# Senior Embedded Platform Engineer

Aerospace is at a turning point - costs are rising, supply chains are strained, and old ways of building can’t keep up. At Neon Aero, we’re breaking that mold. We move fast, think big, and combine start-up agility with aerospace expertise to design, build, and scale aircraft in ways the industry has never seen. Our team leverages automation, AI-driven tools, and a fully connected digital backbone to accelerate innovation and reduce barriers to production. Here, you won’t just take a job - you’ll help reinvent how the world flies. If you’re ready to solve complex problems, push technology further, and work alongside some of the brightest minds in aerospace, this is your chance to make a real impact. We’re seeking a Senior Platform/Real-Time Embedded Firmware Engineer with strong low-level embedded software expertise and a passion for building robust, deterministic firmware for safety-critical control systems. This role focuses on the real-time firmware foundation that enables actuators, motor drives, BMS, sensors, and vehicle-level systems to operate reliably. You will architect, implement, and maintain firmware across real-time microcontroller platforms, owning BSPs, drivers, RTOS/

- **Id**: 862216
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/neonaerospace-senior-embedded-platform-engineer>
- **Role**: Hardware
- **Role family**: Hardware
- **Seniority**: senior
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Irvine, United States
- **Countries**: US
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Experience years min**: 5
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-06-09T16:28:15Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-10-15
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-08T20:54:03Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 152
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 6578
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Benefits**: Equity
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Aerospace Manufacturing, Aircraft Manufacturing

## Company

- **Id**: 679035
- **Name**: Neon Aero
- **Domain**: neonaerospace.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/neonaerospace>
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Greenhouse

### Truth index

- **Grade**: A
- **Score**: 95
- **Open postings**: 3
- **Ghost share**: 0
- **Stale share**: 0
- **Repost share**: 0
- **Time to fill p50 days**: 65
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-08T05:47:12Z

## Salary

- **Min**: 150000
- **Max**: 250000
- **Currency**: USD
- **Period**: year
- **Usd annual**: 250000

## Technologies

- **ARINC** — Optional: no
- **C++** — Optional: no
- **DO-178C** — Optional: no
- **Embedded C** — Optional: no
- **RTOS** — Optional: no
- **C** — Optional: yes

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Repost count**: 0
- **Days open**: 151

## Requirements

- **Experience years min**: 5
- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-09-13T10:44:15Z

## Visa

- Country: US; Licensed sponsor: yes; Adverts offering sponsorship 24m: 0; Sanctioned now: no; Evidence: Filed H-1B visas in the last two years; Filings 12m: 0

## Liveness

- **Score**: 17
- **Band**: cold
- **Label**: Long shot
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.622
- **P room**: 0.28
- **Age days**: 151
- **Expected fill days**: 65
- **Reasons**: conf:1, win:tail, crowd:
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-08T05:47:12Z

## Pay

- **Stated usd annual**: 250000
- **Is top pay**: yes

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