Lead, Platform Software

Responsibilities

• Lead and grow the Platform Software engineering team, including hiring, mentorship, and performance management
• Own the roadmap and delivery of the embedded platform — Linux distribution and BSPs, kernel and bootloader, common runtime and libraries, and the cross-compile toolchain and SDK
• Run the platform as a product: keep the interfaces our flight, ground, and autonomy teams depend on stable, versioned, and evolving without breaking them
• Make the hard architecture calls — build vs. adopt, interface design, and resource allocation across subsystems
• Set and uphold engineering quality practices — code review, testing, and CI/CD — for foundational software
• Stay hands-on: review platform code and own architecture, not just process
• You should have the following
• Has led a software team as a hands-on manager — owning both people management and technical direction
• Deep embedded-platform background: custom Linux (Yocto/Buildroot), kernel/BSPs, bootloaders, and the runtime/SDK layer other teams build on
• Track record of running a platform or foundational-software team as a product — stable interfaces, versioning, and consumer teams who could depend on it
• Strong judgment on build-vs-adopt, interface design, and resource trade-offs across an embedded system
• Able to operate as the interface between the team and senior leadership — managing expectations upward and clearing execution blockers
• Player-coach: still technically credible enough to review BSP/kernel/runtime code and make architecture calls
• Nice to Have
• Experience building an embedded platform team from a small nucleus
• MCU/RTOS platform work alongside embedded Linux
• Bazel or comparable build-system leadership across cross-compiled targets
• Real-time, safety-relevant, or mission-critical embedded platforms
• Background bringing up new computer platforms from prototype to production
• US Salary Range
• $198,000 - $277,000 USD
• The salary range for this role is an estimate based on a wide range of compensation factors, inclusive of base salary only. Actual salary may vary based on (but not limited to) work experience, education and/or training, critical skills, and/or business considerations. Highly competitive equity grants are considered part of Neros' total compensation package.
• We’re an equal opportunity employer. We welcome all applicants without attention to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran or disability status.