Neros
Senior Firmware Engineer, Platform
$195K–$273K
Torrance, California, United States · Senior · Full-time · Posted Jul 23, 2026
About the job
Owns the shared firmware platform—including runtime, libraries, SDK, and build system—that supports flight, ground-station, and autonomy software across MCU and Linux targets.
What you'll do
- Develop and maintain shared runtime libraries, interfaces, and SDKs used by firmware teams.
- Own the embedded build system and cross-compilation toolchain, ensuring fast, reproducible builds across targets.
- Resolve cross-team platform problems, make resource trade-offs, and mentor engineers through code review and patterns.
What they ask for
- Mastery of embedded C on shipped products, with experience in MCU/RTOS and embedded Linux environments.
- Built and maintained platform code—such as libraries, SDKs, or protocols—used by multiple teams.
- Hands-on ownership of an embedded build system, including cross-compilation, dependency management, and reproducible builds.
- Track record of driving cross-team or subsystem problems to resolution, with strong resource-constrained design and debugging skills.
Nice to have
- Bazel, embedded Linux platform internals, flight-stack experience, DSP/comms/RF firmware, visible open-source systems work, or flying FPV/RC drones.
Pay
$195,000 – $273,000 USD (base salary)
Tools
C, MCU, RTOS, Linux, Bazel, Yocto, Buildroot, PX4
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