Embedded DevOps & CI/CD
We build the CI/CD pipelines, HIL test rigs, and automated quality gates that turn slow, manual firmware releases into fast, confident deployments.
Modernize Your PipelineCommon Challenges We Solve
Firmware releases are still manual and stressful
Every release involves a checklist, a specific developer's laptop, and a prayer. Build reproducibility is poor, release notes are written from memory, and a last-minute integration bug has caused more than one missed customer deadline.
You can't run hardware tests in CI
Your test suite needs real hardware — microcontrollers, actuators, sensors — to be meaningful. So tests only run when someone remembers to do it on the bench, which means integration regressions live undetected until the worst possible moment.
Waterfall mindset is slowing down delivery
Software is still delivered in big batch releases because the team has never had the tooling or process confidence to ship incrementally. Tight feedback loops between development and testing — which web teams take for granted — feel impossible in embedded.
Code quality tools don't fit embedded workflows
SonarQube, linters, and SAST tools designed for web apps produce false positives in bare-metal C code, ignore MISRA rules, and do not understand cross-compilation toolchains. Setting them up for embedded requires expertise most DevOps engineers lack.
CI/CD Built for Hardware Teams
We design and implement CI/CD systems that treat hardware as a first-class citizen — automated builds, real-device testing, and quality gates that your embedded engineers will actually trust.
- End-to-end pipeline design for embedded build, flash, and test workflows
- HIL (Hardware-in-the-Loop) test automation with real target hardware
- Build server configuration with cross-compilation toolchain management
- Static analysis and MISRA compliance integration (cppcheck, SonarQube)
- Automated firmware deployment and rollback across device fleets
- Docker-based cross-compilation environments for reproducible builds
Technologies & Tools
Systems We Build
Frequently Asked Questions
Can you set up CI/CD for bare-metal targets with no OS?
Yes. Bare-metal CI is one of our specialties. We handle cross-compilation toolchain containerisation, binary flashing over JTAG or DFU, automated test execution on target, and log capture back to the CI runner — all without requiring an operating system on the device under test.
What does a HIL test setup actually look like?
A typical HIL rig connects the firmware target to a host runner via JTAG/SWD for flashing and a serial or USB interface for test output. We add relay boards or signal generators to simulate sensor inputs and actuator loads, then wrap everything in a Python or C++ test harness that the CI pipeline can invoke on every commit.
Which CI platforms do you support?
We work with GitLab CI/CD, GitHub Actions, Jenkins, and Buildkite. Our approach is to keep pipeline logic portable and avoid vendor lock-in where possible, so migrating between platforms does not require rebuilding all your automation from scratch.
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