# Senior Mechanical Engineer 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: Senior
- Location: El Segundo, California, United States
- Work setup: On-site
- Pay: $140K to $176K base salary per year (USD)
- Posted: 2026-10-20
- Apply by: 2026-12-04
- Apply: https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/chaosindustries/jobs/5270400007?utm_source=1752vc&utm_medium=careers
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/chaos-senior-mechanical-engineer-2/

## About the role

CHAOS is seeking a Senior Mechanical Engineer to support the hands-on design, development, packaging, integration, and qualification of ruggedized sensor systems, avionics, electronic hardware, and related mission-critical systems for dual-use aerospace and defense applications. The ideal candidate brings strong mechanical design and CAD expertise, experience with complex assemblies and integrated systems, and demonstrated prototyping, analysis, and problem-solving skills. Found on 1752vc Careers, the job board for startup and VC roles.

## What they're looking for

- Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering or a related discipline
- 4+ years of relevant experience in mechanical design and integration of electronic hardware for aerospace, defense, or similar applications
- Strong proficiency with mechanical CAD tools, such as SolidWorks or equivalent, including complex parts and assemblies
- Experience producing and reviewing production-ready mechanical drawings and documentation
- Understanding of mechanical interfaces, tolerancing, alignment, installation practices, GD&T, tolerance analysis, and configuration-controlled documentation
- Experience designing or integrating mechanical hardware for RF, avionics, power electronics, embedded computing, or similar products

Tags: Engineering

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