Spear AI
national security
EmbeddedDevOpsEngineer
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“Embedded DevOps Engineer at Spear AI. Skills: DevOps, infrastructure, CI/CD, HIL Testing, SIL Testing, Provisioning, Configuration, Deployment, Pulumi, Terraform, Docker, Kubernetes, AWS, Python, TypeScript. provide DevOps and infrastructure for the embedded software team on our hardware platforms. provide best practices for HIL, SIL, CI/CD, Deployment, Provisioning, Configuration, etc. , to the firmware team using Spear AI’s cloud-based infrastructure and applications”
What You'll Achieve.
provide best practices for HIL, SIL, CI/CD, Deployment, Provisioning, Configuration, etc. , to the firmware team; accelerate automation and error checking around all aspects of provisioning, configuration, deployment, etc. , for our embedded software; deliver sensor systems that meet customer needs
Industry & Context.
This role goes to sea, personally participate in buoy deployments, recovery operations, and at-sea testing several times a year, ability to lift and handle equipment on a small boat in open water, perform fine manipulations on hardware while underway, You may be asked to obtain a SECRET or TOP SECRET security clearance, Any maritime operations experience, including small boat operations, over-the-side handling, field repair, and logistics of a trip to sea, Prior military service or a history of working with military customers/personnel
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
Expert in Infrastructure as Code using Pulumi or Terraform, Expert in Docker and Kubernetes, Expert in CI/CD and DevOps with GitHub Actions, Expert in HIL Testing, Proficiency in AWS and/or other cloud services, Proficiency in Python or TypeScript, Proficiency with networking, Experience deploying to air-gapped environments, Experience self-hosting on bare metal servers, Experience working in a Linux environment, Previous hardware interactions
Nice to Have
Any maritime operations experience, including small boat operations, over-the-side handling, field repair, and logistics of a trip to sea, Prior military service or a history of working with military customers/personnel
What You'll Do.
provide DevOps and infrastructure for the embedded software team on our hardware platforms, provide best practices for HIL, SIL, CI/CD, Deployment, Provisioning, Configuration, etc.
, to the firmware team using Spear AI’s cloud-based infrastructure and applications, Own and develop the CI/CD/SIL/HIL testing pipeline for Spear AI’s embedded software, Personally develop and coordinate other spear resources to mesh the cloud-based software systems with the hardware systems to accelerate automation and error checking around all aspects of provisioning, configuration, deployment, etc.
, for our embedded software, Translate general system requirements to actionable software tasks and architecture.
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
serve as an informal interface between the embedded software team and the company-wide software group; co-located with the hardware team; part of two teams: Spear AI’s mostly remote software team and our interdisciplinary hardware development team; work well with both teams and bridge the gap; deeply integrated with your teammates
Communication Scope
Excellent verbal and good written communication skills; communicate clearly under field conditions
Full Job Description
Spear AI is seeking an engineer to provide DevOps and infrastructure for the embedded software team on our hardware platforms. This person will also serve as an informal interface between the embedded software team and the company-wide software group, reporting to the VP of software but co-located with the hardware team. Your job will be to provide best practices for HIL, SIL, CI/CD, Deployment, Provisioning, Configuration, etc., to the firmware team using Spear AI’s cloud-based infrastructure and applications. Spear AI serves the national security industry, providing hardware, software, and data solutions that span classification levels and are intended for operational deployment. Spear AI is a rapidly growing company with a commitment to the development of excellent products through continuous fielding. Spear offers competitive pay, stock options, excellent benefits, and generous paid time off. This role goes to sea. You will personally participate in buoy deployments, recovery operations, and at-sea testing several times a year. The work requires the ability to lift and handle equipment on a small boat in open water, communicate clearly under field conditions, and perform fine manipulations on hardware while underway. This is not an optional or occasional aspect of the job. It is one of the main reasons the position exists and one of the things that make our software better than anyone else’s. RESPONSIBILITIES If you’re the right candidate, within your first 60 days, four things will be true: - You’ll have crafted and partially implemented a plan for CI/CD/HIL/SIL for our firmware. - You’ll have evaluated our current provisioning and configuration systems and made substantial improvements that have been moved to production. - You’ll have been to sea at least three times and have a good understanding of what our operators need to be successful. - You’ll be deeply integrated with your teammates and emotionally invested in the mission and collective success. This po
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