Chaos Industries GNC Software Engineer at CHAOS Industries leads design and implementation of guidance software for airframe designs. The role includes supporting airframe design, system integration, and working on embedded real-time software.
Responsibilities
CHAOS is seeking a highly-skilled and motivated Senior Guidance Software Engineer to join our R&D team. You will get an opportunity to lead the design of our guidance software on a clean sheet airframe design. As a member of Engineering, you also have the opportunity to expand your skillset across our product families.
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
Minimum Requirements:
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
Qualification
Part 107 remote pilot certificationExperience with git
Required
Bachelor’s or higher degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, or related
10+ years professional object-oriented software development experience
Experience with guidance algorithms for UAS platforms using commercial autopilot frameworks like ArduPilot
Practical understanding of flight dynamics of fixed wing and rotary wing platforms
Extensive experience in software development on microcontroller architectures and Linux hosted on Nvidia Jetson, AMD/Xilinx SoC or Microblaze
Experience developing real-time embedded software including hardware interfaces
Experience with integration of vendor low-level drivers and firmware
Experience with Agile lifecycle processes including Scrum, Continuous Integration, and Test-Driven Development
Ability to work with minimal supervision and collaborate on small teams
U.S. Person status
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