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Salary: USD 167,000 - 230,000 / annual
CHAOS Industries is seeking a Staff Electrical Engineer to lead the design and integration of high-reliability digital electronics for aerospace and military applications. The role spans the full product lifecycle, from requirements definition and architecture trades through schematic design, layout guidance, analysis, board bring-up, verification, production support, and field testing of mission-critical systems.
Key Responsibilities:
- Lead design of high-speed digital circuit cards and subsystems in accordance with customer requirements, applicable aerospace and military standards, and internal design practices
- Design PCBAs involving FPGAs, processors, memory devices, data converters, clocks, high-speed serial interfaces, and mixed-signal boundaries
- Contribute to digital hardware architectures, detailed schematics, stack-up recommendations, routing constraints, and design analyses for mission-critical electronics
- Perform signal integrity and power integrity analysis for high-speed interfaces, memory buses, clocks, power distribution networks, and mixed-signal board environments
- Define PCB layout constraints for controlled impedance, length matching, return paths, grounding, shielding, decoupling, and isolation of sensitive circuits
- Collaborate with FPGA, embedded software, RF, power, mechanical, manufacturing, and test engineers to ensure digital hardware integrates cleanly within larger systems
- Plan and support board bring-up, integration, troubleshooting, verification, qualification testing, and production transition activities
- Generate and maintain schematics, analysis reports, design documentation, BOMs, interface documentation, and test plans
- Serve as a technical interface with vendors, suppliers, and customers for digital hardware matters
The ideal candidate is a digital circuit designer with strong hands-on board design experience, practical signal integrity and power integrity judgment, and the ability to coordinate complex technical tasks across multiple engineering disciplines with minimal supervision. This is a full-time, on-site position in El Segundo, CA.
COMPANY CONTEXT:
CHAOS Industries was founded in 2022 and has raised $1 billion in funding from leading investors including 8VC, Accel, and Valor Equity Partners. The company redefines modern defense with a multi-product portfolio powered by Coherent Distributed Networks (CDN™), empowering warfighters, commercial air operators, and border protection teams. Headquartered in Los Angeles with offices in Washington D.C., San Francisco, San Diego, Seattle, and London. Currently 250+ employees across 5 global offices.
REQUIREMENTS:
- 10+ years of experience in digital circuit design and PCB design for high-reliability applications
- Demonstrated expertise in signal integrity and power integrity analysis
- Proficiency with schematic capture and PCB layout tools (Altium, Cadence, or equivalent)
- Strong knowledge of high-speed digital interfaces (DDR, PCIe, Ethernet, LVDS, etc.)
- Experience with FPGA integration and embedded processor design
- Familiarity with EMI/EMC mitigation techniques and aerospace standards such as RTCA/DO-160, MIL-STD-461, MIL-STD-810, and MIL-STD-1275
- Experience performing design margin analysis, derating analysis, tolerance analysis, or worst-case circuit analysis
- Experience designing for manufacturability and transition to production
- Ability to work with minimal supervision and coordinate across multiple technical disciplines
- Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or equivalent professional experience
