SDET, CI/CD Pipeline and Test Infrastructure

Department: 9OYE21 - 215 Software Engineering

Employment Type: Full-Time

Location: Sunnyvale, California, United States

About Knightscope 

Knightscope (NASDAQ: KSCP) is a security technology company building the nation's first Autonomous Security Force: autonomous machines, AI-driven software, and elite security professionals operating as one integrated managed service. The Company is on a mission to make the United States of America the safest country in the world. One Team. One Force. 

Job Summary 

Signals is coming in-house. You will take ownership of the CI/CD pipeline and test infrastructure that Signals engineers depend on every day, currently operated by a third-party vendor. This is a critical-path role for the Signals insourcing program: nothing ships until the pipeline is ours. 

Location: ONSITE - Sunnyvale, CA

About the Role 

Signals is coming in-house. You will take ownership of the CI/CD pipeline and test infrastructure that Signals engineers depend on every day, currently operated by a third-party vendor. This is a critical-path role for the Signals insourcing program: nothing ships until the pipeline is ours. 

Key Responsibilities 

• Own the Signals CI/CD pipeline and test infrastructure end to end. 

• Design and execute handoff of pipeline components from the current vendor. 

• Build fast, reliable, observable build and test cycles. 

• Partner with Engineering Services on shared pipeline standards across programs. 

• Establish pipeline health metrics and an on-call rotation for build infrastructure. 

Required Qualifications 

• 6+ years in test infrastructure or CI/CD engineering, including production pipeline ownership. 

• Deep hands-on experience with modern CI/CD tooling (Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, or equivalent). 

• Containerized build environments and test orchestration at scale. 

• Track record operating pipelines as products, with real SLOs and observability. 

Nice to Have 

• Prior experience insourcing infrastructure from a third-party vendor. 

• Video or streaming platform CI/CD experience. 

• Multi-team platform work supporting several product lines from one pipeline. 

Compensation and Benefits 

Base Salary: $165,000 to $195,000 (DOE) 

Equity: Stock options 

Benefits: Medical, dental, vision, 401(k), paid time off 

Location Requirement: Full-time, on-site at Sunnyvale HQ