DevOps Engineer

About the job You want to help build Europe’s resilience? You want to protect people and critical infrastructure – ultimately saving the lives of thousands? You want to work at the frontier of high-performance autonomous systems? Join us at CDDS to own the infrastructure that keeps next-generation drone interception technology flying - from field data capture through CI/CD to production deployment on edge hardware. We Are Looking For a Hands-on DevOps Engineer To design and operate scalable pipelines for collecting, storing, and replaying drone sensor datafrom active field operations build and maintain CI/CD systems with strong quality gates, hardware-in-the-loop testing,and signed release pipelines provision and manage a growing fleet of edge devices through reproducible image builds,offline provisioning workflows, and pre-deployment validation We move at an extreme tempo and priorities shift quickly — you should be comfortable owning infrastructure in an environment where the problem can change underneath you. Tasks What You Will Be Working On Building offline-capable tooling for field data capture and post-mission debugging Designing CI/CD pipelines with automated testing gates and reproducible builds Implementing hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) test infrastructure for autonomous drone software Designing secure, reproducible image builds and provisioning workflows for air-gapped edge devices Instrumenting system performance across the ROS 2 stack and cloud backends Architecting cloud data pipelines for drone telemetry, imagery, and MCAP bag files Hardening infrastructure against supply-chain and remote-access threats Requirements We are looking for people who thrive on the vision to safe lives, rapid iteration, and hands-on flight testing. You take full ownership of your subsyste, from modelling to real-world validation. Required At least 3 years of relevant professional experience in DevOps, platform engineering, or infrastructure Strong Linux skills and comfort working close to the metal Hands-on experience with CI/CD platforms (GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, or similar) Experience with containerisation and orchestration (Docker, Docker Compose; Kubernetes a plus) Understanding of software security fundamentals — supply chain, access control, secrets management Nice to have Experience with embedded or edge device provisioning — reproducible OS images, offline deployment, and hardware bring-up workflows Cloud experience — storage pipelines, Cloud Run, IAM Familiarity with ROS 2 or robotics development workflows Experience with hardware-in-the-loop or simulation-based testing Scripting fluency in Python and/or Bash Knowledge of secure communication protocols and networking Benefits Why CDDS Direct impact on mission-critical technology shaping Europe’s security landscape Fast-moving startup environment with high ownership Work with a highly technical, ambitious, and hands-on team Real-world testing, deployments, and customer demonstrations Attractive compensation Details Location: Close to Zurich Hardbrücke (Zurich City) Start date: ASAP Environment: Rapidly growing deep-tech startup, high-impact mission If your interested in the position please apply via this form. Before uploading your cover letter, please merge your last transcript and the cover letter into one pdf and upload it together as one file.