- Robot type
- Drone · Defense
- Location
- TorranceCaliforniaUSA
- Job type
- Software
- Posted
- Jun 12, 2026
- Salary
- $198,000–$277,500 a year
Full-time
Flight Software Manager
Job description
Neros is a defense technology company rebuilding America’s drone industrial base. We design and manufacture high-performance unmanned systems that are tested in combat, iterated at startup speed, and built at massive scale. Our team culture is fast, hands-on, and obsessed with closing the gap between design and deployment.
Job responsibilities
- Lead and grow the Flight Software engineering team, including hiring, mentorship, and performance management
- Own the architecture and delivery of the airside flight-software stack across multiple vehicle platforms
- Drive predictable, safe software releases for mission-critical systems and steward the long-term health of the codebase
- Set and uphold engineering quality practices — code review, testing, and CI/CD — for mission-critical software
- Own the flight software team's test strategy and unit/integration testing, partnering with the Test organization on SITL/HITL and flight-test execution
- Define and maintain the software interfaces consumed by autonomy and adjacent teams
Job requirements
- Has led a software team as a hands-on manager — owning both people management and technical direction
- Strong background in embedded, real-time, safety-critical and/or mission-critical software
- Hands-on depth in flight-control / avionics software, or closely adjacent real-time control systems
- Familiarity with flight-stack platforms such as PX4, Betaflight, ArduPilot, or comparable autopilot/flight-control software
- Track record of shipping reliable software on hardware-coupled, schedule-constrained programs
- Strong judgment on test rigor, technical debt, and quality for mission-critical systems
- Able to operate as the interface between the team and senior leadership — managing expectations upward and clearing execution blockers for the team