Mid-Career Software Engineer

CHAOS Industries • El Segundo, CA

5h • $150,000 - $240,000 • Onsite

About The Position

CHAOS Industries is seeking a highly skilled and motivated Senior Radar Software Engineer to support research and development and product engineering, initially focused on next-generation radar products. This collaborative position involves working across multiple capabilities and offers opportunities to expand skills across the company’s product families. The role supports software development, integration with hardware, and deployed software capabilities for U.S. and international customers. It is full-time and on-site at the company’s office in El Segundo, Los Angeles, California.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related field.
• At least 10 years of professional object-oriented software development experience.
• Extensive or advanced Python experience.
• 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 role requires access to U.S.-only data systems.

Nice To Haves

• Development experience with ground or airborne sensors such as radars, EO/IR, or electronic warfare systems.
• 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, 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, 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.
• Experience with additional languages such as C++, Rust, NodeJS, Java, or Go.

Responsibilities

• Develop research and production software for next-generation radar products.
• Support integration of software with hardware, primarily commercial off-the-shelf hardware.
• Support deployed software capabilities used by U.S. and international customers.

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) and health savings account (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.

What This Job Offers

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