# Manager, Autonomy Evaluation, Data & Test 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: $192K to $268K base salary per year (USD)
- Posted: 2026-09-08
- Apply by: 2026-10-23
- Apply: https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/nerostechnologies/jobs/5230189007
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/neros-manager-autonomy-evaluation-data-and-test/

## About the role

Neros builds autonomy for drones that operate in contested environments where GPS and communications are denied. The Autonomy Evaluation, Data & Test team owns how autonomy performance is measured across all Neros platforms: the regression and simulation infrastructure every software change is tested against, the data platform that ingests and indexes flight logs, the hardware-in-the-loop bench, and field test operations.

## What they're looking for

- Own the release criteria for autonomy software, including the definition of the regression gate, the conditions under which a build is blocked, and the process for reviewing exceptions
- Define autonomy performance metrics and their semantics for the organization, and publish coverage and reliability reporting to engineering and company leadership
- Own the autonomy data platform end to end: on-vehicle capture, field egress, ingest and normalization, log catalog and query layer, deterministic replay at scale, and versioned dataset materialization for model training
- Direct field test and autonomy integration, including instrumented test articles, autonomy payload integration, range operations, log recovery, and flight-readiness execution
- Hire, lead, and develop a team of engineers spanning software infrastructure, data engineering, simulation, and physical test
- 8+ years of engineering experience in robotics, autonomous vehicles, aerospace, or defense autonomy, including 3+ years managing engineers

Tags: R&D - Autonomy