Senior CI/CD Engineer – Jenkins Infrastructure & Embedded Hardware Automation
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Job Description:
- Design, implement, and maintain scalable Jenkins infrastructures (controller/agent architectures, shared libraries, security hardening).
- Integrate CI/CD pipelines with repositories such as GitHub, Gitee, and npm, enabling continuous integration across multiple internal teams.
- Manage Jenkins agents (Linux/Windows/MAC) and optimize resource utilization.
- Integrate tools for code quality, static/dynamic analysis, and security validation (e.g., SonarQube, Coverity, or BlackDuck).
- Automate process compliance checks and release workflows with Jenkins pipelines.
- Good understanding of ASPICE-compliant development and release processes.
- Design and execute automated test frameworks that connect microcontrollers and evaluation boards to Jenkins workflows.
- Build automation scripts for hardware-in-loop (HIL) testing and I/O-based validation (GPIO, UART, SPI, I2C).
- Integrate digital analyzers, logic analyzers, and oscilloscopes for automated signal capture and validation during hardware testing.
- Establish best practices for traceability, test reproducibility, and release quality assurance.
- Mentor junior engineers and drive CI/CD adoption across teams.
Requirements/Qualifications:
- BE/B-Tech degree with 5 to 9 years of experience
- Extensive experience with Jenkins, including pipeline-as-code, shared libraries, agent configuration, and plugin management.
- Strong scripting in Groovy, Python, Shell, or Bash.
- Proven experience in embedded software or firmware build automation (e.g., Make/CMake, cross-compilation, toolchains).
- Proficiency with Git, GitHub Actions, and artifact repositories (npm, Artifactory, etc.).
- Experience with Docker, Kubernetes, REST APIs, hardware control, and test management systems
- Hands-on experience integrating hardware or microcontroller-based devices (e.g., PIC32, Raspberry Pi, SBC) into CI/CD workflows.
- Ability to interface with I/O pins, read/write data, and analyze hardware output using digital analyzers, oscilloscopes, or logic analyzers.
- Understanding of embedded testing frameworks and hardware validation setups (GPIO, UART, SPI, I2C, UCB, TCP/IP).
- Background in semiconductors, embedded systems, or hardware validation environments.
- Understanding of hardware-software co-development flows and firmware CI integration.
- Strong problem-solving and debugging skills across software and hardware layers.
- Ability to collaborate with cross-functional engineering teams.
- Excellent documentation and communication skills.
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Microchip Technology Inc. is a leading semiconductor supplier of smart, connected and secure embedded control solutions. Its easy-to-use development tools and comprehensive product portfolio enable customers to create optimal designs which reduce risk while lowering total system cost and time to market.
The company’s solutions serve more than 125,000 customers across the industrial, automotive, consumer, aerospace and defense, communications and computing markets.
Headquartered in Chandler, Arizona, Microchip offers outstanding technical support along with dependable delivery and quality.






