Principal Software Engineer, Manufacturing SystemsTorrance, California, United StatesNeros 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.As 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.What You Will Be DoingOwn technical architecture for internal manufacturing systems, MES workflows, integrations, and enterprise system boundariesDesign and build production software for factory execution, including work orders, routing, material issue/consume, completion, serialization, genealogy, rework, and exception handlingDefine system boundaries across ERP, MES, QMS, CRM, internal applications, integrations, and operational data servicesEstablish engineering standards for APIs, data models, permissions, audibility, observability, testing, release management, and operational reliabilityBuild integration patterns that are reliable, supportable, and resilient to future system changesPartner directly with factory, quality, supply chain, warehouse, finance, and business systems stakeholders to translate operational complexity into simple, usable softwareMentor future engineering hires and help shape the technical culture of the Manufacturing Systems teamYou Should Have The Following8+ years of professional software engineering experience, including significant backend, platform, internal tools, systems, or infrastructure workExperience designing, building, and shipping production software in ambiguous or fast-changing environmentsStrong hands-on coding ability and recent experience contributing to production systemsExperience designing APIs, data models, service boundaries, integration patterns, and reliable system-to-system workflowsStrong judgment around build-vs-buy decisions, technical tradeoffs, and long-term system maintainabilityExperience working with cross-functional stakeholders outside engineering, including operations, manufacturing, warehouse, supply chain, quality, finance, or business systems teamsAbility to reason about permissions, auditability, traceability, genealogy, data ownership, error handling, observability, and supportabilityAbility to operate as the first senior technical leader in a new function: hands-on, practical, and comfortable without a large team around themStrong communication skills, including the ability to explain technical decisions clearly to non-technical stakeholdersAbility to work onsite with operational teams and support a fast-moving manufacturing environmentNice To HaveExperience with MES, manufacturing execution, shop-floor systems, QMS, WMS, ERP, CRM, or enterprise integrationsExperience in hardware, aerospace, defense, robotics, drones, logistics, electronics, or high-volume manufacturing environmentsExperience with serialization, genealogy, traceability, routing, work orders, rework, material consumption, barcode scanning, or warehouse/manufacturing workflowsExperience with workflow systems, audit trails, RBAC, event-driven systems, message queues, ETL/ELT, CDC, or integration platformsExperience building software in compliance-sensitive, audit-heavy, or regulated environmentsExperience leading or mentoring engineers without needing to move fully into people managementUS Salary Range$214,500-$300,000 USDThe 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.