# Lead, Platform Software at Neros

- Company: Neros
- What the company does: Neros is vertically integrating production of unmanned defense systems in the United States, securing the autonomous supply chain. Are you with us? Backed by Sequoia.
- Company website: https://www.neros.tech/
- Type: Startups
- Level: Senior
- Location: Torrance, California, United States
- Work setup: On-site
- Pay: $198K to $277K base salary per year (USD)
- Posted: 2026-09-22
- Apply by: 2026-11-06
- Apply: https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/nerostechnologies/jobs/5244552007
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/neros-lead-platform-software/

## About the role

Neros builds the embedded software that powers our drones and ground systems. As a Lead, Platform Software Engineer, you will build and lead the team that owns our foundational embedded platform — the Linux distribution, kernel, bootloader, common runtime, and SDK that our flight, ground-station, and autonomy software teams build on. You will own the platform's roadmap, reliability, and engineering quality while growing and leading the team behind it and treating every other engineering team as your customer.

## What they're looking for

- 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

Tags: R&D - Firmware