Senior Ground Firmware Engineer — Real-Time Drone Control

Neros Technologies; New Mexico; On-site; USD 180,000 - 252,000; Full time

Job summary

Neros (defense technology) seeks a Senior Firmware Engineer for our Ground Software team to develop firmware for ground control hardware used by operators in the field. You will work across microcontroller and embedded Linux targets, owning latency and reliability of the operator’s control path from bench to battlefield.

You will bring up and debug new ground hardware with electrical engineering, write unit and integration tests, and collaborate on hardware-in-the-loop and field testing to

Qualifications

• Strong embedded C, C++, or Rust in resource-constrained environments; shipped firmware in the field.
• Real-time firmware experience: interrupts, DMA, timing budgets, and bugs under load.
• Hands-on board bring-up and hardware debugging with oscilloscopes and logic analyzers.
• Working knowledge of embedded interfaces: UART, SPI, I2C, USB, Ethernet.
• Track record of bringing firmware from first boot to production with limited direction.
• Test discipline for firmware critical to field operation.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain firmware for ground control hardware across microcontroller and embedded Linux targets
• Own operator input handling, the communication link to the aircraft, and telemetry and video receive on the ground side
• Own latency and reliability across the operator's control path, from input to transmission
• Define the ground side of the aircraft-to-ground interface with the flight software team, including behavior when the link degrades
• Bring up and debug new ground hardware alongside electrical engineering
• Write unit and integration tests for your firmware, partnering with our test organization on hardware-in-the-loop and field testing

Skills

C

C++

Rust

Real-time firmware

Board bring-up

Hardware debugging

UART

SPI

I2C

USB

Ethernet

Tools

Oscilloscopes

Logic analyzers

Job description

Neros (defense technology) seeks a Senior Firmware Engineer for our Ground Software team to develop firmware for ground control hardware used by operators in the field. You will work across microcontroller and embedded Linux targets, owning latency and reliability of the operator’s control path from bench to battlefield.

You will bring up and debug new ground hardware with electrical engineering, write unit and integration tests, and collaborate on hardware-in-the-loop and field testing to