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CHAOS Industries · 1 day ago

Principal Software Engineer

CHAOS Industries is redefining modern defense with advanced sensing and detection solutions. They are seeking a highly-skilled and motivated Principal Software Engineer to support R&D and product engineering, focusing on next-generation radar products and collaborating across multiple capabilities within their offerings.

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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 (Hawthorne), California

Qualification

PythonLinuxAgile processesDevOpsContinuous IntegrationSoftware-Defined RadiosCUDA/JAXC++ContainersCollaborationTeamworkCommunication

Required

Bachelor's or higher Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related degree
5+ 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 is required as this position will require the ability to access U.S.-only data systems

Preferred

Experience with HW/SW I&T and V&V of high-TRL systems
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 SW development tools enforcing SW-development best practices (e.g. linting, code coverage, code quality/security scanning, doc gen, etc.)
Experience with Networks (software and hardware)
Experience with CUDA/JAX
Experience with Software-Defined Radios (SDRs) (e.g. Ettus)
Experience developing near-real-time systems
Experience with additional languages such as C++, Rust, NodeJS, Java, Go, etc
Experience with git
Experience with Containers (e.g. Docker, Podman, etc.)

Benefits

Health Benefits: Medical, dental, and vision benefits 100% paid for by the company
401k (+ 50% company match up to 6% of pay)
FSA
HSA
Life insurance
Free daily lunch
‘No meeting Fridays’
Unlimited PTO
Casual dress code
Competitive base salaries
Generous pre-IPO stock option grants
Relocation assistance
(coming soon!) annual bonuses

Company

CHAOS Industries

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CHAOS Industries is redefining modern defense with omniscient systems that give the ultimate advantage—domain dominance.

Funding

Current Stage
Late Stage
Total Funding
$1B
Key Investors
Valor Equity PartnersAccel8VC
2025-11-13Series D· $510M
2025-04-30Series C· $275M
2024-11-13Series B· $145M

Leadership Team

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Bo Marr
Co-founder, co-CEO, CTO of Chaos Industries
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John Tenet
Founder & CEO
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