Firmware Engineer - Flight Software

2 months ago

Torrance, CA, USASenior

Base Salary

$146k - $204k/yr

Responsibilities

Implement flight modes and control features such as position hold, altitude hold, and associated safety and degradation behavior.
Port and tune sensors and control algorithms across the Betaflight and PX4 flight stacks.
Build vehicle-side datalink and payload integrations for new platform variants.
Instrument vehicles, conduct bench and flight-test iterations, and debug issues that reproduce only in flight.
Write unit and integration tests for firmware and partner with the Test organization on SITL, HITL, and flight-test execution.

Strong embedded C experience on resource-constrained microcontrollers, including firmware shipped on real hardware in the field.
Hands-on experience with a flight stack such as PX4 or Betaflight on vehicles that actually flew.
Working knowledge of control loops, filtering, and sensor-based state estimation using IMU, barometer, and GPS data.
Experience debugging hardware-coupled problems that reproduce on the bench or in flight.
Ability to own ambiguous problems end to end with light direction.
Test discipline appropriate for safety-relevant firmware.
Preferred experience with datalink, tunneling, or networking protocols on embedded systems.
Preferred experience with Betaflight internals, including modes, RC/mixer paths, or maintaining a fork.
Counter-UAS, radar-guided, or interceptor-adjacent systems exposure or interest is preferred.
Estimation experience with EKF, complementary filters, or sensor fusion is preferred.
PX4 ecosystem experience, including MAVLink, uORB, EKF2, offboard or companion-computer integration, and QGroundControl tooling, is preferred.
Experience flying FPV, racing, or fixed-wing RC aircraft is preferred.

201-500 employees

Neros is a defense technology company that builds asymmetric systems to ensure the West’s strategic edge.