GNC Software Engineer
CHAOS Industries3 days ago
Base Salary
$160k - $240k/yr
Responsibilities
- Implement guidance and navigation software within COTS software frameworks.
- Design guidance software for a clean-sheet airframe.
- Support airframe design activities.
- Integrate software with flight hardware and support system integration.
- Develop real-time embedded software with hardware interfaces.
- Integrate vendor-provided low-level drivers and firmware.
- Collaborate with small engineering teams and work with minimal supervision.
- Work full-time on-site in Hawthorne, 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.
- Experience developing real-time embedded software with 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 experience, VHDL and AMD/Xilinx FPGA development, Git, production-level software deployment, high-TRL system lifecycle development, and HW/SW 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 casual dress code.
- Relocation assistance and pre-IPO stock option grants are available; annual bonuses are planned for the future.
- Full-time, on-site 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.