Senior/Principal Radar Software Engineer
Listed on 2026-10-16
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Software Development
Software Engineer, DevOps, Senior Developer, Embedded Software Engineer
Location:
El Segundo, California
Compensation: $140, USD / year
AboutThe Role Senior Radar Software Engineer
CHAOS Industries is redefining modern defense with omniscient systems purpose-built for today's realities. Designed and built by top U.S. military veterans and Silicon Valley innovators, CHAOS Industries' products are powered by Coherent Distributed Networks (CDN℩), empowering warfighters, commercial air operators, and border protection teams to act faster, adapt rapidly, and stay ahead of evolving threats. In a world where technological threats move at unprecedented speed, CHAOS Industries delivers advanced sensing and detection solutions that give the ultimate advantage: time.
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.
Role Overview:
CHAOS is seeking a highly-skilled and motivated Senior Radar Software Engineer to join our team supporting our R&D and product engineering initially focusing on our next-generation radar products. This is a highly collaborative role which will allow you to work on multiple capabilities within our product offerings. As a member of our engineering team, you also have the opportunity to expand your skillset across our product families.
Responsibilities:
- Research & Development (R&D) and Production software development for our next-generation radar products
- Support system integration of software on hardware (mostly commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) hardware)
- Support deployed software capabilities in the hands of our U.S. and international customers
- Work full-time on-site in our office in Los Angeles (El Segundo), California
Minimum Requirements:
- Bachelor's or higher Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related degree
- 10+ years of experience in professional, object-oriented software development
- Extensive/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 and extensive experience in software development using Linux
- U.S. Person status isrequiredas this position will require the ability to access U.S.
-only data systems
Preferred Requirements:
- Development experience in Ground or Airborne Sensors (Radars, EO/IR, EW, etc.)
- Experience designing & implementing radar modes & algorithms, signal processing, target detection, and tracking
- Current or previous
DoD security clearance - Experience with Networks (software and hardware)
- Experience with CUDA
- Experience with Software-Defined Radios (SDRs) (e.g.Ettus)
- Experience with advanced Time Synchronization technologies beyond NTP
- Experience developing near-real-time, embedded SW
- Experience with git
- Experience with Containers (e.g.Docker,Podman, etc.)
- Familiarity with cloud computing and virtualization technologies (e.g.WSL, KVM, Hyper-V, VMware)
- Experience with BIOS, Secure Boot, TPM, Network Boot, PXE
- Experience with HW & SW drive encryption(e.g.LUKS, OPAL,etc)
- Experience with 2D and 3D Visualization ideally in defense use cases (e.g.SIMDIS)
- Experience with DoD & related System/SW Architectures and messaging standards (e.g.OMS, SOSA, Link-16,etc)
- Experience with Modeling & Simulation, including hardware-in-the-loop and software-in-the-loop testbeds (e.g.DIS, VR-Forces, AFSIM)
- Experience with production-level SW development & deployment, including Dev Ops,Dev Sec Ops , and/or Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery (CI/CD) using modern FOSS/COTS toolsets.
- Experien…
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