Knightscope
Senior DevOps Engineer, Robotics
Sunnyvale, California · Senior · Full-time
Sponsorship not specified$180k-$220kDetected 35 days ago
GitAWSCloud PlatformsDockerKubernetesCI/CDGitHub ActionsLinuxMachine LearningEmbedded SystemsRobotics
About the role
- You will work across a small, highly efficient team, owning CI/CD pipelines, cloud infrastructure, and the OTA deployment systems that push software and ML models to a production fleet of robots operating around the clock across the US.
Responsibilities
- Build, operate, and continuously improve end-to-end CI/CD pipelines for a production robotics platform spanning autonomy, security perception, and embedded firmware stacks.
- Own the OTA update pipeline: multi-image container builds, staged fleet rollout, and rollback across heterogeneous hardware targets.
- Manage cloud infrastructure and Kubernetes deployments supporting ML training pipelines, model registry, and fleet telemetry.
- Triage CI failures, distinguish infrastructure from product issues, and drive resolution with clear ownership.
- Build and maintain internal tooling, leveraging AI to automate workflows, reduce toil, and improve CI failure analysis.
Requirements
- 5+ years in DevOps, SRE, or platform engineering with ownership of CI/CD systems, cloud infrastructure, and production deployments.
- Hands-on experience with GitHub Actions or GitLab CI, Git-based workflows, and collaborative software development at scale.
- Strong Linux systems expertise including networking, storage, performance, and security.
- Practical experience with AWS and container technologies including Docker and Kubernetes.
Nice to have
- Experience with ROS2-based robotics development workflows, multi-repository builds, and platform-specific targets.
- Experience with multi-architecture CI environments spanning x86 and ARM64 embedded targets.
- Experience with OTA update systems or fleet deployment pipelines for embedded or edge hardware.
- Background in ML model deployment pipelines: model packaging, registry management, and staged rollout to edge devices.
- Previous experience in release engineering including branching strategies, artifact management, and CDN distribution.
Compensation
- $180,000 to $220,000 (DOE)
Benefits
- Medical, dental, vision, 401(k), paid time off
- Equity: Stock options
Company info
- About Knightscope (LEAVE AS IS)
- Knightscope is a security technology company building the Nation's First Autonomous Security Force.
- The Company combines autonomous machines, advanced software, and human expertise to help protect people, property, and critical infrastructure.
- Knightscope's long-term mission is to make the United States of America the safest country in the world
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