Principal CI/CD Engineer
GlobalFoundries2 days ago
Richardson, TX, USAStaff+
Base Salary
$153k - $265k/yr
Responsibilities
- Own the end-to-end CI/CD strategy and automation execution for globally distributed software development teams.
- Design, implement, and maintain automated build, test, release, and deployment pipelines using Jenkins, GitHub Actions, and JFrog Artifactory.
- Configure CI/CD workflows for emulation, simulation, embedded hardware, and hardware-software validation platforms.
- Define and maintain source-code branching and release strategies for complex product release cycles.
- Develop reproducible containerized build environments and test-runner workloads using Podman.
- Partner with IT to configure, secure, monitor, and maintain Linux and Windows servers, compute grids, and shared storage environments.
- Build Grafana dashboards, metrics, and alerts for pipeline health, runner performance, infrastructure utilization, and service reliability.
- Collaborate with software, hardware, verification, validation, and infrastructure teams across North America, Europe, and Asia.
- Support Environmental, Health, Safety & Security requirements and perform other duties as assigned.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Information Technology, or a related technical field.
- 5–10 years of experience in CI/CD, automation, DevOps, infrastructure engineering, or site reliability engineering.
- Hands-on experience building scalable CI/CD pipelines and software distributions with GitHub Actions, Jenkins, and JFrog Artifactory.
- Strong programming and scripting skills in Shell, Python, and Groovy.
- Experience with source-code management, branching strategies, and complex development and release workflows.
- Experience creating, deploying, and managing containerized applications and build environments, such as with Podman.
- Experience with observability and monitoring tools such as Grafana.
- Experience with Linux compute clusters or grid schedulers such as SGE/UGE, SLURM, or LSF.
- Experience supporting Linux and Windows software development environments.
- Fluency in written and verbal English.
- A master’s degree in a related technical field is preferred.
- Experience integrating CI/CD systems with emulation, simulation, embedded hardware, or hardware-in-the-loop validation environments is preferred.
- Familiarity with ONNX, PyTorch, or TensorFlow is preferred.
- Experience using GitHub Copilot or Cursor is preferred.
- Experience leading infrastructure modernization or automation initiatives across globally distributed, cross-functional engineering teams is preferred.
- Strong communication, planning, organizational, stakeholder-management, ambiguity-navigation, and execution skills are preferred.
Benefits
- Expected salary range is $153,000.00–$265,000.00, with exact salary determined by qualifications, experience, and location.
- Reasonable accommodations are available during the employment process upon request.
- Employment offers are conditioned upon successful completion of applicable pre-employment conditions and compliance with applicable laws and regulations.
About GlobalFoundries
GlobalFoundries manufactures semiconductors as a contract foundry, offering process technologies, design enablement, and wafer fabrication for chip designers and device makers across automotive, data center, mobile, and IoT markets. Headquartered in Malta, New York and founded in 2009, it operates fabs in the U.S., Europe, and Asia and is listed on Nasdaq (GFS). Customers use its analog/RF, high-voltage, and specialty nodes alongside advanced CMOS.