Guidance Software Engineer
CHAOS Industries8 hours 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, including hardware interfaces and vendor-provided low-level driver and firmware integration.
- Work full-time on-site in Hawthorne, Los Angeles, California.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s or higher degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, or a related field.
- 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 microcontroller architectures and Linux hosted on Nvidia Jetson, AMD/Xilinx SoC, or Microblaze architectures.
- 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 qualifications include a current or previous DoD security clearance, Part 107 remote pilot certification, EO/IR and radar sensor integration experience, VHDL and AMD/Xilinx FPGA development experience, Git experience, production-level software development and deployment experience, high-TRL system lifecycle experience, and HW/SW integration, test, verification, and validation experience.
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, fully stocked kitchen, unlimited PTO, and casual dress code.
- Pre-IPO stock option grants and relocation assistance; annual bonuses are planned for the future.
- 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.