GNC Software Engineer
CHAOS Industries3 months ago
Base Salary
$160k - $240k/yr
Responsibilities
- Implement guidance and navigation software within commercial off-the-shelf software frameworks.
- Lead guidance software design for a clean-sheet airframe.
- Support airframe design activities.
- Integrate software with flight hardware and support system integration.
- Expand software expertise across CHAOS Industries’ product families.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree or higher 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 for STM32 or similar microcontrollers and Linux hosted on Nvidia Jetson, AMD/Xilinx SoC, or Microblaze architectures.
- Experience developing real-time embedded software with hardware interfaces and integrating vendor-provided low-level drivers and firmware.
- Experience with Agile lifecycle processes, including Scrum, Continuous Integration, and Test-Driven Development.
- Ability to work with minimal supervision and collaborate on small teams.
- U.S. Person status is required to access U.S.-only data systems.
- Preferred: current or previous DoD security clearance and Part 107 remote pilot certification.
- Preferred: EO/IR and radar sensor integration experience.
- Preferred: VHDL firmware development and embedded software flows on AMD/Xilinx FPGAs.
- Preferred: Git, production-level software development and deployment, DevOps or DevSecOps, CI/CD, high-TRL systems, and hardware/software integration, test, and verification.
Benefits
- Medical, dental, and vision benefits are 100% paid by the company.
- 401(k) with a 50% company match up to 6% of pay, plus FSA, HSA, and life insurance.
- Free daily lunch, no-meeting Fridays, unlimited PTO, and a casual dress code.
- Pre-IPO stock option grants, relocation assistance, and potential annual bonuses.
- Full-time, on-site work in Hawthorne, Los Angeles, 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.