Chaos Industries
Software Engineer, Sensing Systems
$154K–$211K
El Segundo, California, United States +1 · Full-time · Posted Oct 29, 2026
- Location
- El Segundo, California, United States
Los Angeles, California, United States - Experience
- 3+ years of professional software engineering.
- Education
- A degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Physics or a related field, or equivalent experience.
- Visa sponsorship
- U.S. Person status is required; must be able to obtain and maintain a U.S. security clearance.
About the job
Build and field-test software that integrates electro-optical sensors and other sensors, from simulation through autonomous tests on real hardware.
What you'll do
- Develop generic sensor software, multi-sensor interfaces, and deployment and monitoring tools for edge hardware.
- Build test harnesses and workflows spanning simulation, hardware-in-the-loop, and end-to-end field testing.
- Improve simulation and replay, and support live field testing, debugging, and fixes.
What they ask for
- Strong Python; able to build services and tools used by other engineers.
- Comfort with Linux, Docker, networking, and CI.
- Professional software engineering experience owning a production system end to end.
- Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Physics, or a related field, or equivalent experience; physical-systems grounding and ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. security clearance.
Nice to have
- Experience with cameras, EO/IR sensors, radar, video pipelines, embedded Linux, NVIDIA Jetson, or GPU/CUDA work.
- Experience with hardware-in-the-loop testing, simulation, AI agent harnesses, C++ or TypeScript, or defense/aerospace.
Pay
$154,000 - $211,000 USD (base salary)
Tools
Python, Linux, Docker, CI, Cursor, Claude Code, GStreamer, DeepStream
AI focus
Use AI coding tools and build test harnesses and workflow graphs that use AI where trusted; no applied machine learning or model training.
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