering
  • Multi-cloud infrastructure as code: AWS, GCP, Azure, CloudFlare — Terraform
  • Docker-based CI toolchain image management
  • Zigbee coordinator stack: zigpy-znp, Z-Stack 3.x.0, CC2652P hardware
  • Renode or Wokwi embedded simulation CI integration

 

 

Numbers & Facts

LocationNew Haven, CT

Skills

  • 802.15unmatched
  • Agile Programming Methodologiesunmatched
  • Amazon Web Services (AWS)unmatched
  • Analysis Skillsunmatched
  • Artificial Intelligence (AI)unmatched
  • Artificial Intelligence (AI) Agentsunmatched
  • Automationunmatched
  • Automation Engineeringunmatched
  • Boundary Scanunmatched
  • Cloud Computingunmatched
  • Computer Firmwareunmatched
  • Continuous Deployment/Deliveryunmatched
  • Continuous Integrationunmatched
  • Cryptographic Protocolsunmatched
  • Data Managementunmatched
  • Debugging Skillsunmatched
  • DevOpsunmatched
  • Dockerunmatched
  • Documentationunmatched
  • Embedded Systemsunmatched
  • Fleet Managementunmatched
  • GCP (Good Clinical Practices)unmatched
  • Hardware Designunmatched
  • Hardware Quality Assuranceunmatched
  • IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers)unmatched
  • Image Managementunmatched
  • Integration Testingunmatched
  • MCP - Microsoft Certified Professionalunmatched
  • Machine Toolunmatched
  • Manufacturingunmatched
  • Microcontrollerunmatched
  • Microsoft Windows Azureunmatched
  • Onboardingunmatched
  • Organizational Skillsunmatched
  • Performance Metricsunmatched
  • Process Improvementunmatched
  • Project/Program Coordinationunmatched
  • Python Programming/Scripting Languageunmatched
  • Quality Assuranceunmatched
  • Quality Managementunmatched
  • Quality Metricsunmatched
  • Release Management/Engineeringunmatched
  • Reliability Engineeringunmatched
  • Reliability Testingunmatched
  • Scripting (Scripting Languages)unmatched
  • Server Programming/Applicationsunmatched
  • Simulationunmatched
  • Software Design for Test (SDET)unmatched
  • Software Engineeringunmatched
  • Software Testingunmatched
  • System Architectureunmatched
  • Team Lead/Managerunmatched
  • Test Automationunmatched
  • Test Fixturesunmatched
  • Test Plan/Scheduleunmatched
  • Test Strategyunmatched
  • Test Suiteunmatched
  • Testingunmatched
  • Traceabilityunmatched
  • Universal Asynchronous Receiver-Transmitter (UART)unmatched
  • Vehicle Fleetsunmatched

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