Staff Hardware Systems Engineer

The role

You will lead the technical development of next-generation defense systems from concept through field deployment. You will translate mission needs and product strategy into system architectures and integrated hardware solutions.

What you will do

• Support a small cross-functional hardware development team
• Support hardware systems engineering from early product definition through lifecycle support
• Define system architectures and allocate functionality across subsystems
• Define and coordinate internal and external interfaces
• Support system-level trade studies
• Make timely technical decisions under ambiguity
• Develop new product concepts and support proposals and technology demonstrations
• Identify technical risks early and drive practical mitigation strategies
• Support technical reviews including SRR, PDR, CDR, TRR
• Collaborate with manufacturing, suppliers, and test teams

Required qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in engineering or related field
• 8+ years of relevant engineering experience
• Background in space systems, missile systems, avionics, radar, EW, or defense electronics
• Strong understanding of system architecture, interface definition, and engineering tradeoffs
• Proven technical leadership within multidisciplinary engineering teams delivering complex hardware products
• Experience performing system architecture trade studies and allocating system and hardware requirements
• Strong attention to detail and execution
• Ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. security clearance

Nice to have

• Master's degree in an engineering or business discipline
• Experience interpreting and applying military specifications and standards
• Experience writing technical proposals
• Experience designing for manufacturability and production transition
• Experience with prototype integration and customer demonstrations
• Hands-on experience developing, integrating, and troubleshooting complex hardware systems
• Requirements management or MBSE tools (DOORS, Jama, Cameo, MagicDraw, SysML)

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
• No meeting Fridays
• unlimited PTO
• casual dress code
• pre-IPO stock option grants
• relocation assistance

Before you apply

• Ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. security clearance
• 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 power products for warfighters, commercial air operators, and border protection teams. The company is headquartered in Los Angeles.