Sr Software Engineer

ABOUT ADVANCED ENERGY

Advanced Energy (Nasdaq: AEIS) is a global leader in the design and manufacturing of highly engineered precision power conversion measurement and control solutions for mission-critical applications and power solutions enable customer innovation in complex applications for a wide range of industries including semiconductor equipment industrial manufacturing telecommunications data center computing and healthcare. Advanced Energy has devoted four decades to perfecting power for its global customers and is headquartered in Denver Colorado.

WHY BE A PART OF ADVANCED ENERGY

Some people say its like working in the best of two worlds. We operate like an agile growing small company you can see your work make a difference to the company every day. Things move quickly and you can see and feel it. At the same time were a global company founded in 1981 and have been publicly traded for more than 28 years. We have a strong cash position deep trust and partnership with leading customers a global best-in-class operations capability and a proven leadership team. We have a track record and resources to make things happen both organically and inorganically. Being part of a nimble company with a solid foundation attracts team members that are capable driven and like a challenge. Our employees collaborate and know how to have fun inventing working building and winning together. At our core we are Advanced Energy powering the future together.

POSITION SUMMARY:

Advanced Energy RF Delivery Systems (RFDS) is seeking a DevOps Engineer III to support and continuously improve the development build test release and automation infrastructure used by embedded firmware teams developing software controls for RF Generator Systems in Plasma Power applications. Working closely with Embedded Firmware Systems Electrical FPGA/Logic Test IT and Product Development teams this role focuses on firmware development operations regression testing database-backed workflows CI/CD pipelines build automation release traceability and AI/ML-enabled automation. The ideal candidate has strong software development practices scripting source control build systems automated testing and data management experience and can take ownership of defined tools workflows and automation improvements with sound technical judgment and increasing design independence. This role helps teams ship firmware faster with better quality stronger traceability and reduced manual effort.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Own and support defined tools processes and automation infrastructure used across the embedded firmware development lifecycle.
• Own develop and maintain CI/CD pipelines for firmware builds unit/integration/regression tests static analysis documentation generation and release artifacts.
• Take ownership of build environments dependency management toolchain and compiler integration artifact storage and automated release workflows.
• Design and maintain automation scripts and internal tools (Python shell or similar) to reduce repetitive engineering tasks. Support automated regression test frameworks including test execution result capture reporting failure triage and trend analysis.
• Develop maintain and take ownership of database-backed tools used to manage test results build metadata release history engineering metrics configuration data and traceability records.
• Apply data analysis machine learning and AI-assisted tooling to identify recurring failures and trends and to improve workflow efficiency troubleshooting and engineering decision support.
• Own dashboards reports and metrics for build health regression status release readiness defect trends and automation effectiveness ensuring they remain useful and actionable for engineering decisions.
• Support integration across engineering tools such as Git Jira Confluence CI/CD systems artifact repositories test frameworks and databases.
• Participate in design and code reviews and process improvement; independently troubleshoot build test lab database automation and integration issues within owned areas; and document DevOps workflows schemas and release procedures.
• Develop task estimates contribute to Agile project planning and take ownership of assigned firmware automation regression testing and AI-assisted improvement tasks through completion.
• Some travel within the US and some international sites is possible.

WORK ENVIRONMENT:

• Location: Onsite in Fort Collins CO
• Environment: Production and calibration laboratory setting with some office work

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Experience supporting embedded firmware teams embedded C/C build systems or hardware-adjacent software development environments.
• Familiarity with embedded concepts such as RTOS-based systems embedded processors device drivers peripherals bootloaders hardware abstraction layers or board-support packages.
• Experience with build tools (CMake Ninja GNU Make GCC/G) and automated test frameworks (pytest Robot Framework GoogleTest CTest or similar).
• Experience developing automated regression frameworks test harnesses hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) bench automation instrument control or lab-based test automation.
• Experience developing dashboards or reporting workflows for build status test results defect trends or engineering metrics.
• Experience with artifact repositories package management containerization (Docker or similar) or reproducible/virtualized build environments.
• Familiarity with cybersecurity and secure development practices including vulnerability management software supply chain security secure CI/CD pipelines and security-focused validation of firmware and software releases.
• Experience integrating AI tools such as Microsoft Copilot or GitHub Copilot into software engineering workflows and engineering automation solutions.
• Familiarity with secure development practices release traceability software configuration management reproducible builds and audit-ready engineering documentation.
• Experience in industrial semiconductor plasma/RF power medical aerospace automotive or other high-reliability product development environments.

EXPERIENCE:

• Experience with source control (Git) and collaboration tools such as Jira and Confluence.
• Experience developing automation scripts or engineering tools using Python Bash PowerShell or similar languages.
• Experience with CI/CD concepts and tools to automate software builds test execution packaging deployment release artifact generation and quality-gated workflows.
• Experience with automated build systems dependency management configuration practices software versioning and release management; embedded firmware build environments and cross-compilation toolchains strongly preferred.
• Working knowledge of databases including schema design query development validation reporting and integration into engineering workflows; SQL preferred.
• Ability to independently troubleshoot toolchain build test database automation infrastructure and integration issues across multiple engineering systems drive issues to closure within owned areas and escalate appropriately when scope or risk requires broader support.
• Experience using data analysis to identify trends and recommend improvements to engineering workflows and test processes.
• Familiarity with machine learning AI-assisted development or intelligent automation applied to test analysis workflow automation or engineering productivity.
• Working knowledge of Linux and/or Windows development environments including build automation and CI infrastructure; strong verbal and written communication skills; and the ability to work independently own assigned deliverables and collaborate effectively across engineering disciplines.

EDUCATION:

• Bachelors degree in computer science Software Electrical Systems or Data Engineering or a related technical discipline and at least 5 years of related experience in DevOps software engineering test automation embedded software development support or database-backed engineering tools.
• Masters degree with at least 3 years of related experience.

COMPENSATION:

As required by multiple state pay transparency laws Advanced Energy provides a reasonable range of compensation for each job posting. Actual compensation is influenced by an array of factors including but not limited to skill set level of experience and specific office location. The range of starting pay for this role is $100000 - $140000 per year.

BENEFITS:

As part of our total rewards philosophy we believe in offering and maintaining competitive compensation and benefits programs for our employees to attract and retain a talented highly engaged compensation programs are focused on equitable fair pay practices including market-based base pay an annual pay-for-performance incentive plan and discounted Employee Stock Purchase Plan.

In addition to our competitive compensation practices we offer a strong benefits package in each of the countries in which we the U.S. we offer a rich benefits package that includes:

• Medical - multiple medical plans are available to choose from
• Short and long-term disability and life insurance
• Health savings and flexible spending accounts
• Generous time off policy starting with 3 weeks of paid vacation 7 days of paid sick time and 12 paid holidays
• 8 hours of paid volunteer time off
• 8 weeks of paid parental leave for both Moms and Dads
• Company matched 401(k)
• Tuition reimbursement
• Expanded mental health coverage and employee assistance programs
• Other voluntary benefits include critical illness accident and hospital indemnity pet insurance identify theft and legal assistance

Advanced Energy is committed to diversity in its workforce including Equal Employment Opportunity for Minorities Females ProtectedVeteransand Individuals with Disabilities.

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CO ONLY:

Applications will be accepted through 9/7/2026 the company reserves the right to review applications at any point after they are submitted.