Senior CI/CD Engineer – Jenkins Infrastructure & Embedded Hardware Automation

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Job Description:

• Integrate CI/CD pipelines with repositories such as GitHub, Gitee, and npm, enabling continuous integration across multiple internal teams.
• Manage Jenkins agents (Linux/Windows/MAC) and optimize resource utilization.
• Integrate tools for code quality, static/dynamic analysis, and security validation (e.g., SonarQube, Coverity, or BlackDuck).
• Automate process compliance checks and release workflows with Jenkins pipelines.
• Good understanding of ASPICE-compliant development and release processes.
• Design and execute automated test frameworks that connect microcontrollers and evaluation boards to Jenkins workflows.
• Build automation scripts for hardware-in-loop (HIL) testing and I/O-based validation (GPIO, UART, SPI, I2C).
• Integrate digital analyzers, logic analyzers, and oscilloscopes for automated signal capture and validation during hardware testing.
• Establish best practices for traceability, test reproducibility, and release quality assurance.
• Mentor junior engineers and drive CI/CD adoption across teams.

Requirements/Qualifications:

• BE/B-Tech degree with 5 to 9 years of experience
• Extensive experience with Jenkins, including pipeline-as-code, shared libraries, agent configuration, and plugin management.
• Strong scripting in Groovy, Python, Shell, or Bash.
• Proven experience in embedded software or firmware build automation (e.g., Make/CMake, cross-compilation, toolchains).
• Proficiency with Git, GitHub Actions, and artifact repositories (npm, Artifactory, etc.).
• Experience with Docker, Kubernetes, REST APIs, hardware control, and test management systems
• Hands-on experience integrating hardware or microcontroller-based devices (e.g., PIC32, Raspberry Pi, SBC) into CI/CD workflows.
• Ability to interface with I/O pins, read/write data, and analyze hardware output using digital analyzers, oscilloscopes, or logic analyzers.
• Understanding of embedded testing frameworks and hardware validation setups (GPIO, UART, SPI, I2C, UCB, TCP/IP).

• Background in semiconductors, embedded systems, or hardware validation environments.
• Understanding of hardware-software co-development flows and firmware CI integration.

• Strong problem-solving and debugging skills across software and hardware layers.
• Ability to collaborate with cross-functional engineering teams.
• Excellent documentation and communication skills.

Travel Time:

0% - 25%

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