FPGA Build System Engineer Engineering Productivity Sydney

Who Youll Work With

Arista Networks is looking for a skilled FPGA Build System Engineer for our Engineering Productivity (EngProd) team to design optimize and maintain build systems and CI/CD pipelines for FPGA development workflows. 

As a part of the Engineering Productivity team you will work with FPGA engineers and other team members to design build and administer secure scalable and fault-tolerant build infrastructure. Working in the EngProd group you will collaborate with FPGA and software engineers to design build scale and operate the build systems used by Aristas product development teams. Youll work with industry-standard tools including Jenkins Ansible Gerrit Git Docker Kubernetes and FPGA-specific toolchains. Youll automate build processes optimize compilation times and ensure our FPGA development workflows are efficient and reliable.
 

What Youll Do

• Design implement and optimize build systems for FPGA development workflows with focus on scalability reliability and performance
• Develop and maintain end-to-end CI/CD pipelines for FPGA projects using Jenkins
• Automate build processes using Python Shell scripting and Makefiles
• Build and deploy containerized build environments using Docker and manage orchestration with Kubernetes
• Monitor build system performance identify bottlenecks and implement optimization strategies to reduce build times
• Troubleshoot and debug complex build failures dependency issues and toolchain problems
• Implement infrastructure-as-code using Ansible for build system provisioning and configuration management
• Manage source control workflows and best practices using Git and Gerrit
• Work closely with FPGA engineers to understand requirements and improve developer experience
• Create and maintain build system documentation runbooks and architectural diagrams
• Proactively monitor build infrastructure respond to alerts and implement automated alert handling
• Plan and communicate maintenance windows for build infrastructure
• Survey and adopt best practices around build systems and CI/CD to maintain secure scalable and fault-tolerant infrastructure
• Write postmortem documents for build system incidents and implement solutions to prevent recurrence

Qualifications :

Essential Skills

• At least BSc Computer Science Electrical Engineering Computer Engineering 3 years experience MS Computer Science or Engineering 3 years experience or equivalent work experience
• Strong proficiency in Python and Shell/Bash scripting to implement complex automation workflows
• Experience writing and maintaining Makefiles for build automation
• Knowledge of Linux (or UNIX) from administration and debugging perspective with strong troubleshooting skills
• Proven hands-on experience designing and implementing build systems and end-to-end

CI/CD pipelines

• Experience with CI/CD tools such as Jenkins (preferred) or Bamboo
• Strong knowledge of Git for version control
• Essential: Solid experience with Docker and containerized build environments
• Strong understanding of Kubernetes concepts and container orchestration
• Experience with infrastructure-as-code frameworks like Ansible
• Strong problem-solving skills and ability to design scalable build system architectures
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills

Desired Skills

• TCL scripting knowledge
• Experience with FPGA design and build tools such as:
• Xilinx Vivado
• Xilinx ISE
• Intel Quartus
• ModelSim or other simulation tools
• Understanding of FPGA development workflows synthesis place-and-route and timing closure
• Experience with Gerrit code review system (significant plus)
• Experience with Bitbucket 
• Experience managing version control systems like Perforce
• Knowledge of build optimization techniques and parallel build strategies
• Experience with monitoring and observability tools - Prometheus Grafana etc.
• Experience with infrastructure provisioning from storage and networking perspective
• Experience managing Artifactory Docker registry or other artifact repositories
• Experience with infrastructure-as-code frameworks beyond Ansible (Terraform etc.)
• Familiarity with Google Cloud Platform (GCP) or other cloud environments
• Experience managing CI/CD systems like ArgoCD Spinnaker
• Experience with configuration management at scale
• Understanding of hardware/software co-design workflows

Additional Information :

• Candidates must be based in Australia. 
• Candidates must possess a valid work permit for Australia at the time of application. 
• Please clearly state your current work authorization status in your application.

Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Full-time