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Senior Embedded Linux Engineer

HQ💼 Full-time💰 $165,000–$165,000🗓 2026-07-24 → 2026-09-26

Core

Own the embedded Linux platform (distribution, kernel, bootloader, SDK) for Neros' first-person-view drones, serving flight, ground-station, and autonomy software teams.

Role type

Senior Embedded Linux Engineer (Platform Ownership)

Builds

Embedded Linux distribution, board support packages, kernel, bootloader, runtime libraries, and SDKs for unmanned systems.

Domain

Defense technology / Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) / Embedded Linux

Deliverable

production ML models | product features | infrastructure

Required skills

Embedded Linux (Yocto/Buildroot), Kernel configuration & device drivers, Bootloader (U-Boot), Secure boot, C programming, Board bring-up, Platform-as-product design

Preferred skills

Radio/comms integration, Real-time tuning (PREEMPT_RT), OTA/update systems (Mender, RAUC), Upstream contributions, Rust

Technologies

Yocto, Buildroot, U-Boot, PREEMPT_RT, Mender, RAUC, SWUpdate, OSTree, C, Python, Shell

Responsibilities

Own embedded Linux distribution and board support packages from board bring-up to field updates; Configure kernel, device drivers, and bootloader including secure boot; Design and maintain common runtime libraries and cross-compile toolchain; Bring up new compute platforms to production-ready OS images; Set Linux platform best practices and mentor engineers.

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC

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