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CHAOS Industries · 2 days ago

Senior Software Release Manager

Hawthorne, California, United States

Full-time

Onsite

Mid, Senior Level

$120K/yr - $170K/yr

5+ years exp

CHAOS Industries is redefining modern defense with omniscient systems purpose-built for today’s realities. They are seeking a Senior Software Release Manager to orchestrate the release pipeline and manage the integration of hardware and software components in radar systems.

AerospaceGovernmentMilitaryNational Security

Work & Life Balance

No H1B

Security Clearance Required

U.S. Citizen Only

Responsibilities

Release Orchestration: Design and manage the end-to-end release workflow, ensuring all software components (signal processing, UI, drivers) are synchronized and tested across multiple products. Products and infrastructure include both on-device, on-prem, air-gapped, and cloud-based environments

Process Automation: Automate release gates and "readiness" checks (e.g., automated unit test pass rates, security scans, and documentation generation) to reduce manual sign-off time

Configuration Management: Manage complex branching strategies and versioning schemes for multiple Chaos products sharing common code, ensuring 100% traceability from binary back to source code

Artifact Lifecycle: Oversee the promotion of builds through various stages (e.g. Development -> QA -> Golden Release) within a binary repository manager (e.g. Artifactory)

Release Governance & Compliance: Lead the automated generation of Software Version Description (SVD) documents and Software Bill of Materials (SBOM) to meet customer requirements and standards

Change Control: Facilitate Release Readiness Reviews and act as a technical liaison among teams

Deployment Scripting: Support scripts and tools that package the software for deployment onto target hardware environments (e.g., installers, container images, or firmware bundles)

Qualification

Release EngineeringCI/CD toolsPythonGitArtifact managementLinuxChange ControlDeployment ScriptingDigital SignaturesDORA metricsAerospace/Defense experienceContainersCollaboration

Required

Bachelor's or higher Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related degree

5+ years of professional experience specifically in Release Engineering or related fields for complex systems that include both software and hardware

Strong experience with CI/CD tools and methodologies (e.g. Jenkins) focusing on pipeline logic and orchestration. Experience must support a combination of on-prem/on device as well as cloud environments

Proficiency in Python to automate release tasks, report generation, and system packaging

Expert-level knowledge of Git, including advanced branching, merging, and tagging strategies for large, multi-team codebases and multiple repositories

Experience with artifact management tools (e.g JFrog Artifactory, Sonatype Nexus) and lifecycle policies

Ability to work with minimal supervision and collaborate on small teams

Solid understanding and extensive experience in software development using Linux

Ability to obtain a U.S. Government Secret Security Clearance (U.S. Citizenship required)