Senior DevOps Engineer, Robotics
Knightscope
- Location
- Onsite (Sunnyvale, California)
- Compensation
- $180k - $220k/yr
- Employment
- Full-time
- Level
- Senior Level
About the Role
Knightscope is building the Nation's First Autonomous Security Force, combining machines, software, and human expertise to protect people and property. This role will own the build, deployment, and release infrastructure for their autonomous security robot fleet, impacting the core operations of their innovative technology.
Skills
Benefits
- Medical
- Dental
- Vision
- 401(k)
- Paid Time Off
Perks
- Stock options
Full job details
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
About the Role
We are looking for a Senior DevOps Engineer to own the build, deployment, and release infrastructure that keeps Knightscope's autonomous security robot fleet running. 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.
Key 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.
- Improve observability across pipelines and deployed systems through automation, metrics, logging, and monitoring.
- Build and maintain internal tooling, leveraging AI to automate workflows, reduce toil, and improve CI failure analysis.
- Mentor engineers and contribute to platform architecture decisions across the team.
Required Qualifications
- 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.
- Experience supporting C++ and Python development teams on Linux.
- Python scripting and automation tooling experience.
Preferred Qualifications
- 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 & Benefits
- Base Salary: $180,000 to $220,000 (DOE)
- Equity: Stock options
- Benefits: Medical, dental, vision, 401(k), paid time off
- Location Requirement: Full-time, on-site at Sunnyvale HQ