FPGA CI/CD Build Engineer: Automate Bitstreams & Binaries

Fortaegis Technologies; Amsterdam; On-site; EUR 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Fortaegis Technologies is seeking a CI/CD Build Engineer to own the GitLab CI/CD ecosystem that builds FPGA bitstreams, firmware, and application binaries. You will ensure artifacts are reproducible, traceable, and ready for deployment by the integrator, while maintaining automated pipelines and build infrastructure.

Responsibilities include managing FPGA build flows, cross-toolchains, Yocto/PetaLinux, and firmware build systems, plus optimizing pipelines for reliability and speed.

Qualifications

• Strong experience with GitLab CI or GitHub Actions-style pipelines.
• Expertise in build systems (Make, CMake, Yocto, or Petalinux).
• Strong Linux system administration skills.

Responsibilities

• Maintain GitLab repository, runners, caching, and shared build infrastructure.
• Build and maintain FPGA build flows (Vivado/Vitis), cross-toolchains (ARM GCC), Yocto/PetaLinux, and firmware build systems.
• Create multi-stage pipelines that build hardware, firmware, and application stacks then package them into unified artifacts.
• Implement reproducible builds and artifact versioning.
• Monitor pipeline performance and optimize for build time and reliability.
• Maintain build-related Docker images, scripts, and infrastructure-as-code.
• Release management.

Skills

CI/CD pipelines

Build systems

Linux admin

Containerization

Scripting

Tcl automation

DevOps / IaC

Documentation

Tools

GitLab CI

Docker

Podman

Yocto/PetaLinux

Job description

Fortaegis Technologies is seeking a CI/CD Build Engineer to own the GitLab CI/CD ecosystem that builds FPGA bitstreams, firmware, and application binaries. You will ensure artifacts are reproducible, traceable, and ready for deployment by the integrator, while maintaining automated pipelines and build infrastructure.

Responsibilities include managing FPGA build flows, cross-toolchains, Yocto/PetaLinux, and firmware build systems, plus optimizing pipelines for reliability and speed.