Firestorm Labs
Senior Engineering Manager – Firestorm OS
$175K–$220K
San Diego, United States · On-site · Manager · Full-time · Posted Sep 17, 2026
- Experience
- 8+ years building and shipping embedded, systems, or Linux-based software; 3+ years leading software engineering teams.
- Visa sponsorship
- Must be a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident, protected individual as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3), or otherwise eligible to obtain required U.S. export-control authorizations.
About the job
Leads the Firestorm OS team and its technical direction, building and delivering a reusable Linux-based software platform for Firestorm’s autonomous aircraft.
What you'll do
- Lead platform architecture and development of shared services, communications, hardware interfaces, SDKs, and other aircraft software.
- Coordinate integration across software, hardware, autonomy, avionics, and systems teams; guide releases and resolve cross-system issues.
- Manage and grow the engineering team, setting practices for design, testing, debugging, and delivery.
What they ask for
- 8+ years building and shipping embedded, systems, or Linux-based software.
- 3+ years leading software engineering teams with responsibility for people, execution, and delivery.
- Strong C or C++ experience and deep embedded Linux fundamentals.
- Experience designing multi-product software platforms or shared services, integrating software with hardware, and ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. Government security clearance.
Nice to have
- Experience building software for autonomous systems, robotics, aircraft, or complex embedded products.
- Experience with MAVLink, PX4, ArduPilot, SDKs, hardware abstraction layers, or platform APIs.
Pay
$175,000 – $220,000 USD (base salary)
Tools
C, C++, Linux, MAVLink, PX4, ArduPilot
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