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Technical Operations Team Lead

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

As Technical Operations Team Lead, you will manage, mentor, and develop a team of Technical Operations Engineers while remaining hands-on in the field. You will help scale how the mission team deploys by building the SOPs, support practices, and technical standards that make deployments repeatable.

What they're looking for

  • Experience building a team or function from an early stage — defining processes and scaling operations
  • Background in defense, aerospace, or other mission-critical environments, experience working directly with military or government operational users
  • Understanding of RF systems, SDRs, or radar technologies
  • Familiarity with telemetry, data integration, or IoT-style architectures, and with cloud and edge computing environments (Docker, Azure, AWS, etc.)
  • Active US security clearance, or eligibility to obtain one
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 .

Role Overview

Technical Operations at CHAOS sits at the intersection of technology and real-world mission environments — integrating hardware and software, diagnosing complex system issues, and ensuring CHAOS systems operate flawlessly in the field.

As Technical Operations Team Lead, you will manage, mentor, and develop a team of Technical Operations Engineers while remaining hands-on in the field. You will help scale how the mission team deploys by building the SOPs, support practices, and technical...

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