Radar Software Engineer
About The Position
CHAOS Industries is seeking a mid-career Radar Software Engineer to support R&D and product engineering, initially focusing on next-generation radar products. The role is collaborative and offers the opportunity to work across multiple capabilities and expand expertise across the company’s product families. The engineer will develop software for R&D and production, integrate software with hardware—primarily commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) hardware—and support deployed software capabilities used by U.S. and international customers. The position is full-time and on-site at the company’s office in Hawthorne, Los Angeles, California. U.S. Person status is required because the position may involve access to U.S.-only data systems.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree or higher in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related field.
- At least 5 years of professional object-oriented software development experience.
- Extensive or advanced experience with Python.
- 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.
- Solid understanding of and extensive experience developing software using Linux.
- U.S. Person status, as the position requires the ability to access U.S.-only data systems.
Nice To Haves
- Development experience with ground or airborne sensors, such as radars, EO/IR, or EW.
- Experience designing and implementing radar modes and algorithms, signal processing, target detection, and tracking.
- Current or previous DoD security clearance.
- Experience with software and hardware networks.
- Experience with CUDA.
- Experience with Software-Defined Radios (SDRs), such as Ettus.
- Experience with advanced time synchronization technologies beyond NTP.
- Experience developing near-real-time, embedded software.
- Experience with git.
- Experience with containers such as Docker or Podman.
- Familiarity with cloud computing and virtualization technologies, such as WSL, KVM, Hyper-V, or VMware.
- Experience with BIOS, Secure Boot, TPM, Network Boot, or PXE.
- Experience with hardware and software drive encryption, such as LUKS or OPAL.
- Experience with 2D and 3D visualization, ideally in defense use cases, such as SIMDIS.
- Experience with DoD and related system/software architectures and messaging standards, such as OMS, SOSA, or Link-16.
- Experience with modeling and simulation, including hardware-in-the-loop and software-in-the-loop testbeds, such as DIS, VR-Forces, or AFSIM.
- 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 I&T and V&V of high-TRL systems.
- Experience with additional languages such as C++, Rust, NodeJS, Java, or Go.
Responsibilities
- Develop R&D and production software for next-generation radar products.
- Support integration of software with hardware, primarily COTS hardware.
- Support software capabilities deployed with U.S. and international customers.
- Work full-time on-site in the Hawthorne office in Los Angeles, California.
Benefits
- Medical, dental, and vision benefits fully paid for by the company.
- 401(k) with a 50% company match up to 6% of pay.
- FSA and HSA.
- Life insurance.
- Free daily lunch.
- No meeting Fridays.
- Unlimited PTO.
- Casual dress code.
- Generous pre-IPO stock option grants.
- Relocation assistance.
- Annual bonuses are described as coming soon.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
