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Director, Electrical Engineering

Chaos · El Segundo, California, United States · On-site

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About Chaos

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.

About the role

CHAOS is seeking a Director of Electrical Engineering to build and lead the electrical engineering organization responsible for power, analog, mixed-signal, and digital electronics across RF sensors and avionics systems. You will lead the development of mission-critical hardware from concept and architecture through qualification, production, field deployment, and sustainment.

What they're looking for

  • Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering with 15+ years of relevant engineering experience
  • Experience leading and developing engineering teams responsible for complex, high-reliability electronics
  • Background developing electronics for aerospace, defense, radar, electronic warfare, missile, space, or similarly demanding applications
  • Deep expertise in at least one electrical engineering discipline, with sufficient breadth to lead high-speed digital, analog and mixed-signal, and power electronics development
  • Experience developing complex electronic systems incorporating technologies such as FPGAs, processors, memory, data converters, high-speed interfaces, power conversion, and analog signal chains
  • Strong knowledge of PCB design, component selection, signal and power integrity, grounding, EMI/EMC, derating, and design for manufacturability
More about this role

CHAOS Industries is redefining modern defense with a multi-product portfolio that gives the ultimate advantage—domain dominance. The company's products are powered by Coherent Distributed Networks (CDN™), empowering warfighters, commercial air operators, and border protection teams to act faster, adapt rapidly, and stay ahead of evolving threats.

CHAOS Industries was founded in 2022 and has raised a total of $1 billion in funding from leading investors, including 8VC, Accel, and Valor Equity Partners. The company is headquartered in Los Angeles, with offices in Washington, D.C., San Francisco, San Diego, Seattle, and London. For more information, please visit www.chaosinc.com .

CHAOS is seeking a Director of Electrical Engineering to build and lead the electrical engineering organization responsible for power, analog, mixed-signal, and digital electronics across RF sensors and avionics systems. You will lead the development of mission-critical hardware from concept and architecture through qualification, production, field deployment, and sustainment.

The ideal candidate combines deep technical expertise in at least one electrical engineering discipline with sufficient breadth to...

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