CHAOS Industries · 2 weeks ago
Software & System Test Engineer (Lead, Automation & AI-Driven QA)
Hawthorne, CA
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$145K/yr - $250K/yr
5+ years expCHAOS Industries is redefining modern defense with advanced sensing and detection solutions. They are seeking a Lead Software Test Engineer to build and lead their automated system testing capability, collaborating closely with engineering teams to create a robust testing pipeline and ensure product quality.
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Responsibilities
Establish and lead the automated software testing group within CHAOS, working with a distributed set of teams across multiple products
Fully integrate Hardware-in-the-loop automated testing for production HW across multiple products and variants
Collaborate with systems and software engineers to validate system-level and mission-level functionality
Design, develop, and maintain end-to-end test frameworks for SW & FW Development (e.g. Python, CUDA, Typescript, and FPGA code)
Fully integrate into CI/CD pipelines (Bitbucket, Jenkins, Azure) for continuous test execution and analysis
Support development and V&V for system test automation
Build automated reporting and coverage dashboards, including AI-driven summarization of test incidents and anomalies
Leverage AI to build and apply a suite of radar domain-specific automated test and validation capabilities
Develop AI-native workflows using code copilots, LLMs, and reasoning models for intelligent automated system test
Mentor junior engineers as the test organization scales
Qualification
Required
5+ years of experience in software QA, automated testing, or related software engineering roles
Strong experience with Python and modern automated testing frameworks (pytest, robot framework, Playwright, or similar)
Experience integrating tests into CI/CD environments and measuring code coverage
Familiarity with Dockerized or cloud-deployed software (Azure experience preferred)
Experience with AI-native development tools applied to automated test (GitHub Copilot, OpenAI APIs, Claude Code, or similar)
Experience building automated test frameworks for data pipelines, Hardware-in-the-loop system testing, and/or or real-time systems
Demonstrated ability to work cross-functionally with systems and software teams
Preferred
Familiarity with defense-related sensing domains such as radar, RF/IQ data processing, and/or sensor fusion
Understanding of performance testing, fault injection, and simulation-based testing (HIL/SIL)
Proficiency with Git and agile development practices
Experience designing workflows for large-scale regression, fuzz, or stress testing
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
Generous pre-IPO stock option grants
Relocation assistance
Annual bonuses
Company
CHAOS Industries
CHAOS Industries is redefining modern defense with omniscient systems that give the ultimate advantage—domain dominance.
51-200 employees
H1B Sponsorship
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Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$1BKey Investors
Valor Equity PartnersAccel8VC
2025-11-13Series D· $510M
2025-04-30Series C· $275M
2024-11-13Series B· $145M
Leadership Team
Bo Marr
Co-founder, co-CEO, CTO of Chaos Industries
John Tenet
Founder & CEO
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