Lead Embedded Platform Software Engineer

Neros; Torrance (CA); On-site; USD 198,000 - 277,000; Full time

Job summary

Neros is seeking a Lead, Platform Software Engineer to own and grow the foundational embedded platform—Linux distribution, kernel, bootloader, and SDK—across flight, ground-station, and autonomy software teams.

You will shape the platform roadmap, enforce engineering quality, and collaborate with senior leadership while writing code review, architecture decisions, and confirming interfaces remain stable for child teams. This role is based in the United States and emphasizes hands-on ownership.

Qualifications

• Led a software team as a hands-on manager.
• Deep embedded-platform background: Yocto/Buildroot, kernel, BSPs.
• Track record of running a platform or foundational-software team as a product.
• Strong judgment on build-vs-adopt, interface design, and resource trade-offs across an embedded system.
• Able to operate as the interface between the team and senior leadership — managing expectations upward and clearing execution blockers.
• Player-coach: still technically credible to review BSP/kernel/runtime code and make architecture calls.

Responsibilities

• Lead and grow the Platform Software engineering team, including hiring, mentorship, and performance management.
• Own the roadmap and delivery of the embedded platform — Linux distribution and BSPs, kernel and bootloader, common runtime and libraries, and the cross-compile toolchain and SDK.
• Run the platform as a product: keep the interfaces our flight, ground, and autonomy teams depend on stable, versioned, and evolving without breaking them.
• Make the hard architecture calls — build vs. adopt, interface design, and resource allocation across subsystems.
• Set and uphold engineering quality practices — code review, testing, and CI/CD — for foundational software.
• Stay hands-on: review platform code and own architecture, not just process.

Skills

Leadership

Embedded systems

Yocto/Buildroot

System architecture

CI/CD

Tools

Build systems

Yocto

SDK

Job description

Neros is seeking a Lead, Platform Software Engineer to own and grow the foundational embedded platform—Linux distribution, kernel, bootloader, and SDK—across flight, ground-station, and autonomy software teams.

You will shape the platform roadmap, enforce engineering quality, and collaborate with senior leadership while writing code review, architecture decisions, and confirming interfaces remain stable for child teams. This role is based in the United States and emphasizes hands-on ownership.