Principal Software Engineer, Manufacturing Systems
Neros Technologies · Torrance, California, United States
Posted about 3 months ago · $214,500-$300,000
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Is this posting real?
- This role has been open
- 80 days Neros Technologies's roles stay open a median of 80 days
- Reposted
- No
- Salary listed
- Yes 91% of Neros Technologies's roles list one
- Ghost-job risk at Neros Technologies
- high 89 stale, 1 reposted of 91 open
- Hiring momentum
- 104 roles opened in the last 90 days ↑ up vs. the prior 90 days
- Last confirmed on the employer's board
- 2026-10-22
Measured from postings appearing on and disappearing from Neros Technologies's own greenhouse board since 2026-08-03. Full hiring picture for Neros Technologies.
About this role
As a Principal Software Engineer for Manufacturing Systems at Neros, you will be responsible for the technical architecture and production software for internal manufacturing systems. Your role involves designing and building software for factory execution, defining system boundaries, establishing engineering standards, and mentoring future engineering hires. You will collaborate with various stakeholders to translate operational complexities into effective software solutions in a fast-paced environment.
- benefits
- 1/5
- freshness
- 1/5
- career value
- 4/5
- role clarity
- 5/5
- pay transparency
- 5/5
Scored from the posting itself — how clearly the role is described, how much it says about pay and benefits, and how recently it was listed. Not a judgement of Neros Technologies as an employer.
What you need
- 8+ years of professional software engineering experience, including significant backend, platform, internal tools, systems, or infrastructure work
- Experience designing, building, and shipping production software in ambiguous or fast-changing environments
- Strong hands-on coding ability and recent experience contributing to production systems
- Experience designing APIs, data models, service boundaries, integration patterns, and reliable system-to-system workflows
- Strong judgment around build-vs-buy decisions, technical tradeoffs, and long-term system maintainability
- Experience working with cross-functional stakeholders outside engineering, including operations, manufacturing, warehouse, supply chain, quality, finance, or business systems teams
Nice to have
- Experience with MES, manufacturing execution, shop-floor systems, QMS, WMS, ERP, CRM, or enterprise integrations
- Experience in hardware, aerospace, defense, robotics, drones, logistics, electronics, or high-volume manufacturing environments
- Experience with serialization, genealogy, traceability, routing, work orders, rework, material consumption, barcode scanning, or warehouse/manufacturing workflows
- Experience with workflow systems, audit trails, RBAC, event-driven systems, message queues, ETL/ELT, CDC, or integration platforms
- Experience building software in compliance-sensitive, audit-heavy, or regulated environments
What you get
- Salary range of $214,500-$300,000 USD
- Highly competitive equity grants considered part of total compensation package
Worth weighing
- Fast-paced environment may require adaptability to rapid changes
- Role involves significant ownership and responsibility with limited team support
- No specific mention of remote work options or flexibility
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Listed by Neros Technologies on their greenhouse job board, last confirmed open on 2026-10-22. PitchMeAI is not the employer.
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