SDET, CI/CD Pipeline and Test Infrastructure

About Knightscope Knightscope (NASDAQ: KSCP) is a security technology company building the nations first Autonomous Security Force: autonomous machines, AI-driven software, and elite security professionals operating as one integrated managed service. The Company is on a mission to make the United States of America the safest country in the world. One Team. One Force.

Job Summary Signals is coming in-house. You will take ownership of the CI/CD pipeline and test infrastructure that Signals engineers depend on every day, currently operated by a third-party vendor. This is a critical-path role for the Signals insourcing program: nothing ships until the pipeline is ours.

Location: ONSITE - Sunnyvale, CA

About the Role Signals is coming in-house. You will take ownership of the CI/CD pipeline and test infrastructure that Signals engineers depend on every day, currently operated by a third-party vendor. This is a critical-path role for the Signals insourcing program: nothing ships until the pipeline is ours.

Key Responsibilities

Own the Signals CI/CD pipeline and test infrastructure end to end.

Design and execute handoff of pipeline components from the current vendor.

Build fast, reliable, observable build and test cycles.

Partner with Engineering Services on shared pipeline standards across programs.

Establish pipeline health metrics and an on-call rotation for build infrastructure.

Required Qualifications

6+ years in test infrastructure or CI/CD engineering, including production pipeline ownership.

Deep hands-on experience with modern CI/CD tooling (Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, or equivalent).

Containerized build environments and test orchestration at scale.

Track record operating pipelines as products, with real SLOs and observability.

Nice to Have

Prior experience insourcing infrastructure from a third-party vendor.

Video or streaming platform CI/CD experience.

Multi-team platform work supporting several product lines from one pipeline.

Compensation and Benefits Base Salary: $165,000 to $195,000 (DOE) Equity: Stock options Benefits: Medical, dental, vision, 401(k), paid time off Location Requirement: Full-time, on-site at Sunnyvale HQ