Flight Controls & Guidance Software Engineer

The role

You will lead the design of guidance software on a clean sheet airframe design. You will implement guidance and navigation software within COTS software frameworks and support airframe design and system integration.

What you will do

• Implementation of guidance and navigation software within COTS software frameworks
• Support airframe design activities
• Support system integration of software on flight hardware

Required qualifications

• 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 architecture
• 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

Nice to have

• 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

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
• fully-stocked kitchen
• unlimited PTO
• casual dress code
• pre-IPO stock option grants
• relocation assistance

About the company

CHAOS Industries was founded in 2022 and delivers advanced sensing and detection solutions. The company is headquartered in Los Angeles with offices in Washington, D.C., San Francisco, and London.