Senior Embedded Linux Engineer
Neros Technologies3 months ago
Torrance, CA, USASenior
Base Salary
$165k - $231k/yr
Responsibilities
- Own the embedded Linux distribution and board support packages using Yocto or Buildroot, including board bring-up and reliable field updates.
- Own kernel configuration, device drivers, bootloader functionality, secure boot, and update and recovery paths.
- Design and maintain shared runtime libraries and interfaces for logging, telemetry, IPC, and configuration.
- Maintain the cross-compilation toolchain and SDK used by other engineering teams.
- Bring up new compute platforms from first power-on through production-ready OS images.
- Set Linux platform best practices and mentor engineers across teams.
Requirements
- Deep experience building and shipping products on custom Linux images using Yocto or Buildroot.
- Kernel-level competence with device drivers, device trees, and debugging kernel or boot failures on real hardware.
- Experience with U-Boot or similar bootloaders, including secure boot and safe update and recovery design.
- Strong C skills and scripting experience with Python or shell for platform tooling.
- Board bring-up experience taking a new SoC or SoM from schematic review to a stable, booting operating system.
- Experience designing and maintaining libraries, SDKs, or interfaces consumed by other engineering teams.
- Experience with radio or communications integration, PREEMPT_RT, latency analysis, OTA update systems, upstream contributions, Rust, or drones is preferred.
Benefits
- Highly competitive equity grants are included as part of total compensation.
- The role is with an equal opportunity employer.
About Neros Technologies
Neros Technologies designs and manufactures high-performance unmanned systems—air vehicles, autonomy software, and related strike and sensing payloads—for U.S. and allied defense customers. The privately held company, founded in 2023 and headquartered in Los Angeles, focuses on combat-tested drones built and iterated at scale to close the gap between design and deployment. Its work spans GPS-denied navigation, state estimation, guidance, and manufacturing to help rebuild the U.S. drone industrial base.