GNC Software Engineer
CHAOS Industries3 days ago
Base Salary
$160k - $240k/yr
Responsibilities
- Implement guidance and navigation software within COTS software frameworks.
- Support airframe design activities.
- Support system integration of software on flight hardware.
- Develop real-time embedded software with hardware interfaces and integrate vendor-provided low-level drivers and firmware.
- Work full-time onsite in the company’s Hawthorne, California office.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s or higher degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, or a related field.
- At least 10 years of professional object-oriented software development experience.
- Experience designing and implementing guidance algorithms for UAS platforms using commercial autopilot frameworks such as ArduPilot.
- Practical understanding of fixed-wing and rotary-wing flight dynamics.
- Extensive experience developing software on STM32 or similar microcontrollers and Linux hosted on Nvidia Jetson, AMD/Xilinx SoC, or Microblaze architectures.
- Experience with real-time embedded software and hardware interfaces.
- U.S. Person status is required to access U.S.-only data systems.
- Preferred qualifications include a current or previous DoD security clearance, Part 107 remote pilot certification, EO/IR or radar sensor integration, VHDL and AMD/Xilinx FPGA development, Git, production-level software development and deployment, high-TRL lifecycle development, and HW/SW integration and verification.
Benefits
- Medical, dental, and vision benefits fully paid by the company.
- 401(k) with a 50% company match up to 6% of pay, FSA, HSA, life insurance, and other benefits.
- Free daily lunch, no-meeting Fridays, unlimited PTO, and casual dress code.
- Pre-IPO stock option grants, relocation assistance, and annual bonuses planned for the future.
- Full-time onsite work in Hawthorne, California.
About CHAOS Industries
CHAOS Industries builds networked sensing, communications, and real-time software systems for defense, government security, commercial aviation, and critical infrastructure operators. It sells integrated hardware–software platforms and related services to government and industrial customers. Founded in 2022 and headquartered in Los Angeles, the privately held company also maintains offices in Washington, D.C., San Francisco, San Diego, Seattle, and London, and its products are designed for fielded, time-critical operations.