Guidance Software Engineer

CHAOS Industries • El Segundo, CA

8d • Onsite

About The Position

CHAOS Industries is seeking a highly skilled and motivated Senior Guidance Software Engineer to join its R&D team. The engineer will lead the design of guidance software for a clean-sheet airframe design and may expand their skills across the company’s product families. The role focuses on implementing guidance and navigation software within commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) software frameworks, supporting airframe design, and integrating software with flight hardware. The position is full-time and on-site in the company’s Los Angeles (Hawthorne), California office.

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 flight dynamics for fixed-wing and rotary-wing platforms.
• Strong understanding and extensive experience developing software on microcontroller architectures such as STM32, and on Linux hosted on Nvidia Jetson, AMD/Xilinx SoC, or Microblaze architectures.
• Experience developing real-time embedded software, including hardware interfaces.
• Experience integrating vendor-provided low-level drivers and firmware.
• Experience with Agile lifecycle processes, including Scrum, Continuous Integration, and Test-Driven Development methodologies.
• Ability to work with minimal supervision and collaborate on small teams.
• U.S. Person status, because the position requires access to U.S.-only data systems.

Nice To Haves

• Current or previous DoD security clearance.
• Part 107 remote pilot certification.
• Experience with EO/IR sensor integration.
• Experience with radar sensor integration.
• Experience developing firmware using VHDL and embedded software development flows on AMD/Xilinx FPGAs.
• Experience with Git.
• Experience with production-level software development and deployment, including DevOps, DevSecOps, and/or CI/CD using modern FOSS/COTS toolsets.
• Experience with full-lifecycle software development of high-TRL systems.
• Experience with hardware/software integration and test (I&T) and verification and validation (V&V) of high-TRL systems.

Responsibilities

• Implement guidance and navigation software within COTS software frameworks.
• Support airframe design activities.
• Support system integration of software on flight hardware.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision benefits fully paid for by the company.
• 401(k) with a 50% company match up to 6% of pay.
• Flexible spending account (FSA), health savings account (HSA), life insurance, and other benefits.
• Free daily lunch while working onsite and a fully stocked kitchen.
• Unlimited PTO.
• Casual dress code.
• Generous pre-IPO stock option grants.
• Relocation assistance.
• Annual bonuses planned for the future.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior