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GNC Software Engineer in USA

  • CHAOS Industries
  • Full time
  • Email
  • El Segundo, CA

Responsibilities

  • Implement guidance and navigation software within COTS software frameworks.
  • Lead the design of guidance software for a clean-sheet airframe.
  • Support airframe design activities.
  • Support system integration of software on flight hardware.
  • Develop real-time embedded software and integrate vendor-provided low-level drivers and firmware.
  • Work full-time on-site in Hawthorne, California.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s or higher degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, or a related field.
  • 10+ years of professional object-oriented software development experience.
  • Experience designing and implementing guidance algorithms for UAS platforms using commercial autopilot frameworks such as ArduPilot.
  • Practical understanding of fixed-wing and rotary-wing flight dynamics.
  • Extensive experience developing software for STM32 or similar microcontroller architectures and Linux hosted on Nvidia Jetson, AMD/Xilinx SoC, or Microblaze architectures.
  • Experience developing real-time embedded software, including hardware interfaces.
  • U.S. Person status is required to access U.S.-only data systems.
  • Preferred qualifications include a current or previous DoD security clearance, Part 107 remote pilot certification, EO/IR and radar sensor integration, VHDL and AMD/Xilinx FPGA development, Git, production software deployment, DevOps, DevSecOps, CI/CD, high-TRL lifecycle development, and HW/SW integration and verification.

Benefits

  • Medical, dental, and vision benefits fully paid by the company.
  • 401(k) with a 50% company match up to 6% of pay, FSA, HSA, life insurance, and other benefits.
  • Free daily lunch, no-meeting Fridays, unlimited PTO, and casual dress code.
  • Pre-IPO stock option grants, relocation assistance, and planned annual bonuses.
  • Full-time on-site work in Hawthorne, California.

Salary: $160k - $240k/yr

CHAOS Industries

CHAOS Industries is redefining modern defense with a multi-product portfolio powered by its proprietary Coherent Distributed Networks (CDN™). Tailored for warfighters, commercial air operators, and border protection teams, its systems enhance operational efficiency and responsiveness to evolving ...

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