Chief of Staff, Manufacturing

The role

The Chief of Staff, Manufacturing will drive strategic initiatives and solve complex operational challenges to scale production of advanced defense systems. You will work with Manufacturing Leadership, Supply Chain, Engineering, Quality, Finance, and Program Management to improve throughput and operational performance.

What you will do

• Establish and run the manufacturing operating rhythm
• Own cross-functional work that does not yet have a clear home
• Identify bottlenecks and run root-cause analyses
• Build executive-level analyses, business cases, and decision-support materials
• Develop the metrics backbone for throughput, quality, labor, capacity, and on-time delivery
• Support capacity planning, facility expansion, and production ramp efforts
• Lead special, high-priority initiatives on behalf of manufacturing leadership

Required qualifications

• Bachelor's degree
• 7+ years of experience spanning both a strategy/consulting environment and an operating role
• Experience leading complex, cross-functional initiatives from problem definition through implementation
• Strong analytical and structured problem-solving capabilities
• Experience developing executive-level presentations, analyses, and recommendations
• Demonstrated ability to operate independently in fast-paced, ambiguous environments
• Proven ability to drive outcomes through influence rather than positional authority
• Strong communication, stakeholder management, and project leadership skills
• U.S. citizenship is required
• Ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) Secret security clearance

Nice to have

• Experience at a top-tier consulting firm such as McKinsey, Bain, BCG, Deloitte, Oliver Wyman, LEK, or Accenture Strategy
• Experience supporting manufacturing, industrial, supply chain, aerospace, defense, or other operationally intensive organizations
• Experience leading operational excellence, business transformation, production scaling, or organizational effectiveness initiatives
• Familiarity with manufacturing operations, production systems, supply chain management, or industrial engineering principles
• Experience working directly with senior executives and leadership teams
• Active U.S. Department of Defense Secret or Top Secret security clearance

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision benefits 100% paid for by the company
• 401k with 50% company match up to 6% of pay
• FSA
• HSA
• life insurance
• Free daily lunch
• No meeting Fridays
• unlimited PTO
• casual dress code
• pre-IPO stock option grants
• relocation assistance

Before you apply

• U.S. citizenship is required
• Requires a U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) Secret security clearance—current, or the ability to obtain and maintain one

About the company

CHAOS Industries is a modern defense company with a multi-product portfolio powered by Coherent Distributed Networks (CDN™). Founded in 2022, the company is headquartered in Los Angeles.