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Senior Modeling & Simulation Engineer, Ops Analysis

CHAOS Industries
Hawthorne, CA Full Time
POSTED ON 3/24/2025
AVAILABLE BEFORE 4/30/2025
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

CHAOS is seeking a highly-skilled and motivated Senior Modeling & Simulation / Ops analysis Engineer to join our team supporting our R&D and mission engineering initially focusing on our next-generation C2, sensors and effects. This is a highly collaborative role which will allow you to work on multiple capabilities within our product offerings. As a member of our engineering team, you also have the opportunity to expand your skillset across our product families.

Responsibilities

  • Design, implement, and perform Ops Analysis / Mission Engineering for our next-generation C2, sensor, and effector systems
  • Integrate COTS and GOTS SW solutions with our SW and simulations
  • Develop tactically relevant scenarios for our current and potential customers working with business development and engineering
  • Develop and report Measures of Effectiveness (MOEs) and Measures of Performance (MOPs) for our systems
  • Visualization of our systems using COTS, GOTS, and internal tools
  • Work full-time on-site in our office in Los Angeles (Hawthorne), California

Minimum Requirements

  • Bachelor’s or higher Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related degree
  • 10 years of professional applied experience in Defense
  • Experience with COTS (e.g. MAK VR-Forces) and/or GOTS (e.g. AFSIM) Modeling & Simulation tools
  • Experience with modeling & simulation standards (DIS, HLA, and/or TENA)
  • Experience implementing and performing analysis on tactical scenarios
  • Experience with Agile lifecycle processes including Scrum, Continuous Integration, and Test-Driven Development Methodologies
  • Ability to work with minimal supervision and collaborate on small teams
  • U.S. Person status is required as this position will require the ability to access U.S.-only data systems

Preferred Requirements

  • Current or previous DoD security clearance
  • Experience with Ground or Airborne Sensors (Radars, EO/IR, EW, etc.)
  • Experience with Command & Control (C2) systems
  • Experience with 2D and 3D Visualization ideally in defense use cases (e.g. SIMDIS)
  • Experience with DoD & related System/SW Architectures and messaging standards (e.g. OMS, SOSA, Link-16, etc)
  • Experience with git
  • Experience with Containers (e.g. Docker, Podman, etc.)
  • Experience with SW languages such as Python, C , Rust, NodeJS, Java, Go, etc.

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 we’ve 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 Palantir’s growth to $1B in revenue), we are well-positioned to become one of the fastest growing companies to date!

Salary Range: $140,000 - $220,000

The stated compensation range reflects only the targeted base compensation range and excludes additional earnings such as bonus, equity, and benefits. If your compensation requirements fall outside of the range, we still encourage you to apply. The salary range for this role is an estimate based on a range of compensation factors, inclusive of base salary only. Actual salary offer may vary based on (but not limited to) work experience, education and/or training, critical skills, and/or business considerations.

Salary : $140,000 - $220,000

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