Neros
Flight Software Manager
Torrance, California, United States · Senior
Sponsorship not specified$198k-$278kDetected 11 days ago
Code ReviewCI/CDPerformance ManagementCadenceAvionicsControlsLeadershipMentoring
About the role
- As drones transform the character of warfare, Neros is delivering the systems the West needs to compete on the modern battlefield and deter the adversaries of democracy.
- We're hiring engineers, operators, and builders who want to move fast, take on extreme ownership, and get capability into the hands of warfighters in months, not years.
- Actual salary may vary based on (but not limited to) work experience, education and/or training, critical skills, and/or business considerations.
Responsibilities
- Lead and grow the Flight Software engineering team, including hiring, mentorship, and performance management
- Own the architecture and delivery of the airside flight-software stack across multiple vehicle platforms
- Own the flight software team's test strategy and unit/integration testing, partnering with the Test organization on SITL/HITL and flight-test execution
- Define and maintain the software interfaces consumed by autonomy and adjacent teams
- We design and manufacture high-performance unmanned systems that are tested in combat, iterated at startup speed, and built at massive scale.
- Our team culture is fast, hands-on, and obsessed with closing the gap between design and deployment.
- Neros is building the flight software that powers our expanding family of drones.
- You will own the reliability, release cadence, and engineering quality of this stack while growing and leading the team that builds it.
Requirements
- Familiarity with flight-stack platforms such as PX4, Betaflight, ArduPilot, or comparable autopilot/flight-control software
- Track record of shipping reliable software on hardware-coupled, schedule-constrained programs
Nice to have
- Experience with contested-environment datalink / RF comms
- Experience defining platform interfaces consumed by other teams - e.g. autonomy, gcs, etc.
- Multi-vehicle / swarm systems experience
- Background bringing up new vehicle platforms or product lines from prototype to production
- We're an equal opportunity employer.
Compensation
- $198,000 - $277,500 USD
Benefits
- Drive predictable, safe software releases for mission-critical systems and steward the long-term health of the codebase
Company info
- Neros is a defense technology company rebuilding America's drone industrial base. We design and manufacture high-performance unmanned systems that are tested in combat, iterated at startup speed, and built at massive scale. Our team culture is fast, hands-on, and obsessed with closing the gap between design and deployment.
- As drones transform the character of warfare, Neros is delivering the systems the West needs to compete on the modern battlefield and deter the adversaries of democracy. We're hiring engineers, operators, and builders who want to move fast, take on extreme ownership, and get capability into the hands of warfighters in months, not years.
- What you will be doing
- Neros is building the flight software that powers our expanding family of drones. As Flight Software Manager, you will lead the team responsible for the mission-critical software running on the aircraft - flight controls, avionics, payload integration, datalink, and onboard health - and the software interfaces our autonomy and ground systems depend on. You will own the reliability, release cadence, and engineering quality of this stack while growing and leading the team that builds it.
- Neros is a defense technology company rebuilding America's drone industrial base.
- As Flight Software Manager, you will lead the team responsible for the mission-critical software running on the aircraft - flight controls, avionics, payload integration, datalink, and onboard health - and the software interfaces our autonomy and ground systems depend on.
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