Senior Embedded Linux Engineer
Neros Technologies · Torrance, CA
$165,000–$231,000from the description
Jul 23, 2026
Torrance, CA
Jul 24, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A platform-ownership role at a drone hardware company, responsible for the embedded Linux foundation — distribution, kernel, bootloader, and SDK — that internal flight, ground-station, and autonomy teams build on. The work spans board bring-up on new compute platforms, driver and secure-boot development, and maintaining shared runtime libraries and toolchains. Suited to engineers with hands-on experience shipping products on custom Linux images.
Senior level · Full-time
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How this req sits in the market our data
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What the occupation pays Median $138,970 (middle half $107,524–$175,762). This posting is about at that midpoint.
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Why we read it this way (5)
No work location or city is specified in the posting; CBSA is left blank. The role is at a defense drone company (Neros) and is likely on-site, but the JD does not state a location.
No minimum years of experience is stated at the role level; the requirements are framed qualitatively rather than with a specific year count.
Radio/comms integration on embedded Linux, real-time tuning (PREEMPT_RT), OTA/update systems (Mender, RAUC, SWUpdate, OSTree), upstream open-source contributions, and Rust are all listed under the explicit 'Nice to have' section.
Board bring-up is listed as a required skill but names no specific tool — it represents hands-on hardware experience (SoC/SoM from schematic review to booting OS) rather than a named product; included because it is a concrete, gateable technical competency stated in the requirements block.
No security clearance is explicitly required, though the defense/military context may imply one in practice; the JD does not gate on it.
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