Embedded DevOps Engineer

📋 Job Overview

Spear AI is seeking an engineer to provide DevOps and infrastructure for the embedded software team on our hardware platforms. This person will also serve as an informal interface between the embedded software team and the company-wide software group, reporting to the VP of software but co-located with the hardware team.

🏢 About Spear AI

Spear AI is a growing defense contracting company dedicated to delivering cutting-edge solutions that support our nation’s security. As we expand, we’re building a culture where innovation meets mission-critical work. We operate with a flat organizational structure that empowers every team member to make an impact, collaborate directly with leadership, and contribute to projects that matter. Whether you’re joining our Hardware, Software, or Services division, you’ll work alongside talented professionals who are committed to excellence and advancing the capabilities that keep our nation safe and secure.

Spear AI builds sonobuoy sensors that are deployed into the water and collect edge data. We also work with the U.S. Navy to collect and process their SONAR data. You’ll have an opportunity to work on real-world projects that directly impact warfighter capabilities and mission success.

🎯 The Role

Your job will be to provide best practices for HIL, SIL, CI/CD, Deployment, Provisioning, Configuration, etc., to the firmware team using Spear AI’s cloud-based infrastructure and applications.

This role goes to sea. You will personally participate in buoy deployments, recovery operations, and at-sea testing several times a year. The work requires the ability to lift and handle equipment on a small boat in open water, communicate clearly under field conditions, and perform fine manipulations on hardware while underway. This is not an optional or occasional aspect of the job. It is one of the main reasons the position exists and one of the things that make our software better than anyone else’s.

✅ Key Responsibilities

• Own and develop the CI/CD/SIL/HIL testing pipeline for Spear AI’s embedded software.
• Personally develop and coordinate other spear resources to mesh the cloud-based software systems with the hardware systems to accelerate automation and error checking around all aspects of provisioning, configuration, deployment, etc., for our embedded software.
• Translate general system requirements to actionable software tasks and architecture.
• Mentor junior colleagues as the team grows.

📌 Required Qualifications

• Expert in Infrastructure as Code using Pulumi or Terraform.
• Expert in Docker and Kubernetes.
• Expert in CI/CD and DevOps with GitHub Actions.
• Expert in HIL Testing.
• Proficiency in AWS and/or other cloud services.
• Proficiency in Python or TypeScript.
• Proficiency with networking.
• Familiar with cybersecurity compliance frameworks like CMMC, PCI, or SOC.
• Experience deploying to air-gapped environments.
• Experience self-hosting on bare metal servers.
• Excellent verbal and good written communication skills.
• Experience working in a Linux environment.

⭐ Desirable Experience

• Any maritime operations experience, including small boat operations, over-the-side handling, field repair, and logistics of a trip to sea.
• Prior military service or a history of working with military customers/personnel.

🎁 Benefits

Spear offers competitive pay, stock options, excellent benefits, and generous paid time off.

🛂 Visa & Eligibility

You may be asked to obtain a SECRET or TOP SECRET security clearance. This will be at no expense to you. For resources on what a security background entails and what disqualifies people, refer to the CIA requirements.