About this role
Principal Systems Engineer, Algorithm Development
Hawthorne, California, United States
CHAOS Inc. is a global technology company delivering next-generation capabilities to the defense and critical industrial sectors. Founded in 2022 by a seasoned leadership team, CHAOS has quickly become the place where world-class multi-disciplinary engineers come to build mission-critical technologies. CHAOS has a mission-focused culture, dedicated to solving the toughest technical challenges. Its unique agile engineering approach enables rapid prototyping, while deep partnerships with defense and industry ensure real-world solutions.
Role Overview:
- Support the Systems Engineering design and development of cutting-edge radar capabilities
Responsibilities:
- Design and develop advanced radar signal processing algorithms for target detection, tracking, and classification
- Optimize algorithms for real-time performance and resource constraints
- Implement algorithms in software (e.g., C++, Python, MATLAB) and/or hardware (e.g., FPGAs, DSPs)
- Analyze radar data to evaluate system performance and identify areas for improvement
- Develop and maintain system simulations and models to support algorithm development and performance evaluation.
- Design and development of radar modes
- Contribute to the development of system requirements and specifications
- Modeling and Simulation of radar systems and sub-systems as well as the signal processing chain
- Participate in field tests and data collection activities
- Document and present technical findings and progress to the team and stakeholders
- Work full-time onsite at our office in Hawthorne, CA
Minimum qualifications :
- Bachelors degree in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics) or another related field or equivalent work experience
- 5-10 years of radar systems development experience
- Understanding of radar systems and modes
- Familiarity with programming languages like Python or MATLAB
- Systems Engineering experience with RF (Radio Frequency) Systems
- Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills
- Ability to work independently and as part of a multidisciplinary team
Preferred qualifications:
- Graduate degree in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics) or another related field or equivalent work experience
- Strong understanding of radar principles, signal processing techniques, and algorithms
- Expertise with radar waveform design, matched filtering, doppler processing, and clutter rejection techniques
- Expertise in digital signal processing (e.g. modulation, filtering, and detection)
- Expertise in algorithm development
- Expertise in data analysis
- Strong foundation in both sides of the Systems Engineering V
- Experience with C++
Why CHAOS?
- Health Benefits: Your medical, dental and vision benefits will be 100% paid for by the company
- Additional benefits : life, FSA, HSA, 401k (+ Company match), and more
- Our Perks: free daily lunch, No meeting Fridays, unlimited PTO (for exempt employees), casual dress code
- Compensation Components: competitive base salaries, generous pre-IPO stock option grants, relocation assistance + (coming soon!) annual bonuses
- Company Size: 85 employees and counting!
- More About Us: We're building the next generation of aerospace, defense and critical industry technologies with a seasoned team of mission-focused individuals. We were founded in June 2022 and our goal is to become the platform where world-class engineers come to solve critical, real-world problems. We use agile engineering approaches which enable rapid prototyping, deep partnerships with the defense industry ensuring real-world application, and our newly-invented Coherence platform (through which weve made a fundamental breakthrough) improves sensor performance and decision-making in real-time. As of September 2024 we have raised ~$240M with 8VC and Accel as leading investors. With a managing team that includes Epirus founding members (responsible for building a $1.5B company from scratch) + key drivers from Palantir (instrumental in Palantirs growth to $1B in revenue), we are well-positioned to become one of the fastest growing companies to date!
Salary range: $110,000 - $240,000