CHAOS Industries

Defense

FlightControls&GuidanceSoftwareEngineer

$160–240k Los Angeles, California, United States FULL TIME
The Brief

“Flight Controls & Guidance Software Engineer at CHAOS Industries. Skills: Guidance software, Embedded software, Real-time systems, Flight controls. Implement guidance and navigation software. Support airframe design activities”

Industry & Context.

Defense
Eligibility Requirements

U. S. Person status required, Access to U. S.-only data system

What They're Looking For.

Must Have

Bachelor’s or higher Degree, 10+ years of experience, design and implementation of guidance algorithms, flight dynamics of fixed wing, flight dynamics of rotary wing platforms, software development on microcontroller architectures, Linux hosted on Nvidia Jetson, Linux hosted on AMD/Xilinx SoC, Linux hosted on Microblaze architectures, developing real-time embedded software, integration of vendor provided drivers, integration of vendor provided firmware, Agile lifecycle processes, Scrum, Continuous Integration, Test-Driven Development Methodologies, U. S. Person status

Nice to Have

Current or previous DoD security clearance, Part 107 remote pilot certification, EO/IR sensor integration, radar sensor integration, firmware development using VHDL, embedded software development flow on AMD/Xilinx FPGAs, production-level SW development & deployment, DevOps, DevSecOps, Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery (CI/CD), full lifecycle SW development of high-TRL systems, HW/SW I&T and V&V of high-TRL systems

What You'll Do.

Implement guidance and navigation software

Support airframe design activities

Support system integration of software on flight hardware

How You'll Work.

Team & Collaboration

Small teams

Process & Methodology

Agile, Scrum, Continuous Integration, Test-Driven Development

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