Hiring: Autonomy Platform & Runtime Lead Company: Neros Technologies Location: Torrance, CA Job Posted Time: 2026-09-10 15:13:22 Employment Type: Contract Target Skills & Keywords : C++, Embedded Systems, Linux, Python, Systems Engineering, TensorRT About the job Experience: •5+ years of professional experience developing production embedded, robotics or real time software, including 2+ years leading an engineering team or a technical program as a tech lead or engineering manager, with continued hands on technical contribution throughout Required Skills: •Own the architecture, roadmap and delivery of the autonomy runtime, including the module interface contract, process and thread model, message passing, execution rates and latency guarantees that every other autonomy group develops against •Maintain a single autonomy runtime across all vehicle platforms through a platform configuration layer, such that a new airframe revision is delivered as a configuration change rather than a software fork, and enforce that boundary against per program divergence •Own real time scheduling, latency accounting and deadline monitoring, including end to end sensor to actuator measurement on flight hardware under sustained thermal load, and deliver the instrumentation required for latency to be enforced as a release gate •Lead and grow the platform engineering team through hiring, mentorship and technical review, while continuing to contribute directly to the codebase as an engineer •You should have the following •5+ years of professional experience developing production embedded, robotics or real time software, including 2+ years leading an engineering team or a technical program as a tech lead or engineering manager, with continued hands on technical contribution throughout •Demonstrated delivery of software onto a physical vehicle or embedded platform operating outside a laboratory, such as unmanned aircraft, ground or aerial robotics, autonomous vehicles, automotive or aerospace systems, including responsibility through bring up, integration and field operation rather than simulation or research alone •Expert proficiency in modern C++ on embedded Linux, and working proficiency in Python for tooling and automation, developed under real time and resource constrained requirements Qualifications: •Unmanned aircraft experience specifically, including integration between an onboard mission computer and a flight controller or autopilot, using PX4, ArduPilot and MAVLink or a proprietary equivalent, and familiarity with the flight modes, arming logic and failsafe behavior at that boundary •Design and build of hardware in the loop benches, including sensor simulation and injection, hardware timestamp instrumentation, and integration of a HIL bench into automated release gating Compensation: •$163,500 - $228,500 / year •Highly competitive equity grants are considered part of Neros' total compensation package Interested candidates, please apply directly through the job posting on company's career page or try via AI auto apply on this platform. Don't miss this opportunity to join a forward-thinking team!