Staff DevOps Engineer – CI/CD, Build Automation, Edge, Robotics

General Motors

. Design, implement, operate, and continuously improve enterprise-grade CI/CD pipelines for application, platform, embedded, edge, and robotics software .

Posted 11/10/2026full-timeSunnyvale • California • United StatesLead💰 $189,300 - $290,700 per yearWebsite

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in designing and operating CI/CD pipelines, build automation, and deployment strategies across diverse environments, with a strong focus on container orchestration and software supply chain security. Proficient in mentoring teams and establishing engineering standards to enhance operational excellence and collaboration.

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CI/CD Pipeline DesignContainer OrchestrationPython ProgrammingKubernetes DeploymentDevOps Practices

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Hard Skills

Build AutomationAutomated TestingArtifact ManagementDependency ManagementRelease Promotion WorkflowsSoftware Development LifecycleVersioning StrategiesObservabilityTroubleshootingRobotics Software Development

Soft Skills

Excellent Communication SkillsMentoringCollaboration

Tools & Technologies

DockerTerraformAnsibleGitHub ActionsGitLab CIJenkinsAzure DevOpsHelmKustomizeArgo CD

Industry Keywords

Embedded SystemsRoboticsHigh-Reliability EnvironmentsSafety-CriticalManufacturing

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AnsibleAzureCloudCyber SecurityDockerJenkinsKubernetesLinuxPythonTerraformC++

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Design, implement, operate, and continuously improve enterprise-grade CI/CD pipelines for application, platform, embedded, edge, and robotics software
Develop reusable build, test, packaging, artifact, and deployment automation across products, repositories, platforms, and environments
Improve pipeline reliability, performance, observability, security, and developer experience through standardization and automation
Establish reproducible build and release patterns with traceability, quality gates, and rapid feedback
Integrate unit, integration, system, hardware-in-the-loop, simulation, security, performance, and regression testing into delivery workflows
Define and track engineering metrics including build health, pipeline duration, deployment frequency, lead time, change failure rate, and recovery time
Diagnose and resolve failures across source control, build systems, dependencies, test infrastructure, artifacts, networks, and deployment environments
Build and maintain containerized development, test, and production workflows
Create secure container images and establish image lifecycle, scanning, signing, and promotion practices
Deploy and operate workloads on Kubernetes, including configuration, secrets, networking, scaling, resiliency, and observability
Establish release management processes for coordinated, auditable, low-risk releases
Automate artifact promotion and deployment across development, integration, validation, production, edge, and robotic environments
Support rolling, blue/green, canary, staged, offline, and intermittently connected deployment strategies
Develop versioning, rollback, recovery, release approval, change traceability, and fleet or site-level deployment status mechanisms
Improve production readiness, incident response, and post-release learning with engineering and operations teams
Extend DevOps practices to edge devices and distributed environments, including provisioning, software updates, telemetry, and operational recovery
Design delivery workflows for hardware variability, connectivity limitations, device security, and remote deployment
Support robotics software development and deployment pipelines, including simulation, hardware-in-the-loop testing, and field validation
Contribute to development, integration, testing, and deployment of ROS2 drivers and robotics components
Package, version, validate, and release ROS2 nodes, drivers, configurations, and dependencies
Serve as technical leader and trusted advisor for CI/CD, DevOps, release engineering, and deployment automation
Define engineering standards, reference architectures, reusable templates, and paved paths
Mentor engineers through design reviews, technical guidance, documentation, and knowledge sharing
Collaborate with software, embedded, robotics, infrastructure, cybersecurity, quality, and product organizations
Evaluate tools and technologies and lead implementation from concept through sustained operation

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related technical field, or equivalent experience
Significant professional experience in DevOps, CI/CD, build engineering, release engineering, software infrastructure, or a related discipline
Experience designing and operating production-quality CI/CD pipelines and build automation at scale
Strong experience with source control, automated testing, artifact management, dependency management, and release promotion workflows
Proficiency with Python, Bash, or PowerShell
Hands-on experience with containers and container orchestration, including Docker or comparable technology and Kubernetes
Experience deploying and supporting software across multiple environments and managing complex release dependencies
Strong understanding of software development lifecycle practices, branching and versioning strategies, quality gates, observability, and operational excellence
Ability to troubleshoot complex, cross-functional technical problems and drive them to resolution
Excellent written and verbal communication skills
Preferred: Experience with cloud platforms and infrastructure-as-code technologies such as Terraform, Pulumi, or Ansible
Preferred: Experience with GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Jenkins, Azure DevOps, Bazel, CMake, or comparable technologies
Preferred: Experience with Helm, Kustomize, or Argo CD
Preferred: Experience with software supply chain security, including SBOMs, artifact signing, provenance, vulnerability scanning, secrets management, and policy enforcement
Preferred: Experience deploying software to edge devices, industrial systems, vehicles, or distributed and intermittently connected environments
Preferred: Experience with robotics software development, ROS2, DDS, Linux, C++, Python, or robotics simulation and hardware-in-the-loop testing
Preferred: Familiarity with device management, over-the-air updates, fleet operations, remote diagnostics, and edge observability
Preferred: Experience with release governance, change management, incident response, and reliability engineering practices
Preferred: Experience in safety-critical, regulated, embedded, automotive, manufacturing, or other high-reliability environments

Benefits

Comp & perks

Incentive pay program with payouts based on company performance, job level, and individual performance
Medical, dental, and vision benefits
Health Savings Account
Flexible Spending Accounts
Retirement savings plan
Sickness and accident benefits
Life insurance
Paid vacation and holidays
Tuition assistance programs
Employee assistance program
GM vehicle discounts
Company vehicle evaluation program, subject to successful motor vehicle report review
Assigned General Motors vehicle to drive and evaluate through the company vehicle evaluation program