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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 Senior Staff Hardware Systems Engineer to 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. Working across disciplines, you'll solve complex technical problems, drive engineering tradeoffs, and ensure products perform reliably in operational environments.   The ideal candidate combines deep technical credibility with team leadership, systems thinking, and experience delivering hardware in a fast-paced environment. This individual leads from the front, personally executing high-impact technical tasks in support of program success.   This is a full-time position on-site in El Segundo, CA.     Responsibilities:   Lead a small cross-functional hardware development team ,  establishing technical priorities and driving execution from concept through production   Lead hardware systems engineering from early product definition through architecture, requirements, qualification, production, and lifecycle support   Define system architectures and allocate functionality across mechanical, electrical, RF, software, and test subsystems   Define and manage internal and external interfaces   Lead system-level trade studies balancing performance, SWaP-C, manufacturability, reliability, schedule, and cost   Make timely technical decisions under ambiguity while balancing mission performance, risk, schedule, manufacturability, and cost   Develop new product concepts and support proposals and technology demonstrations   Identify technical risks early and drive practical mitigation strategies   Lead technical reviews including SRR, PDR, CDR, TRR   Personally contribute to critical engineering work as needed to ensure team and program success   Collaborate with manufacturing, suppliers, and test teams to mature designs into production     What Success Looks Like:   Mission needs and product concepts become executable engineering solutions   Cross-functional teams remain aligned around a coherent system architecture   Products perform reliably in demonstrations and operational deployments   Technical risks are resolved before they become program risks     Minimum Requirements:   Bachelor's degree in engineering or related field with  1 0 1 2 + 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 of small multidisciplinary engineering teams delivering complex hardware products in a fast-paced developmen