Senior Autonomy & Guidance Software Engineer

Role Overview

CHAOS is seeking a highly-skilled and motivated Senior Guidance Software Engineer to join our R&D team. The role will lead the design of guidance software for a clean-sheet airframe, and may expand to other product families within the company.

• 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 education:
  
  Bachelor’s or higher Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, or related degree
• 10+ years of experience in professional, object-oriented software development
• Experience with design and implementation of guidance algorithms for UAS platforms using commercial autopilot frameworks such as Ardu Pilot
• Practical understanding of flight dynamics of fixed-wing and rotary-wing platforms
• Solid understanding and extensive experience in software development on microcontroller architectures (STM
  32 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 is required as this position will require access to U.S.
  
  -only data systems

• Current or previous DoD 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 Dev Ops, Dev Sec Ops , 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

• Health benefits:
  
  Medical, dental, and vision benefits 100% paid for by the company
• 401(k) (+ 50% company match up to 6% of pay), FSA, HSA, life insurance, and more
• Free daily lunch, ‘No meeting Fridays’, unlimited PTO, casual dress code
• Competitive base salaries, generous pre‑IPO stock option grants, relocation assistance, and annual bonuses (coming soon)
• Team growth: 200 employees and counting across 5 global offices

$160,000 - $240,000