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Senior Software Engineer, Embedded Systems

Elroy Air · Byron, CA

Extracted from the posting

Base
$180,000 – $280,000
Equity
Equity ownership in a rapidly growing advanced aerospace company
Remote
On-site
Eng team
Small, senior software team
Stack
C++, Python, C, FreeRTOS

Own embedded flight software for safety-critical avionics, including main flight computers, spanning bare-metal and RTOS firmware, driver development, and board bring-up. Work in C++ and Python with FreeRTOS or bare-metal targets, and build aircraft component models for a cloud simulation framework. Collaborate daily with systems, controls, flight physics, power electronics, and aeromechanical engineers.

At Elroy Air, we build autonomous vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) cargo drones to change the way the world moves goods. Transporting cargo by air is faster and more direct than by land or sea, but it has been prohibitively expensive for medium-size loads. We've set out to expand middle-mile logistics possibilities across multiple sectors, with our sights on a $420Bn global total addressable market for cargo logistics across defense, commercial and rapid response.



We are a team of builders, engineers, and operators who believe that the defense, commercial, and rapid response communities need faster, better logistics solutions. We are seeing increasing demand as customers and prospects respond enthusiastically to the systems we’ve built. As we mature and deploy our offerings, we are looking for people like you: motivated collaborators, enthusiastic about our mission and ready to roll up their sleeves and make a big impact to improve how logistics works around the world. You will play an important role in establishing the Elroy Air Chaparral as the industry standard in this massive market.



We believe diverse perspectives at all levels of the organization are critical to innovation and employee development. This includes but is not limited to gender identity, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender expression, religion, age, ability, parenthood status, veteran status, educational background, citizenship status, or any combination of these characteristics.


Elroy builds autonomous aerospace systems for the real world. At the heart of those systems is a hard real time, safety critical software stack that has to work under any circumstances, with no margin for "close enough". The embedded software team writes the code that flies the plane in any conditions. This role spans the full embedded stack, from bare-metal firmware and RTOS integration to hardware bring-up and bench debugging. If you thrive on hard constraints, enjoy working close to the metal, and want your code to matter, read on.

The Role

    What You'll Work On

      What We're Looking For

        Our Stack

          Who We Are

            What We Offer

              We encourage you to apply even if you aren't an exact match for our open role as many of our team members come from nontraditional backgrounds.
               
              Elroy Air is an equal opportunity employer. We consider all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or any other protected status under applicable law.
               
              We are committed to an inclusive, harassment-free workplace and we gladly provide reasonable accommodations to support our team.

              Applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States as a U.S. citizen or lawful permanent resident (green card holder). All employees will be screened through E-Verify.

              Elroy Air does not engage with external recruiting agencies/individual recruiters that we do not have a written agreement with and all employment activities are managed through our internal team. We reserve the right to make use of any unsolicited resumes received without being responsible for payment of any fees asserted from the use of unsolicited resumes.

              Compensation: USD 180,000 – 280,000 per year salary

              Technologies

              C++PythonCFreeRTOSZephyrCMakeGitGitHub
              Elroy Air
              Elroy Air

              Job details

              TypeFull-time
              Work ModeOn-site
              LevelSenior
              Location🇺🇸Byron, CA
              Salary$180,000 - $280,000
              PostedNov 06, 2026
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