Senior Embedded Linux Engineer

Responsibilities

• Own our embedded Linux distribution and board support packages (Yocto/Buildroot) — from board bring-up on new compute platforms to safe, reliable field updates
• Own kernel configuration, device drivers, and the bootloader, including secure boot and update/recovery paths
• Design and maintain the common runtime and libraries other teams consume — logging, telemetry, IPC, configuration — and the cross-compile toolchain and SDK
• Bring up new compute platforms: from first power-on to a production-ready OS image
• Set Linux platform best practices and mentor engineers across teams that build on the platform
• You should have the following
• Deep embedded Linux experience — you have built and shipped products on custom Linux images (Yocto or Buildroot), owning the image rather than just using it
• Kernel-level competence: device drivers, device tree, and debugging kernel or boot failures on real hardware
• Bootloader experience (U-Boot or similar), including secure boot concepts and safe update/recovery design
• Strong C, comfortable on both sides of the kernel/user space boundary; scripting (Python/shell) for platform tooling
• Board bring-up experience — taking a new SoC/SoM from schematic review to a booting, stable OS
• Platform-as-product mindset: you have designed libraries, SDKs, or interfaces consumed by other teams — and kept them stable while the platform evolved underneath
• Nice to have
• Radio/comms integration on embedded Linux
• Real-time tuning — PREEMPT_RT, latency analysis
• OTA/update systems — Mender, RAUC, SWUpdate, OSTree, or homegrown equivalents
• Upstream contributions — kernel, Yocto/OpenEmbedded, U-Boot
• Rust for systems work
• You fly — FPV, RC, or drones generally
• US Salary Range
• $165,000 – $231,000 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.