Flight Controls & Guidance 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 software system integration on flight hardware.
- Develop real-time embedded software and integrate hardware interfaces, vendor drivers, and firmware.
- Collaborate with small teams and work with minimal supervision.
- Work full-time onsite 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 microcontrollers and Linux hosted on Nvidia Jetson, AMD/Xilinx SoC, or Microblaze architectures.
- Experience developing real-time embedded software, integrating hardware interfaces, and integrating vendor-provided low-level drivers and firmware.
- Experience with Agile lifecycle processes, including Scrum, Continuous Integration, and Test-Driven Development methodologies.
- 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, VHDL and AMD/Xilinx FPGA development, Git, production-level software development and deployment, DevOps or DevSecOps, full-lifecycle development of high-TRL systems, and HW/SW integration, testing, and verification.
Benefits
- Medical, dental, and vision benefits are 100% company-paid.
- 401(k) with a 50% company match up to 6% of pay, plus FSA, HSA, life insurance, and other benefits.
- Free daily lunch, fully stocked kitchen, unlimited PTO, and casual dress code.
- Relocation assistance, pre-IPO stock option grants, and annual bonuses coming soon.
- Full-time onsite 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.