Forward Deployed Engineer - Software

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: 
The Field Engineering Team is seeking an experienced engineer to join our team in the development and customer delivery of cutting-edge RF systems.  With a deep understanding of our engineering, technology, and customers' missions, this individual will help develop and implement our products with customers.  This position offers an exciting opportunity to contribute to the design, development, and deployment of innovative RF capabilities, with a focus on enhancing systems, sensors, and platforms for national security applications including UAS (Unmanned Aerial Systems) surveillance systems and integrated air and missile defense. Ability to solve complex technical problems and contribute to rapid prototyping efforts is expected. 
 

Responsibilities: 

Own customer success outcomes by: 

• delivering and implementing new radar products to customers in the field 
• embedding with customers at customer sites: 
  • integrating data from Chaos into customer systems 
  • collecting workflow and product requirements 
  • testing, implementing, and troubleshooting products in the field 
  • training customers on product usage 
  • preparing to pass feedback to engineering teams 
• working with product engineering teams to help prioritize important customer features, address performance improvements, and speed delivery 
• traveling up to 50% domestically and internationally in pursuit of above goals  

Minimum Requirements: 

• Proficiency in programming languages, software deployment, and network connectivity; preferred practical professional experience working with Python, wireless networks, network protocols/services, and CI/CD implementation 
• Experience deploying to the field to work with customer data systems integrating data 
• An existing or qualification for a United States security clearance 

Preferred Requirements: 

• Previous or existing commercial or military experience working with radar, air defense, special forces, and/or electronic warfare systems 
• Strong engineering background or degree, preferred in fields such as Physics, Mathematics, RF/Signals Engineering, Systems Engineering, Telecommunications Engineering, or Electrical Engineering 

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: 100 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!

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.

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