DevOps Build Engineer for Space Ground Stations

Northwood; Torrance (CA); Sur place; USD 120 000 - 160 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

Northwood is seeking a Developer Experience Engineer to own the build system, CI pipelines, test harness integrations, and developer environments used by FPGA, embedded, DSP, cloud, and ground teams. You will measure and improve commit-to-release times, and collaborate across the Platform team to raise engineering productivity.

The role focuses on reproducible builds, scalable CI, and streamlined developer tooling, empowering multiple engineering disciplines to deliver reliable software for

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 3+ years of experience in build engineering, DevOps, CI/CD, developer productivity, or platform engineering.
• Hands-on experience owning CI pipelines (GitLab CI, GitHub Actions, Buildkite, or similar) for a multi-team codebase.
• Proficiency in Python and shell scripting; ability to read and build Rust or C/C++ projects.
• Solid understanding of containers, Linux, and Git workflows.
• Demonstrated ability to diagnose and fix slow or unreliable builds, with specific examples.

Responsabilités

• Own the build system: reproducibility, caching, build times, and cross-platform targets spanning cloud services, embedded firmware, and FPGA gateware.
• Design and maintain reusable GitLab CI templates and pipeline components, with fast early checks ahead of expensive builds and tests, and drive down flakiness and cycle time with data.
• Build reproducible developer environments so new engineers are productive on day one.
• Implement release automation and promotion mechanics from development through staging to production, including artifact signing and supply chain checks.
• Instrument the build and CI system, publish developer productivity metrics, and use them to prioritize the tooling roadmap.
• Support engineers on build and pipeline issues and turn recurring problems into permanent fixes.

Connaissances

CI/CD

DevOps

Python

Shell scripting

Linux

Git workflows

Formation

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or Engineering

Outils

GitLab CI

GitHub Actions

Buildkite

Nix

OCI

Kubernetes

ArgoCD

Description du poste

Northwood is seeking a Developer Experience Engineer to own the build system, CI pipelines, test harness integrations, and developer environments used by FPGA, embedded, DSP, cloud, and ground teams. You will measure and improve commit-to-release times, and collaborate across the Platform team to raise engineering productivity.

The role focuses on reproducible builds, scalable CI, and streamlined developer tooling, empowering multiple engineering disciplines to deliver reliable software for