Senior Principal Electrical Engineer

CHAOS Industries is redefining modern defense with a multi-product portfolio that gives the ultimate advantagedomain dominance. The companys 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 .

Role Overview:

CHAOS is seeking a Sr. Principal Electrical Engineer withexpertisein digital circuit design and signal integrity analysis to serve as a technical authority for high-reliability digital electronics used in aerospace and military applications. This role spans the full product lifecycle from early architecture and requirements shaping through detailed design analysis verification production support and fielded system sustainment.

The ideal candidate is a senior digital hardware technical authority with deep high-speed board design signal integrity and power integrityexpertise;a track recordof setting design direction across programs; and the ability to guide cross-disciplinary teams through ambiguous high-consequence hardware challenges.

This is a full-time on-site position in Hawthorne CA.

Responsibilities:

• Act as a technical authority for high-speed digital circuit design signal integrity and power integrity across multiple programs or product lines

• Lead design and review of complexPCBAsinvolving FPGAs processors memory devices data converters clocks high-speed serial interfaces and mixed-signal boundaries

• Lead digital hardware architecture trades and define design approaches that satisfy system performance schedule manufacturability reliability and qualification requirements

• Set standards procedures and review practices for digital board design stack-up definition layout constraints SI/PI analysis bring-up and verification

• Resolve complex cross-disciplinary technical issues involving digital hardware FPGA/software interfaces RF coexistence power distribution EMI/EMC thermal behavior and mechanical packaging

• Guide PCB layout strategy for controlled impedance length matching return paths grounding shielding decoupling power distribution networks and isolation of sensitive circuits

• Serve as the senior technical interface with customers vendors suppliers and internal program leadership for digital hardware topics

• Mentor engineers and coordinate technical activities across digital FPGA embedded software RF power mechanical manufacturing and test teams

• Serve as technical authority for hardware integration verification qualification testing production transition failure analysis and field support

MinimumRequirements:

• Bachelors degree in Electrical Engineeringwith 15 years of relevant engineering experience

• Demonstrated technical leadership of complex high-speed digital hardware

• Strong understanding of digital design fundamentals including timing clocking controlled impedance signal integrity power integrity grounding decoupling and return-path management

• Extensive experience with digital board design involving FPGAs processors memory devices high-speed data converters and board-level communication interfaces

• Experience setting PCB layout strategy and design review criteria for high-speed digital mixed-signal and high-reliability electronics

• Hands-on experience leading board bring-up system integration troubleshooting verification qualification production transition and failure analysis activities

• Demonstrated ability to set technical direction and lead engineers through ambiguous cross-disciplinary hardware challenges

• Ability to obtain andmaintaina U.S. security clearance

Preferred Requirements:

• Advanced Degree (MS or PhD) in Electrical Engineering Systems Engineering PhysicsMathematicsor related discipline

• Experience with Avionics platforms

• Experience usingAltium Designer

• Expertisewith signal integrity and/or power integrity analysis tools such asHyperLynxSigrity ADS AnsysSIwave or equivalent

• Experience with DDR PCIe Ethernet JESD204 SERDES LVDS or similar high-speed interfaces in high-reliability systems

• Familiarity with EMI/EMC mitigation techniques and aerospace standards such as RTCA/DO-160 MIL-STD-461 MIL-STD-810 and MIL-STD-1275

• Experienceestablishingdesign standards analysis templates qualification approaches or review processes for engineering teams

• Experience designing for manufacturability and leading transition from prototype hardware to production

Why CHAOS

• Health Benefits: Medical dental and vision benefits 100% paid for by the company
• Additional benefits: 401k ( 50% company match up to 6% of pay) FSA HSA life insurance and more
• Our Perks: Free daily lunch No meeting Fridays unlimited PTO casual dress code
• Compensation Components: Competitive base salaries generous pre-IPO stock option grants relocation assistance and (coming soon!) annual bonuses
• Team Growth: 250 employees and counting across 5 global offices

The stated compensation range reflects only the targeted base compensation range and excludes additional earnings such as bonus equity and benefits. If your compensation requirements fall outside of the range we still encourage you to apply. The salary range for this role is an estimate based on a range of compensation factors inclusive of base salary only. Actual salary offer may vary based on (but not limited to) work experience education and/or training critical skills and/or business considerations.

Recruiting Agencies: CHAOS Industries does not accept unsolicited resumes or outreach. Unsolicited submissions will not be reviewed or compensated.

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