Staff DevOps Engineer - FPGA

Job Title

Staff DevOps Engineer - FPGA

Role Summary

Develop and operate DevOps infrastructure and automation focused on FPGA workflows. Collaborate with software and hardware engineering teams to deliver image creation, runtime automation, CI/CD, and observability for FPGA prototyping and production pipelines.

Experience Level

Senior-level (Staff). Specific years of experience not stated; role expects broad, senior DevOps experience with FPGA-related workflows.

Responsibilities

Primary responsibilities include building and maintaining automation, pipelines, and monitoring to support FPGA development and deployment.

• Oversee and optimise compilation frameworks to ensure efficient, reliable builds.
• Automate handling of filelists, logs, and report generation to aid troubleshooting.
• Streamline creation and deployment of FPGA images and related software builds.
• Maintain and improve runtime automation frameworks for FPGA prototyping platforms.
• Design, develop and maintain CI/CD pipelines for FPGA and software testing and deployment.
• Manage source control workflows using Git/Gerrit, including code review processes.
• Implement performance monitoring, dashboards and alerting to improve observability and stability.
• Troubleshoot, optimise and automate development and release workflows.

Requirements

Must-have skills and technologies followed by desirable qualifications.

• Must-have: Strong Python skills for scripting, automation and tooling.
• Proven experience with CI/CD tools (e.g., Jenkins, GitLab CI/CD) and automation best practices.
• Experience with Git/Gerrit for source control and code review.
• Fluent in Linux, including shell scripting and environment/process management.
• Strong analytical, troubleshooting and collaboration skills.

Nice-to-have:

• Familiarity with FPGA development flows, toolchains or RTL development concepts.
• C++ and TCL scripting for automation and tooling.
• Experience with Docker and containerisation technologies.
• Experience with Prometheus and Grafana for monitoring and dashboards.

Education Requirements

Not specified.

About the Company

Company: Arm

Headquarters: Cambridge, United Kingdom

ARM is a global leader in semiconductor and software design, driving innovation in computing technology. The company specializes in designing processors and systems that provide the essential building blocks for electronic devices. ARM's architecture is widely used in smartphones, servers, and IoT devices, and its collaborative culture fosters bold thinking, diversity, and high-impact benefits for its talented workforce.