Swarmbotics AI is seeking a skilled and experienced Software Deployment Engineer to develop the deployment, management, and security of the software running on the embedded, heterogeneous processors within our autonomous swarm systems. This individual contributor role will be responsible for building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines, fleet provisioning infrastructure, containerized deployment workflows, and fleet monitoring that keep our robots running reliably and securely in the field.
This role is critical to ensuring seamless hardware-software integration across our fleet of autonomous Unmanned Ground Vehicles, from initial board bring-up through production deployment and ongoing updates. The Software Deployment Engineer will work closely with embedded, autonomy, and systems engineering teams to ensure reproducible, secure, and scalable deployment processes across edge devices and supporting cloud environments.
The ideal candidate has deep expertise in Linux-based embedded systems, NVIDIA Jetson platforms, containerized deployments, and DevOps practices tailored for robotics systems operating in constrained or intermittently connected environments. This individual is comfortable building processes from scratch in a fast-moving startup where execution, security, and meticulous documentation are essential.
Required Qualifications
- Strong desire to work in a fast-paced, fluid startup environment
- Ability to work onsite in the Phoenix, AZ area
- Minimum 1 year of experience in a DevOps, SRE, or embedded systems deployment role, or equivalent demonstrated experience
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or related technical field
- Strong proficiency in Linux internals and system-level configuration
- Experience designing and maintaining CI/CD pipelines using tools such as GitHub Actions, CircleCI, Jenkins, or similar
- Experience with configuration management and automation tools, preferably Ansible
- Proficiency in containerization (Docker) tailored for resource-constrained edge environments
- Proficiency in scripting languages such as Python and Bash
- Strong commitment to documentation, reproducibility, and idempotent deployment practices
- Excellent communication and problem-solving skills
- Excitement about contributing to the defense of the United States and its allies
- Must be eligible to obtain and maintain a U.S. Secret security clearance
Preferred Qualifications
- 3+ years of experience in a DevOps, SRE, or embedded systems deployment role
- Hands-on experience with NVIDIA Jetson platforms, including board bring-up, BSP customization, and JetPack/L4T environments
- Solid understanding of cybersecurity principles for embedded and edge devices, including secure boot, root of trust, kernel hardening, and supply chain security
- Experience with container orchestration platforms such as Kubernetes for edge or cloud environments
- Knowledge of network protocols and embedded systems security
- Experience deploying embedded systems in air-gapped or intermittently connected environments
- Experience with supply chain risk management and software bill of materials (SBOM) practices
- Experience with OTA update frameworks for embedded or edge devices
- Experience with Yocto, Buildroot, or similar embedded Linux build systems
- Experience with infrastructure-as-code tools such as Terraform
Skills Required
- Strong desire to work in a fast-paced, fluid startup environment
- Ability to work onsite in the Phoenix, Arizona area
- Minimum 3 years of experience in a DevOps, SRE, or embedded systems deployment role
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related technical field
- Deep expertise in Linux internals and system-level configuration
- Hands-on experience with NVIDIA Jetson platforms, including board bring-up, BSP customization, and JetPack/L4T environments
- Experience designing and maintaining CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions, CircleCI, Jenkins, or similar tools
- Experience with configuration management and automation tools, preferably Ansible
- Proficiency in Docker containerization for resource-constrained edge environments
- Proficiency in Python and Bash
- Understanding of embedded and edge-device cybersecurity, including secure boot, root of trust, kernel hardening, and supply chain security
- Commitment to documentation, reproducibility, and idempotent deployment practices
- Excellent communication and problem-solving skills
- Excitement about contributing to the defense of the United States and its allies
- Eligibility to obtain and maintain a U.S. Secret security clearance
- Hands-on experience with hardware-in-the-loop and software-in-the-loop testing
- Experience with Nix or NixOS
- Experience with U-Boot and secure boot implementations
- Experience with Kubernetes for edge or cloud environments
- Knowledge of network protocols and embedded systems security
- Experience deploying embedded systems in air-gapped or intermittently connected environments
- Experience with supply chain risk management and SBOM practices
- Familiarity with ROS and robotics software stacks
- Experience with NVIDIA CUDA or TensorRT environments
- Familiarity with a CatBs framework
What We Do
Swarmbotics AI is a low-cost, swarm robotics company for industry and defense. We see a world of ubiquitous low-cost robots transforming almost all aspects of society with an urgent need in the defense industry. We focus on a low-cost BOM, an autonomous stack optimized for off the shelf components, and a global planner that enables swarm capabilities for groups of robots to accomplish sophisticated tasks.
