Senior Firmware Engineer, Platform
Neros Technologies · Torrance, CA
$195,000–$273,000from the description
Jul 23, 2026
Torrance, CA
Jul 24, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A senior embedded firmware role focused on building and maintaining the shared platform layer — runtime, libraries, SDKs, and build toolchain — that multiple internal firmware teams depend on across both microcontroller/RTOS and embedded Linux targets. The work centers on cross-compilation infrastructure, inter-team interfaces, and resource-constrained design decisions. Best suited to an experienced embedded systems engineer who has previously owned platform or SDK code consumed by other engineering teams.
Senior level · Full-time
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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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No work location is specified in the posting; the role is at a defense hardware company (Neros) and is almost certainly on-site or hybrid, but the JD does not state a city, state, or remote policy — location fields left blank.
The build system requirement is stated as 'e.g. Bazel' under the required qualifications, meaning hands-on ownership of an embedded build system is a hard gate; Bazel is the named example and is captured as an alternative on that skill. Bazel is also separately called out under Nice to Have for depth/migration experience, captured there as preferred.
Yocto and Buildroot appear together as alternatives under the Nice to Have section for embedded Linux platform internals.
Betaflight and PX4 are listed as alternatives under the Nice to Have flight-stack experience item.
DSP/comms/RF-adjacent firmware is listed as a single Nice to Have item; DSP is captured as the primary name for that cluster.
No minimum years of overall experience are stated explicitly; the role is scoped as Senior based on the title and the breadth of platform ownership described.
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