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Salary: USD 140,000 - 280,000 / annual
CHAOS Industries is a defense technology company founded in 2022 and backed by $1 billion in funding from top-tier investors including 8VC, Accel, and Valor Equity Partners. The company develops advanced radar and distributed network capabilities for warfighters, commercial air operators, and border protection teams, powered by their proprietary Coherent Distributed Networks (CDN™) technology.
You will join the Systems Engineering team to design and develop cutting-edge radar capabilities. This is a hands-on technical role with significant autonomy and leadership responsibility. You will lead the development of new radar capabilities with minimal guidance, design advanced radar signal processing algorithms for target detection, tracking, and classification, and optimize algorithms for real-time performance under resource constraints.
Key responsibilities include:
- Design and develop radar signal processing algorithms and radar modes
- Implement algorithms in software (C++, Python, MATLAB) and/or hardware (FPGAs, DSPs)
- Analyze radar data to evaluate system performance and identify improvements
- Develop and maintain system simulations and models for algorithm development and performance evaluation
- Contribute to system requirements and specifications
- Model and simulate radar systems, sub-systems, and signal processing chains
- Plan and lead field tests and data collection activities
- Document and present technical findings to leadership
- Mentor and guide junior engineers
You will work full-time onsite at the Hawthorne, CA office. CHAOS has 350+ employees across offices in Los Angeles, Washington D.C., San Francisco, San Diego, Seattle, and London.
**Requirements:**
- Bachelor's degree in STEM or related field (or equivalent work experience)
- Deep understanding of radar systems and modes
- Strong understanding of radar principles, signal processing techniques, and algorithms
- Strong familiarity with Python or MATLAB
- Systems Engineering experience with RF (Radio Frequency) systems
- Expertise in digital signal processing (modulation, filtering, detection)
- Expertise in algorithm development and data analysis
- Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills
- Ability to work independently and as part of multidisciplinary teams
**Preferred qualifications:**
- Graduate degree in STEM or related field
- Expertise with radar waveform design, matched filtering, Doppler processing, and clutter rejection techniques
- Strong foundation in Systems Engineering V-model
- Experience with C++
