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Salary: USD 184,000 - 231,000 / annual
CHAOS Industries is seeking a Staff Engineering Laboratory Manager to own the day-to-day operation, readiness, security, and continuous improvement of the company's engineering laboratories. These laboratories support the development, integration, verification, and fielding of advanced aerospace and defense systems, including RF sensors, electronics, mechanical systems, effectors, and ruggedized hardware.
You will manage both classified and unclassified laboratory environments and serve as the central point of coordination among engineering teams, facilities, IT, security, safety, suppliers, and outside service providers. Key responsibilities include:
• Own daily operation, readiness, security, and continuous improvement of classified and unclassified engineering laboratories, test areas, shops, and support spaces
• Allocate laboratory space, equipment, storage, and shared resources based on program priorities, safety requirements, security constraints, and available capacity
• Establish and maintain laboratory operating procedures, work-control practices, housekeeping standards, safety requirements, and equipment-use policies
• Manage procurement, installation, acceptance, maintenance, repair, calibration, certification, and retirement of laboratory equipment, tooling, fixtures, computers, and consumables
• Maintain accurate asset, calibration, maintenance, service, and laboratory-readiness records
• Coordinate with facilities personnel and outside contractors on repairs, infrastructure modifications, utilities, HVAC, electrical power, grounding, cooling, lighting, and laboratory improvements
• Coordinate with IT to install and maintain laboratory networking, computing, instrumentation interfaces, isolated test networks, and related digital infrastructure
• Partner with security and information-assurance teams on classified-facility requirements, access controls, and compliance
• Manage capital-equipment purchases, operating budgets, service contracts, and facility-improvement projects
This role is ideal for an organized, technically capable builder and operator who enjoys working directly with engineers and technicians, solving practical problems, and building the infrastructure required to support a growing hardware organization. This is a full-time, on-site position in El Segundo, CA.
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 is headquartered in Los Angeles with offices in Washington D.C., San Francisco, San Diego, Seattle, and London. The company has 350+ employees across 5 global offices.
**Requirements:**
• 5+ years of experience in laboratory, test facility, or engineering operations management
• Demonstrated expertise in laboratory safety, security protocols, and compliance requirements
• Experience managing capital-equipment purchases, operating budgets, service contracts, facility-improvement projects, or laboratory technicians
• Technical knowledge of laboratory infrastructure including electrical systems, HVAC, cooling, compressed gases, or backup power
• Facility-management, project-management, or comparable professional certification
• Ability to work with classified information and navigate defense/aerospace industry requirements
