Software & System Test Engineer (Lead, Automation & AI-Driven QA)

CHAOS Inc. is a global technology company delivering next-generation capabilities to the defense and critical industrial sectors. The company is seeking a Lead Software Test Engineer to build and lead their automated system testing capability. 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.

Requirements

• Establish and lead the automated software testing group within CHAOS
• Fully integrate Hardware-in-the-loop automated testing for production HW across multiple products
• 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
• Fully integrate into CI/CD pipelines 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

Benefits

• 100% paid medical, dental and vision benefits
• Additional benefits: life, FSA, HSA, 401k (+ Company match), and more
• Free daily lunch
• No meeting Fridays
• Unlimited PTO
• Casual dress code