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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.\nAs drones transform the character of warfare, Neros is delivering the systems the West needs to compete on the modern battlefield and deter the adversaries of democracy. We’re hiring engineers, operators, and builders who want to move fast, take on extreme ownership, and get capability into the hands of warfighters in months, not years.\nWhat you will be doing\nNeros is building the flight software that powers our expanding family of drones. As Flight Software Manager, you will lead the team responsible for the mission-critical software running on the aircraft - flight controls, avionics, payload integration, datalink, and onboard health - and the software interfaces our autonomy and ground systems depend on. You will own the reliability, release cadence, and engineering quality of this stack while growing and leading the team that builds it.\nResponsibilities\nLead and grow the Flight Software engineering team, including hiring, mentorship, and performance management\nOwn the architecture and delivery of the airside flight-software stack across multiple vehicle platforms\nDrive predictable, safe software releases for mission-critical systems and steward the long-term health of the codebase\nSet and uphold engineering quality practices - code review, testing, and CI/CD - for mission-critical software\nOwn the flight software team's test strategy and unit/integration testing, partnering with the Test organization on SITL/HITL and flight-test execution\nDefine and maintain the software interfaces consumed by autonomy and adjacent teams\nRequirements\nHas led a software team as a hands-on manager - owning both people management and technical direction\nStrong background in embedded, real-time, safety-critical and/or mission-critical software\nHands-on depth in flight-control / avionics software, or closely adjacent real-time control systems\nFamiliarity with flight-stack platforms such as PX4, Betaflight, ArduPilot, or comparable autopilot/flight-control software\nTrack record of shipping reliable software on hardware-coupled, schedule-constrained programs\nStrong judgment on test rigor, technical debt, and quality for mission-critical systems\nAble to operate as the interface between the team and senior leadership - managing expectations upward and clearing execution blockers for the team\nNice to have\nExperience with contested-environment datalink / RF comms\nExperience defining platform interfaces consumed by other teams - e.g. autonomy, gcs, etc.\nMulti-vehicle / swarm systems experience\nBackground bringing up new vehicle platforms or product lines from prototype to production\nUS Salary Range\n$225,500 - $316,000 USD\nThe salary range for this role is an estimate based on a wide range of compensation factors, inclusive of base salary only. 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