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Design and implement guidance and navigation software for clean-sheet UAS airframes using autopilot frameworks. Integrate real-time embedded software, hardware interfaces, vendor drivers, and firmware across microcontrollers, Linux systems, and FPGA-based architectures. Support airframe design, flight-hardware integration, system testing, and verification. The role requires extensive professional software development experience, understanding of fixed- and rotary-wing flight dynamics, Agile development practices, and U.S. Person status. Work is fully onsite in Hawthorne, California.

Design and implement guidance and navigation software for clean-sheet airframe and UAS platforms. Integrate software with flight hardware, low-level drivers, sensors, microcontrollers, FPGAs, and Linux-based computing systems. Support airframe design, system integration, verification, and validation using Agile, CI, and test-driven development practices. This is a full-time onsite role in Hawthorne, California.

Design and implement guidance and navigation software for clean-sheet airframe designs and UAS platforms. Support airframe design, flight hardware integration, embedded real-time software, hardware interfaces, and vendor driver integration. The role requires expertise with autopilot frameworks, flight dynamics, microcontrollers, Linux systems, Agile development, and high-TRL system verification. This is a full-time, on-site position in Hawthorne, California, requiring U.S. Person status.

Develop and validate physics-based and performance-based radar and RF sensing models across analytical, signal-level, behavioral, and closed-loop simulations. Integrate radar algorithms, software, sensor and threat models into SIL, HITL, HWIL, real-time, and batch environments. Conduct design trades, Monte Carlo analysis, uncertainty studies, validation, test support, and performance characterization. Document model requirements, assumptions, interfaces, limitations, and verification evidence while collaborating across radar, RF, software, systems, and test engineering teams.

Develop and validate 3-DOF and 6-DOF missile flight and engagement simulations. Integrate models for vehicle dynamics, aerodynamics, propulsion, guidance, navigation, control, sensors, seekers, and environments into closed-loop, SIL, HITL, and real-time systems. Conduct trajectory and performance analysis, Monte Carlo studies, error budgeting, uncertainty analysis, and model correlation against test data. Support design trades, requirements verification, test planning, preflight prediction, postflight reconstruction, software development, and technical documentation.

Leads defense authorization and appropriations strategy, develops legislative and policy materials, builds bipartisan Congressional and agency relationships, tracks NDAA and appropriations cycles, represents the company before government and industry groups, and supports lobbying compliance, PAC strategy, and business growth.

Designs and implements complex FPGA architectures for next-generation radar and sensor products. Responsibilities include RTL development, simulation, place-and-route, timing analysis, hardware integration, software-system integration, and customer deployment support. The engineer will work with Verilog, SystemVerilog, AXI protocols, AMD Xilinx Vivado, SoC FPGAs, networking and serial protocols, and scripting tools. This is a full-time onsite role in Hawthorne, California, requiring U.S. Person status.

Design and implement complex FPGA and RTL solutions for next-generation radar and sensor products. Integrate FPGA designs with software systems, support full FPGA development lifecycles, and assist deployed capabilities for U.S. and international customers. The role requires Verilog/SystemVerilog, Vivado, SoC FPGAs, AXI protocols, networking and serial protocols, scripting, software-driver modification, and Agile collaboration. This is a full-time onsite position in Hawthorne, California.

Own top-of-funnel recruiting for high-priority engineering roles by mapping talent markets, identifying passive candidates, building pipelines, conducting personalized outreach, and analyzing sourcing metrics. Partner with recruiters and engineering hiring managers, represent the company and mission authentically, improve sourcing processes, use AI and recruiting tools, and deliver a strong candidate experience. The role requires at least three days onsite weekly in El Segundo, California.

Own forecasting, budgeting, variance analysis, headcount reconciliation, and reporting for assigned functional areas. Partner with leaders on spend, staffing, vendor decisions, and resource tradeoffs; translate financial and operational data into recommendations; maintain recurring analyses and dashboards; improve reporting workflows; and support annual plans, leadership communications, board materials, and investor reporting.