Senior Firmware Engineer, Platform
Neros Technologies · Torrance, California, United States
Posted about 2 months ago · $195,000 – $273,000
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Is this posting real?
- This role has been open
- 54 days Neros Technologies's roles stay open a median of 55 days
- Reposted
- No
- Salary listed
- Yes 91% of Neros Technologies's roles list one
- Ghost-job risk at Neros Technologies
- high 59 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
- 2026-09-27
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 Senior Firmware Engineer at Neros, you will be responsible for developing and maintaining the common runtime, libraries, and build systems that support the firmware for their first-person-view drones. Your role involves solving complex problems that arise between the platform and its consumer teams, ensuring stability and performance across various targets, and mentoring other engineers. You will also drive resource trade-offs and maintain high standards in firmware engineering practices.
- benefits
- 1/5
- freshness
- 1/5
- career value
- 5/5
- 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
- Mastery of embedded C on shipped products
- Fluency across both MCU/RTOS and embedded Linux environments
- Experience building platform code that is depended on by other engineers
- Hands-on ownership of an embedded build system (e.g. Bazel)
- Track record of owning cross-team problems and driving them to resolution
- Strong resource-constrained design judgment
Nice to have
- Experience with Bazel for embedded/cross-compiled targets
- Knowledge of embedded Linux platform internals
- Experience with flight-stack systems like Betaflight or PX4
- Background in DSP, comms, or RF-adjacent firmware
- Visible contributions to open-source systems
What you get
- Salary range of $195,000 – $273,000 USD
- Highly competitive equity grants considered part of total compensation
Worth weighing
- Salary range provided, but actual compensation may vary based on multiple factors
- Focus on fast-paced, hands-on culture may not suit everyone
- Role involves significant cross-team collaboration and problem-solving
- Expectations for technical influence through hands-on coding
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Listed by Neros Technologies on their greenhouse job board, last confirmed open on 2026-09-27. PitchMeAI is not the employer.
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