# Senior Embedded Linux Engineer 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: $165K to $231K base salary per year (USD)
- Posted: 2026-07-23
- Apply by: 2026-10-12
- Apply: https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/nerostechnologies/jobs/5195277007
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/neros-senior-embedded-linux-engineer/

## About the role

Neros builds first-person-view drones for the modern battlefield. As Senior Embedded Linux Engineer, you will own the embedded Linux platform underneath Neros products — the distribution, kernel, bootloader, and SDK that our flight, ground-station, and autonomy software teams build on. This is a platform-ownership role: your customers are other engineering teams, and your work is the foundation the whole product line stands on.

## What they're looking for

- Own our embedded Linux distribution and board support packages (Yocto/Buildroot) — from board bring-up on new compute platforms to safe, reliable field updates
- Own kernel configuration, device drivers, and the bootloader, including secure boot and update/recovery paths
- Design and maintain the common runtime and libraries other teams consume — logging, telemetry, IPC, configuration — and the cross-compile toolchain and SDK
- Bring up new compute platforms: from first power-on to a production-ready OS image
- Set Linux platform best practices and mentor engineers across teams that build on the platform

Tags: Firmware/Embedded Engineer