Software & System Test Engineer, CHAOS Industries
Lead, Automation & AI-Driven QA
$145-250k
+ Stock Option Grants + Annual Bonuses
Office located in Hawthorne, CA
Next-gen defense & critical industry technologies
Be an early applicant
Next-gen defense & critical industry technologies
21-100 employees
Be an early applicant
$145-250k
+ Stock Option Grants + Annual Bonuses
Office located in Hawthorne, CA
21-100 employees
Company mission
To build technology for the next century.
Role
Who you are
- 5+ years of experience in software QA, automated testing, or related software engineering roles
- Strong experience with Python and modern automated testing frameworks (pytest, robot framework, Playwright, or similar)
- Experience integrating tests into CI/CD environments and measuring code coverage
- Familiarity with Dockerized or cloud-deployed software (Azure experience preferred)
- Experience with AI-native development tools applied to automated test (GitHub Copilot, OpenAI APIs, Claude Code, or similar)
- Experience building automated test frameworks for data pipelines, Hardware-in-the-loop system testing, and/or or real-time systems
- Demonstrated ability to work cross-functionally with systems and software teams
Desirable
- Familiarity with defense-related sensing domains such as radar, RF/IQ data processing, and/or sensor fusion
- Understanding of performance testing, fault injection, and simulation-based testing (HIL/SIL)
- Proficiency with Git and agile development practices
- Experience designing workflows for large-scale regression, fuzz, or stress testing
What the job involves
- CHAOS is seeking a Lead Software Test Engineer to build and lead our automated system testing capability
- This is a foundational role - an opportunity to define strategy and hands-on implement system & software testing across CHAOS’s cutting-edge sensing systems
- You will collaborate closely with systems engineering and software engineering teams to create a robust automated test & validation pipeline that’s integrated into our CI/CD and release process
- You’ll build tools, implement automated system tests, and develop rich reporting & analytics to ensure CHAOS's products meet the critical needs and requirements of our customers
- The ideal candidate is a problem solver and innovator, fluent in both software quality and AI-assisted test & development, who will shape how CHAOS validates the next generation of defense technologies
- Establish and lead the automated software testing group within CHAOS, working with a distributed set of teams across multiple products
- Fully integrate Hardware-in-the-loop automated testing for production HW across multiple products and variants
- Collaborate with systems and software engineers to validate system-level and mission-level functionality
- Design, develop, and maintain end-to-end test frameworks for SW & FW Development (e.g. Python, CUDA, Typescript, and FPGA code)
- Fully integrate into CI/CD pipelines (Bitbucket, Jenkins, Azure) for continuous test execution and analysis
- Support development and V&V for system test automation
- Build automated reporting and coverage dashboards, including AI-driven summarization of test incidents and anomalies
- Leverage AI to build and apply a suite of radar domain-specific automated test and validation capabilities
- Develop AI-native workflows using code copilots, LLMs, and reasoning models for intelligent automated system test
- Mentor junior engineers as the test organization scales
- Work on-site at our office in Hawthorne, CA
Our take
In the modern world, defence industries must meet ever-evolving threats through new technologies, meaning that forward-thinking is the crux of battling sophisticated threats. CHAOS Industries consists of engineers and researchers building the next generation of defence and critical industry technologies.
Its products to date include the CHAOS Coherent Distributed Network, a time synchronicity platform, and HYDRA that facilitates land, sea and air-based detection and communications. Easy to integrate into existing defence systems, HYDRA can be deployed into challenging warfare environments - providing unique solutions for US defence industries.
In the face of a highly complex threat landscape, it’s unsurprising that CHAOS has received considerable funding. This will support the company’s commercial growth and product development. It’s also hired a former congressman and ex-CIA veteran as its Chief Strategy Officer, exemplifying its alignment with key defence sectors in the US.
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Company benefits
- Medical, dental and vision benefits will be 100% paid for by the company
- Life, FSA, HSA, 401k (+ Company match), and more
- Free daily lunch, ‘No meeting Fridays’, unlimited PTO (for exempt employees), casual dress code
- Generous pre-IPO stock option grants, relocation assistance + (coming soon!) annual bonuses
Company HQ
Little Tokyo, Los Angeles, CA
Leadership
Bo Marr
(Co-Founder & CTO)Previously on the Board of Directors at Epirus, Technical Director at Raytheon and studied a PhD at the Georgia Institute of Technology.
Brett Cummings
(Co-Founder & CFO)Is also an Advisor at Next Play Capital. Previously a CFO at United Cities North America, Senior Advisor at Formation 8 and 8VC.
John T.
(Co-Founder & CEO)Also Co-Founder at Epirus. Previously Partner at 8VC, Principal at Valar Ventures and an Associate at Allen & Company.
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