Job Overview
The Software group is responsible for developing and enhancing the software ecosystem for Arm’s next‑generation server‑class SoCs and reference platforms. This includes firmware, boot software, system software, and platform enablement stacks that are tightly coupled with advanced hardware technologies. The Arm Reference Systems DevOps & QA team is looking for an experienced, hands‑on Senior Embedded DevOps / Build & Release Engineer with proven experience leading all aspects of CI/CD infrastructure, enabling repositories for firmware development, and supporting partner or customer release activities. This role is critical to ensuring reliable, scalable, and automated deployment of firmware stacks across multiple SoC programs. The engineer will work closely alongside firmware, platform, validation, and release groups to maintain build systems, improve developer workflows, manage release pipelines, and support timely delivery of firmware artifacts to internal teams, partners, and customers. You will work at the intersection of embedded software, DevOps, CI/CD, and release engineering, helping improve software quality, build reliability, and delivery efficiency for next‑generation Arm‑based platforms.
Responsibilities
- Maintain, optimise, and grow CI/CD pipelines for embedded firmware and software codebases supporting the platform.
- Enable and configure repositories for different firmware components and platform programmes.
- Assist in the development and management of distribution processes for firmware stacks such as 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, artefacts, 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 standardisation of build and release processes throughout various firmware repositories and SoC programmes.
- 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.
Required Skills and Experience
- 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.
Nice to Have Skills and Experience
- Experience with firmware signing, secure boot, image generation, or trusted firmware workflows.
- Familiarity with Docker/containers and reproducible builds.
- Exposure to static analysis, security scanning, and OSS compliance tools.
- Ability to build dashboards for CI/build/release/test metrics.
- Knowledge of test automation frameworks and validation pipelines.
Equal Opportunities at Arm
Arm is an equal opportunity employer, committed to providing an environment of mutual respect where equal opportunities are available to all applicants and colleagues. We are a diverse organization of dedicated and innovative individuals, and don’t discriminate on the basis of race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.
Salary Range
£73,500 – £99,500 per year
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