diff --git a/utils.sh b/utils.sh
index 4716c804..0f7d82a 100644
--- a/utils.sh
+++ b/utils.sh
@@ -145,6 +145,119 @@
 	fi
 }
 
+fetch_and_archive() {
+	url=${url:?}
+	filename=${filename:-basename $url}
+
+	url="$url" saveas="$filename" fetch_file
+	archive_file "$filename"
+}
+
+filter_artefacts(){
+	local model_param_file="${model_param_file-$archive/model_params}"
+
+	# Bash doesn't have array values, we have to create references to the
+	# array of artefacts and the artefact filters.
+	declare -ga "$1"
+	declare -n artefacts="$1"
+	declare -n filters="$2"
+
+	for artefact in "${!filters[@]}"; do
+		if grep -E -q "${filters[${artefact}]}" "$model_param_file"; then
+			artefacts+=("${artefact}")
+		fi
+	done
+}
+
+gen_lava_job_def() {
+	local yaml_template_file="${yaml_template_file:?}"
+	local yaml_file="${yaml_file:?}"
+	local yaml_job_file="${yaml_job_file}"
+
+	# Bash doesn't have array values, we have to create references to the
+	# array of artefacts and their urls.
+	declare -n artefacts="$1"
+	declare -n artefact_urls="$2"
+
+	readarray -t boot_arguments < "${lava_model_params}"
+
+	# Generate the LAVA job definition, minus the test expectations
+	expand_template "${yaml_template_file}" > "${yaml_file}"
+
+	if [[ ! $model =~ "qemu" ]]; then
+		# Append expect commands into the job definition through
+		# test-interactive commands
+		gen_fvp_yaml_expect >> "$yaml_file"
+	fi
+
+	# create job.yaml
+	cp "$yaml_file" "$yaml_job_file"
+
+	# archive both yamls
+	archive_file "$yaml_file"
+	archive_file "$yaml_job_file"
+}
+
+gen_lava_model_params() {
+	local lava_model_params="${lava_model_params:?}"
+	declare -n macros="$1"
+
+	# Derive LAVA model parameters from the non-LAVA ones
+	cp "${archive}/model_params" "${lava_model_params}"
+
+	if [[ $model =~ "qemu" ]]; then
+		# Strip the model parameters of parameters already specified in the deploy
+		# overlay and job context.
+		sed -i '/-M/d;/kernel/d;/initrd/d;/bios/d;/cpu/d;/^[[:space:]]*$/d' \
+				$lava_model_params
+	elif [[ ! $model =~ "qemu" ]]; then
+		# FIXME find a way to properly match FVP configurations.
+		# Ensure braces in the FVP model parameters are not accidentally
+		# interpreted as LAVA macros.
+		sed -i -e 's/{/{{/g' "${lava_model_params}"
+		sed -i -e 's/}/}}/g' "${lava_model_params}"
+	else
+		echo "Unsupported emulated platform $model."
+	fi
+
+	# LAVA expects binary paths as macros, i.e. `{X}` instead of `x.bin`, so
+	# replace the file paths in our pre-generated model parameters.
+	for regex in "${!macros[@]}"; do
+		sed -i -e "s!${regex}!${macros[${regex}]}!" "${lava_model_params}"
+	done
+}
+
+gen_yaml_template() {
+	local target="${target-fvp}"
+	local yaml_template_file="${yaml_template_file-$workspace/${target}_template.yaml}"
+
+	local payload_type="${payload_type:?}"
+
+	cp "${ci_root}/script/lava-templates/${target}-${payload_type:?}.yaml" \
+		"${yaml_template_file}"
+
+	archive_file "$yaml_template_file"
+}
+
+# Generate link to an archived binary.
+gen_bin_url() {
+	local bin_mode="${bin_mode:?}"
+	local bin="${1:?}"
+
+	if upon "$jenkins_run"; then
+		echo "$jenkins_url/job/$JOB_NAME/$BUILD_NUMBER/artifact/artefacts/$bin_mode/$bin"
+	else
+		echo "file://$workspace/artefacts/$bin_mode/$bin"
+	fi
+}
+
+get_kernel() {
+	local kernel_type="${kernel_type:?}"
+	local url="${plat_kernel_list[$kernel_type]}"
+
+	url="${url:?}" filename="kernel.bin" fetch_and_archive
+}
+
 # Make a temporary directory/file insdie workspace, so that it doesn't need to
 # be cleaned up. Jenkins is setup to clean up workspace before a job runs.
 mktempdir() {