CHAOS Inc. is seeking a Senior Guidance Software Engineer to lead the design of guidance software on a clean sheet airframe design, aiming to solve complex technical challenges in defense and critical industrial sectors.
Requirements
- 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
- 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
- Experience with firmware development using VHDL and embedded software development flow on AMD/Xilinx FPGAs
Responsibilities
- Implementation of guidance and navigation software within COTS software frameworks
- Support airframe design activities
- Support system integration of software on flight hardware
Other
- Work full-time on-site in our office in Los Angeles (Hawthorne), California
- Ability to work with minimal supervision and collaborate on small teams
- U.S. Person status is required as this position will require the ability to access U.S.-only data system
- Current or previous DoD security clearance
- Part 107 remote pilot certification
