Senior Embedded CI/CD & Firmware Release Engineer

Arm Limited; West of England; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Arm Limited is seeking a Senior Embedded DevOps/Build & Release Engineer to own CI/CD for embedded firmware and platform software. You will drive build reliability, automation, and release workflows across multiple SoC programs.

You will collaborate with firmware, validation, and QA teams to improve pipelines, enable per-patch to release validation, and support partner and customer deliveries. Hybrid/Office-based role with global impact.

Qualifications

• 6+ years in DevOps, Build & Release, embedded software, or CI/CD roles.
• Strong hands-on experience maintaining and troubleshooting CI/CD pipelines.
• Proficient with tools like GitLab CI, Jenkins, or similar.
• Solid scripting/automation skills (Python, shell, etc.).
• Experience managing embedded firmware or platform software repos.
• Knowledge of firmware build components (TF-A, UEFI, SCP, bootloaders, Linux).
• Strong Linux development and build system experience (Make, CMake).
• Understanding of SoC architecture and embedded/platform software.

Responsibilities

• Maintain, optimize, and grow CI/CD pipelines for embedded firmware and software codebases.
• Enable and configure repositories for different firmware components and platform programs.
• Assist in the development and management of distribution processes for firmware stacks like TF-A, UEFI, SCP, bootloaders, Linux, and associated platform software.
• Build, maintain, and improve automated pipelines using tools such as GitLab CI.
• Automate firmware build, image generation, packaging, signing, versioning, and artifact publishing workflows.
• Support partner and customer releases by handling release branches, tags, artifacts, documentation, and delivery packages.
• Collaborate with firmware, infrastructure, verification, and QA teams to debug build failures, integration issues, and release blockers.
• Enable per-patch, nightly, and release validation routines to boost software quality and catch problems early.
• Maintain CI infrastructure, runners, build environments, scripts, and automation frameworks.
• Integrate and maintain static analysis, compliance, and security scanning tools such as Coverity and Black Duck.
• Drive standardization of build and release processes throughout various firmware repositories and SoC programs.
• Improve developer productivity through automation, tooling, documentation, and self-service workflows.
• Track CI health, build failures, test trends, and release readiness through dashboards and reporting.
• Ensure timely support for release achievements, partner drops, customer deliveries and internal engineering builds.

Skills

DevOps

CI/CD

GitLab CI

Jenkins

Python

Shell scripting

Embedded firmware

Platform software

Linux

Make

CMake

SoC architecture

Firmware components

Tools

Docker

Job description

Arm Limited is seeking a Senior Embedded DevOps/Build & Release Engineer to own CI/CD for embedded firmware and platform software. You will drive build reliability, automation, and release workflows across multiple SoC programs.

You will collaborate with firmware, validation, and QA teams to improve pipelines, enable per-patch to release validation, and support partner and customer deliveries. Hybrid/Office-based role with global impact.