Staff Electrical Engineer

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:  

CHAOS is seeking a Staff Electrical Engineer with deep expertise in combined power and analog board design to lead the development of high-reliability electronics for aerospace and military applications. This role spans the full product lifecycle, from requirements definition and architecture trades through detailed circuit design, analysis, layout guidance, board bring-up, verification, production support, and field testing of mission-critical systems.  

The ideal candidate is a hands-on power and analog board designer who can own complex mixed power, precision analog, sensing, filtering, and control circuit designs while coordinating technical details across RF, digital, embedded software, mechanical, manufacturing, and test teams.  

This is a full-time, on-site position in El Segundo, CA.  

Responsibilities:  

Power electronics and analog board design for aerospace and defense electronics, including board-level implementation, integration, and verification across one or more programs  

Support architecture trades and define design approaches for power distribution, DC/DC conversion, analog front ends, sensing, filtering, control, protection, and monitoring circuitry  

Schematic design and simulation for power electronics and analog circuits  

Resolve complex technical issues involving power, controls, EMI/EMC, and system integration with limited supervision  

Guide PCB layout execution for low-noise analog design, high-current power paths, grounding, shielding, creepage/clearance, thermal management, and isolation of sensitive circuits  

Perform design margin evaluation, derating, tolerance analysis, thermal assessment, and failure analysis for mission-critical hardware  

Support hardware integration, verification, qualification testing, production transition, failure analysis, and field support  

Minimum Requirements:  

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering with 8+ years of relevant engineering experience  

Experience designing complex power and analog electronics for aerospace, defense, avionics, radar, EW, communications, space systems, or other high-reliability systems  

Strong understanding of power electronics fundamentals, including DC/DC conversion, regulation, protection, sequencing, filtering, power distribution, thermal management, and design margin  

Strong understanding of analog circuit fundamentals, including low-noise design, grounding, shielding, signal conditioning, filtering, op amps, references, data converters, and sensor interfaces  

Experience with EMI/EMC mitigation and layout practices for mixed power, analog, digital, and RF board environments  

Hands-on experience supporting verification, qualification, production transition, failure analysis, and field support for high-reliability hardware  

Demonstrated ability to work independently on complex technical problems and coordinate with cross-disciplinary engineering teams  

Ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. security clearance  

Preferred Requirements:  

Advanced Degree (MS or PhD) in Electrical Engineering, Systems Engineering, Physics, Mathematics or related discipline  

Experience with Avionics platforms  

Experience with low- and high-voltage aerospace applications, incl …