Whisper Aero · 2 days ago
DevOps Engineer
Nashville or Crossville, TN
Full-time
Onsite
Mid Level
4+ years expWhisper Aero is pioneering cleaner and more efficient propulsion solutions. They are seeking a DevOps Engineer to design and maintain pipelines, infrastructure, and workflows that support their test campaigns and analyses, ensuring reliable data flow and collaboration across teams.
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Responsibilities
Design, implement, and maintain CI/CD pipelines for analysis trade studies, iron bird tests, and long-term durability test campaigns
Build containerized workflows to automate deployment, scaling, and monitoring of design and test environments
Ensure system reliability, scalability, and security
Develop and maintain systems for managing large-scale data flows from automated tests
Build tooling for data ingestion, processing, visualization, and reporting
Maintain a digital thread by integrating and connecting data flows across PLM, MES, and test software, ensuring seamless information exchange throughout the product lifecycle
Partner with engineering teams to improve internal developer tooling
Work closely with developers, design engineers, test engineers, and quality
Provide technical guidance and documentation on DevOps best practices
Troubleshoot issues across code, infrastructure, and data pipelines
Coordinate with IT/Security teams to ensure optimized engineering workflows are also compliant with relevant standards (e.g., SOC2, NIST, CMMC)
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Aeronautical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering or relevant technical discipline with a minimum of 4 years of related experience; or a Masters degree in similar disciplines with a minimum of 2 years of related experience
Strong programming skills in languages such as Python and shell scripting
Hands-on experience with CI/CD systems (GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Jenkins, etc.)
Deep experience with containers (Docker, Kubernetes) to scale test executions and data analyses
Knowledge of cloud infrastructure (AWS services and AWS GovCloud ideal)
Experience with logging, monitoring, and visualization tools (Grafana, Prometheus, ELK, etc.)
Solid understanding of version control systems (Git)
Familiarity with managing data pipelines and distributed systems
Proficiency working across Linux, Windows, and macOS development environments
Strong problem-solving and debugging abilities
Ability to collaborate across multiple teams
Strong communication skills to explain complex systems clearly
Self-starter with a drive to improve developer productivity
Preferred
Background in software development within engineering-focused organizations
Experience with test automation frameworks and test campaign orchestration
Strong database skills (SQL/NoSQL)
Knowledge of security and compliance best practices, especially in regulated cloud environments (FedRAMP, ITAR, NIST, CMMC, SOC2 etc.)
Benefits
100% paid Medical, dental, and vision for employees, 75% paid for dependents
Starting at four weeks of paid time off for vacation, sick, and personal days
Value-based compensation, plus enjoy Tennessee’s no-income-tax life
End of Year Bonuses: For eligible employees
We always have beverages and snacks available to energize you throughout the day, with paid team meals based on office demands.
401(k)
Relocation Assistance
Professional Development Stipend
Company
Whisper Aero
Whisper Aero manufactures ultra-quiet electric propulsion systems for drones and electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) vehicles.
51-200 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Growth StageTotal Funding
$41MKey Investors
Tennessee Department of Economic & Community Development
2025-04-26Grant· $0.5M
2023-04-18Series A· $33M
2021-08-17Series Unknown· $7.5M
Leadership Team
Mark Moore
Chief Executive Officer
Ian Villa
COO & Chief Product Officer
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