Chief Engineer, Electronic Warfare Payload

The role

The Chief Engineer will own the technical direction of the electronic warfare payload from concept through production transition. You will lead a multidisciplinary team and serve as the senior technical authority for RF hardware, digital signal processing, firmware, software, and systems integration.

What you will do

• Serve as the senior technical authority for EW payload architecture, requirements, and design decisions
• Lead system-level trade studies, technical risk management, and design reviews
• Direct integration of antenna, RF front-end, digital processing, power, thermal, and mechanical subsystems into host platforms
• Own system verification and validation, including test planning, anechoic chamber and range testing, and field test readiness
• Provide technical leadership across RF, hardware, firmware, software, and systems teams, and mentor senior engineers
• Partner with program management, manufacturing, and customers to translate mission needs into executable technical plans
• Drive configuration control and the transition from prototype to production and fielding

Required qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Aerospace, Mechanical, Systems, or Electrical Engineering, or a related field
• 15+ years of experience developing EW, radar, or RF sensing and signal processing systems, including technical leadership of a program or major subsystem
• Detailed understanding of EMSO, adversary system operation, EM countermeasure and CCM techniques and their implementation
• Hands on experience with EW technique verification, validation, field and operational testing
• Demonstrated experience taking a high TRL RF system through full lifecycle development, including field or flight test
• Strong command of RF systems engineering, digital signal processing, and DoD standards for safety, environments, and test
• Current or recent DoD SECRET clearance

Nice to have

• Master's degree or higher
• Current or recent DoD TOP SECRET security clearance; eligibility for SAP and/or SCI indoc.
• Prior role as Chief Engineer, Lead Systems Engineer, or Technical Director on a fielded EW or radar program
• Experience with SDR, FPGA-based signal processing, and RF/digital co-design
• Experience with airborne small form-factor EW subsystem development for tactical aircraft and/or missile application
• Experience with a prime integrator or in a fast-moving defense startup

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision benefits 100% paid for by the company
• 401k (+ 50% company match up to 6% of pay)
• FSA
• HSA
• life insurance
• Free daily lunch while you're working onsite
• fully-stocked kitchen
• unlimited PTO
• casual dress code
• pre-IPO stock option grants
• relocation assistance
• annual bonuses (coming soon)

Before you apply

• CHAOS Industries does not accept unsolicited resumes or outreach

About the company

CHAOS Industries is a defense company founded in 2022 that uses Coherent Distributed Networks (CDN™) to empower warfighters and commercial operators. The company is headquartered in Los Angeles with global offices.