Software Engineer Guidance, Navigation, and Controls

CHAOS Industries was founded in 2022 and has raised $1B in total funding from leading investors including 8VC Accel and NEA. The company is headquartered in Los Angeles with offices in Washington D.C. San Francisco and London. For more information please visit .

Role Overview:

CHAOS is seeking a highly-skilled and motivated Senior Guidance Software Engineer to join our R&D team. You will get an opportunity to lead the design of our guidance software on a clean sheet airframe design. As a member of Engineering you also have the opportunity to expand your skillset across our product families.

Responsibilities:

• Implementation of guidance and navigation software within COTS software frameworks
• Support airframe design activities
• Support system integration of software on flight hardware
• Work full-time on-site in our office in Los Angeles (Hawthorne) California

Minimum Requirements:

• Minimum education: Bachelors or higher Degree in Computer Science Computer Engineering Aerospace Engineering or related degree
• 10 years ofexperience in professional object-oriented software development
• Experience with design and implementation of guidance algorithms for UAS platforms using commercial autopilot frameworks like ArduPilot
• Practical understanding of flight dynamics of fixed wing and rotary wing platforms
• Solid understanding and extensiveexperience in software development on microcontroller architectures (STM32 or similar) and on Linux hosted on Nvidia Jetson AMD/Xilinx SoC or Microblaze architectures
• Experience developing real-time embedded software to include hardware interfaces
• Experience with integration of 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 isrequiredas this position will require the ability to access U.S.-only data system

Preferred Requirements:

• Current orpreviousDoD security clearance
• Part 107 remote pilot certification
• Experience with EO/IR sensor integration
• Experience with radar sensor integration
• Experience with firmware development using VHDL and embedded software development flow on AMD/Xilinx FPGAs
• Experience with git
• Experience with production-level SW development & deployment including DevOpsDevSecOps and/or Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery (CI/CD) using modern FOSS/COTS toolsets
• Experience with full lifecycle SW development of high-TRL systems
• Experience with HW/SW I&T and V&V of high-TRL systems

Why CHAOS

• Health Benefits: Medical dental and vision benefits 100% paid for by the company
• Additional benefits: 401k ( 50% company match up to 6% of pay) FSA HSA life insurance and more
• Our Perks: Free daily lunch No meeting Fridays unlimited PTO casual dress code
• Compensation Components: Competitive base salaries generous pre-IPO stock option grants relocation assistance and (coming soon!) annual bonuses
• Team Growth: 250 employees and counting across 5 global offices

The stated compensation range reflects only the targeted base compensation range and excludes additional earnings such as bonus equity and benefits. If your compensation requirements fall outside of the range we still encourage you to apply. The salary range for this role is an estimate based on a range of compensation factors inclusive of base salary only. Actual salary offer may vary based on (but not limited to) work experience education and/or training critical skills and/or business considerations.

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