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CHAOS Industries · 2 hours ago

Effector Guidance Software Engineer

Hawthorne, CA

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level, Lead/Staff

$160K/yr - $240K/yr

10+ years exp

CHAOS Industries is redefining modern defense with advanced sensing and detection solutions. They are seeking a highly-skilled Senior Guidance Software Engineer to lead the design of guidance software for a new airframe design, while also supporting airframe design activities and system integration of software on flight hardware.

AerospaceGovernmentMilitaryNational Security

Work & Life Balance

No H1B

U.S. Citizen Only

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

Qualification

Guidance algorithmsEmbedded software developmentMicrocontroller architecturesAgile lifecycle processesUAS platformsFlight dynamicsSensor integrationDevOps practicesMinimal supervisionTeam collaboration

Required

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 like ArduPilot

Practical understanding of flight dynamics of fixed wing and rotary wing platforms

Solid understanding and extensive experience 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 is required as this position will require the ability to access U.S.-only data system

Preferred

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 DevOps, DevSecOps, 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