Sr. Specialist – CICD Automation

Here at Scout Motors, we're carrying forward the heritage of one of the most iconic American vehicles in history. A vehicle dating back to 1960. One that forged the path for future generations of rugged SUVs and trucks and will do so once again. But Scout is more than just a brand, it’s a legacy steeped in a culture of exploration, caretaking, and hard work. The Scout brand is all about respect. Respect for the past and the future by taking an iconic American brand that hasn’t been around for a while, electrifying it, digitizing it, and loading it with American innovation. Respect for communities by creating a company that stands for its people and its customers. Respect for both work and play, with vehicles that are equally at home at a camp site, a job site, or on a Tuesday commute. And respect for our customers by developing two powertrains that meet their requirements — an all-electric powertrain as well as the Harvester™ range extender powertrain which includes a built-in gas-powered generator with an estimated 500 miles of combined range. At Scout Motors, we empower our talented, inclusive, and entrepreneurial teams to innovate. What makes a Scout employee? Someone who is a visionary and a leader, who seeks new paths and shares lessons learned. A knowledgeable doer who collaborates across the company to build better. A go-getter with unrivaled passion. Join us at Scout Motors and be part of shaping the future of transportation. If you're ready to drive change and make history, apply now!What you’ll do We are seeking a highly motivated CI/CD Automation Engineer to develop and scale automation infrastructure for secondary ECU software integration and full vehicle software packaging within a Software Defined Vehicle (SDV) ecosystem. This role focuses on enabling reliable, secure, and high-velocity software delivery pipelines across distributed vehicle systems, supporting everything from individual ECU builds to complete vehicle software release packages and OTA deployment workflows. The ideal candidate has strong experience in embedded systems, DevOps automation, release engineering, and automotive software integration in fast-paced environments. Role is the backbone of software delivery for vehicle platforms ensuring ECU SW packages are reliably built, traceable, configurable, and deployable at scale enabling faster iteration, safer releases, and seamless integration across complex EV systems.  Become part of an iconic brand that is set to revolutionize the electric pick-up truck & rugged SUV marketplace by achieving the following: Design, implement, and maintain scalable CI/CD pipelines for secondary ECU software and full vehicle software releases.   Automate build, integration, validation, and packaging workflows across multiple ECU domains.   Develop orchestration frameworks for incremental builds, multi-ECU dependency management, artifact generation, software versioning, release traceability   Optimize pipeline execution time, scalability, and reliability.  Automate vehicle manifest generation, package signing, dependency validation, binary compatibility checks, OTA release bundle creation   Support coordinated software releases across body ECUs, gateway ECUs, infotainment, ADAS/Autonomy modules, connectivity systems   Build release gating and approval workflows for production vehicle software.   Integrate automated validation into CI pipelines including unit tests, integration tests, SIL/HIL testing, regression suites, flash validation, vehicle bring-up checks  Develop automation around containerized build environments, cross-compilation toolchains, ECU flashing tools, vehicle simulation frameworks  Manage versioning strategy, release branching and tagging and dependency management across ECU software stacks   Ensure alignment and delivery between ECU releases and vehicle-level integration milestones   Enable reproducible builds with traceability from commit → artifact → vehicle  Design and manage artifact storage and distribution systems: firmware binaries, calibration data, configuration files   Implement version-controlled artifact repositories and metadata tracking   Ensure secure and reliable delivery of artifacts to integration, vehicle builds, OTA systems and manufacturing pipelines  Develop tooling to generate custom ECU builds (feature flags, configuration variants, debug/release modes) and vehicle-level software packages (multi-ECU bundles) for on-demand builds for specific test or vehicle configurations  Location & Travel Expectations: This role may be based out of the Scout Motors corporate headquarters in Charlotte, NC.  This role requires 4-5 days per week in the office, with regular in-person meetings and events.  Applicants should expect that the role will require the ability to convene with Scout colleagues in person and travel to participate in events on behalf of the company from time to time. What you’ll bring  We expect all Scout employees to have integrity, curiosity, resourcefulness, and strive to exhibit a positive attitude, as well as a growth mindset. You’ll be comfortable with change and flexible in a fast-paced, high-growth environment. You’ll take a collaborative approach to achieve ambitious goals. Here's what else you'll bring:  Master’s degree in computer engineering, Computer Science, or a related field with 10+ yrs. of experience  Strong understanding of vehicle E/E architecture and ECU-level software stacks, automotive communication protocols (CAN, LIN, FlexRay, Ethernet), UDS diagnostics (ISO 14229) and diagnostic communication tools  Expert knowledge of Jira, GitHub/GitLab, Jenkins, and Artifactory. ALM/PLM proficiency in Siemens Polarion, IBM DOORS Next Gen, or PTC Windchill.  Strong understanding, development and verification of plant and control models in MATLAB/Simulink for execution in hardware in the loop test environment, dSpace control desk and automation desk    Strong understanding of 1st principles in Engineering, result/solut