# Chief Engineer, Electronic Warfare Payload at Chaos

- Company: Chaos
- What the company does: CHAOS Industries builds a multi-product portfolio powered by Coherent Distributed Networks (CDN TM), giving military, commercial, and border teams the ultimate advantage: domain dominance. Backed by Accel and NEA.
- Company website: https://chaosinc.com/
- Type: Startups (AI role)
- Level: Principal and up
- Location: El Segundo, California, United States
- Work setup: On-site
- Pay: $220K to $300K base salary per year (USD)
- Posted: 2026-10-07
- Apply by: 2026-11-21
- Apply: https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/chaosindustries/jobs/5260690007?utm_source=1752vc&utm_medium=careers
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/chaos-chief-engineer-electronic-warfare-payload/

## About the role

CHAOS is seeking a Chief Engineer to own the technical direction of our electronic warfare (EW) payload, from concept and architecture through qualification, platform integration, field test, and production transition. You will lead a multidisciplinary team and be the senior technical authority across RF hardware, digital signal processing, firmware and software, and systems integration. This is a build-and-field environment where you will be accountable for getting real hardware operating in realistic conditions. Found on 1752vc Careers, the job board for startup and VC roles.

## What they're looking for

- Bachelor's degree in Aerospace, Mechanical, Systems, or Electrical Engineering, or a related field
- 15+ years of experience developing EW, radar, or RF sensing and signal processing systems, including technical leadership of a program or major subsystem
- Detailed understanding of EMSO, adversary system operation, EM countermeasure and CCM techniques and their implementation
- Hands on experience with EW technique verification, validation, field and operational testing
- Demonstrated experience taking a high TRL RF system through full lifecycle development, including field or flight test
- Strong command of RF systems engineering, digital signal processing, and DoD standards for safety, environments, and test

Tags: Engineering

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