DevOps / Test Automation Engineer
Microchip Technology1 day ago
Cambridge, United KingdomSenior
Responsibilities
- Build and maintain DevOps pipelines for embedded wireless products.
- Develop automated test frameworks and infrastructure with minimal manual testing.
- Write code or direct code generation across multiple languages, primarily Python.
- Use Jenkins, Kubernetes, and other automation tools to support development and testing.
- Work across Windows development environments and Linux target systems using bash and SSH.
- Collaborate with global engineering teams.
- Support embedded hardware bring-up and debugging, including basic soldering of debug wires when required.
- Use AI tools to accelerate development and automation.
Requirements
- Strong experience in DevOps, test automation, or a hybrid of both.
- Proficiency with Python.
- Comfort working in Windows for development.
- Confidence using Linux, bash, and SSH.
- Familiarity with Jenkins and Groovy pipelines, Bitbucket, Artifactory, Ansible, and SQL.
- Preferred: experience with AI coding tools such as OpenAI-based tools, Claude Code, or VS Code extensions.
- Preferred: knowledge of AWS, Azure, Kubernetes, or distributed cloud systems.
- Preferred: understanding of ASPICE, FuSa, RED, or CRA processes.
- Preferred: knowledge of Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, UWB, or network protocols.
- Preferred: experience with embedded devices or hobbyist projects such as Raspberry Pi.
- Preferred: ability to perform basic hardware tasks such as soldering debug wires.
Benefits
- Work at Microchip Technology in a collaborative environment focused on employee development, values-based decision-making, and community.
- Travel requirement is 0%–25%.
- Role is based at the Cambridge site and involves collaboration with global engineering teams.
About Microchip Technology
Microchip Technology designs and sells embedded control semiconductors—8/16/32‑bit microcontrollers and processors, analog and mixed‑signal ICs, FPGAs, connectivity devices, memory—and the development tools engineers use to build them into products across industrial, automotive, consumer, and aerospace/defense markets. The company also licenses Flash memory IP and provides software and reference designs. Founded in 1989, it is headquartered in Chandler, Arizona, and is publicly traded on NASDAQ (ticker: MCHP).