Embedded Platform Engineer
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Requirements
• 3+ years of real-world experience building and operating production systems — ideally across more than one domain • 3+ years of real-world experience building and operating production systems • A builder mentality: you've owned systems over time, not just handed them off after initial setup • A builder mentality • Strong scripting and automation skills in Python and/or TypeScript • Hands-on experience with CI/CD (GitHub Actions), containers (Docker/Kubernetes), and cloud platforms • CI/CD • containers • cloud platforms • AI is part of how you work you use it daily for coding, debugging, and documentation, and you've built AI-powered workflows for real internal use cases (compliance reporting, code review, log triage, security automation, etc.) • AI is part of how you work • You can build with AI APIs end-to-end LLM integration, prompt engineering, orchestration frameworks. Not an ML engineer, but a builder who ships AI-powered tools • You can build with AI APIs end-to-end • Comfort working across the stack and learning fast • Some exposure to hardware-adjacent workflows (test data, embedded systems, firmware pipelines) is a strong plus • Some exposure to hardware-adjacent workflows • Familiarity with government compliance environments (FedRAMP, IL5, STIG) or a strong appetite to learn them • Familiarity with government compliance environments • You work well with ambiguity — a lot of what you'll build doesn't have a spec yet • You work well with ambiguity • Eligible to obtain and maintain an active U.S. Secret security clearance • What Valinor Offers • What Valinor Offers • Competitive salary, equity packages, and benefits, including health, dental, and vision insurance - fully covered for employees, 401K, development stipends, among others. • Unlimited PTO and two-week company holiday at the end of every calendar year. • We are a pro-mental health and pro-family company - we actually encourage employees to spend time with themselves and their families. Valinor also provides fertility benefits to those just beginning that journey. • Fun work environment - we like to laugh and take care of each other, but we also deeply respect the mission in front of us. • Headquartered in Washington DC with additional coworking spaces throughout the country. We also host team offsites and colocations around the U.S. • This role requires the candidate be eligible to obtain and maintain a U.S. security clearance at the SECRET level. • Valinor is an equal-opportunity employer committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace. The Valinor team is made up of incredibly talented and unique individuals, who together are disrupting industry norms by creating new paths towards the future of defense and government technology. All qualified applicants will be treated with respect and receive equal consideration for employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, uniform service, Veteran status, age, or any other protected characteristic per federal, state, or local law, including those with a criminal history, in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable state and local laws, including the CA Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance. We actively encourage members of recognized minorities, women, Veterans, and those with disabilities to apply, and we work to create a welcoming and supportive environment for all applicants throughout the interview process. If you are someone passionate about working on problems that have a real-world impact, we'd love to hear from you!
Responsibilities
• Embed directly with product companies across the Valinor ecosystem — you're not working from a distance. You'll sit with engineering and ops teams at each subsidiary, understand how they actually work, and build solutions shaped around their real constraints and workflows. Your impact is visible and direct. • Embed directly with product companies across the Valinor ecosystem • Turn what you learn in the field into lasting infrastructure — when you identify a broken process or a gap that's slowing a product team down, you own the fix end-to-end. You're not writing a recommendation and handing it off; you're building the thing and shipping it. • Turn what you learn in the field into lasting infrastructure • Be the connective tissue across hardware, software, supply chain, and DevOps — you'll frequently be the person who sees that teams are solving adjacent problems in isolation and builds the integration that makes them work together. That cross-functional view is one of the most valuable things you'll bring. • Be the connective tissue across hardware, software, supply chain, and DevOps • Own internal infrastructure end-to-end — cloud environments (Azure, AWS, GCP), edge deployments, and the pipelines that connect them. You set it up, you keep it running, you make it better. • Own internal infrastructure end-to-end • Build the internal developer platform — CI/CD pipelines, GitHub Actions workflows, artifact management (JFrog), containerization (Docker/Kubernetes), and the tooling that lets engineers ship faster and safer. • Build the internal developer platform • Automate hardware test pipelines and logging — build systems that capture, store, and surface data from hardware testing across embedded and physical systems. Make test results traceable and repeatable. • Automate hardware test pipelines and logging • Wire together supply chain and inventory workflows — integrate procurement, parts tracking, and inventory systems into the broader engineering and ops stack so nothing falls through the cracks. • Wire together supply chain and inventory workflows • Build continuous security automations — STIG checks, FedRAMP control validation, vulnerability scanning, and compliance reporting shouldn't be manual processes. Automate them. • Build continuous security automations • Bring AI into internal workflows — identify high-leverage opportunities to use LLMs and AI tooling to accelerate engineering, ops, and compliance work. Build and deploy those tools internally. • Bring AI into internal workflows • Own government accreditation deployments — manage the deployment process for software delivered to government environments, ensuring we meet IL5, FedRAMP, and STIG requirements at every step. • Own government accreditation deployments
Benefits
• CLEARANCE ELIGIBILITY: This position requires eligibility to obtain and maintain a U.S. security clearance. Do you presently hold an active U.S. security clearance, or are you eligible to obtain and maintain a U.S. security clearance? • U.S. Work Authorization. Are you authorized to work in the United States? • Will you require sponsorship from Valinor for employment now or in the future (e.g. H1B visa)? • Submit Application