# Senior RF 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: $160K to $220K base salary per year (USD)
- Posted: 2026-09-25
- Apply by: 2026-11-09
- Apply: https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/chaosindustries/jobs/5247441007
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/chaos-senior-rf-engineer/

## About the role

CHAOS is seeking a Senior RF Engineer to support the design, analysis, integration, and verification of high-reliability RF and microwave electronics for aerospace and defense applications. This role works as part of a cross-functional, agile development team and spans the full product lifecycle, from early architecture and component trade studies through detailed design, testing, production support, and post-production sustainment of mission-critical systems.

## What they're looking for

- Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering with 7+ years of progressively responsible RF engineering experience, or a Masters with 5+ years, or a PhD with 2+ years of relevant experience
- Experience developing RF hardware for aerospace, defense, avionics, radar, EW, communications, or space systems
- Strong understanding of RF fundamentals and how they add to system-level performance, including gain, noise figure, linearity, phase noise, stability, and impedance matching
- Hands-on experience with RF test equipment (e.g., VNAs, spectrum analyzers, signal generators, power meters)
- Demonstrated ability to analyze, troubleshoot, and resolve complex RF circuit performance issues
- Strong attention to detail and ability to operate effectively in fast-paced, development-focused environments

Tags: Engineering