Senior Embedded Flight Software Engineer

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Senior Embedded Flight Software Engineer in USA

CHAOS Industries
Full time
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USA
10/06/2026
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El Segundo, CA

Responsibilities

Implement guidance and navigation software within commercial off-the-shelf software frameworks.
Design guidance software for a clean-sheet airframe.
Support airframe design activities.
Integrate software with flight hardware and support system integration.
Develop real-time embedded software with hardware interfaces.
Integrate vendor-provided low-level drivers and firmware.
Collaborate with small engineering teams and work with minimal supervision.

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 autopilot frameworks such as ArduPilot.
Practical understanding of fixed-wing and rotary-wing flight dynamics.
Extensive experience developing software for STM32 or similar microcontrollers and Linux hosted on Nvidia Jetson, AMD/Xilinx SoC, or MicroBlaze architectures.
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 experience, VHDL and AMD/Xilinx FPGA experience, Git experience, production-level software development and deployment, high-TRL system lifecycle experience, and hardware/software integration, test, and verification experience.

Benefits

Medical, dental, and vision benefits fully paid by the company.
401(k) with a 50% company match on up to 6% of pay, plus FSA, HSA, and life insurance.
Free daily lunch, fully stocked kitchen, unlimited PTO, and casual dress code.
Relocation assistance and pre-IPO stock option grants.
Full-time, on-site work in Hawthorne, Los Angeles, 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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