Chief EW Payload Architect

Chaos Industries; El Segundo (CA); On-site; USD 220,000 - 300,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

401k match

FSA/HSA

Life insurance

Onsite lunch

Unlimited PTO

Relocation assistance

Job summary

CHAOS Industries is seeking a Chief Engineer to own the technical direction of our EW payload, from concept through qualification, platform integration, field test, and production transition. You will lead a multidisciplinary team and serve as the senior technical authority across RF hardware, digital signal processing, firmware and software, and systems integration.

This build-and-field environment requires delivering real hardware operating in realistic conditions while collaborating with

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Aerospace, Mechanical, Systems, or Electrical Engineering
• 15+ years of EW, radar, or RF sensing and signal processing systems experience with technical leadership
• Knowledge of EMSO, adversary operation, EM countermeasure and CCM techniques
• Hands on EW verification, validation, field and operational testing
• Experience taking high-TRL RF systems through full lifecycle including field tests
• Strong RF systems engineering, DSP expertise, and DoD safety/test standards
• Current or recent DoD SECRET clearance

Responsibilities

• Serve as the senior technical authority for EW payload architecture, requirements, and design decisions
• Lead system-level trade studies, technical risk management, and design reviews (SRR, PDR, CDR, TRR)
• Direct integration of antenna, RF front-end, digital processing, power, thermal, and mechanical subsystems into host platforms
• Own system verification and validation, including test planning, anechoic chamber and range testing, and field test readiness
• Provide technical leadership across RF, hardware, firmware, software, and systems teams, and mentor senior engineers
• Partner with program management, manufacturing, and customers to translate mission needs into executable technical plans
• Drive configuration control and the transition from prototype to production and fielding, including software and waveform updates

Skills

EW systems engineering

RF hardware design

Digital signal processing

FPGA processing

DoD standards compliance

Team leadership

Systems integration

Field testing

Education

Bachelor's degree in Aerospace, Mechanical, Systems, or Electrical Engineering

Master's degree in a related field

Tools

SDR

FPGA development

Anechoic testing

DoD test facilities

Job description

CHAOS Industries is seeking a Chief Engineer to own the technical direction of our EW payload, from concept through qualification, platform integration, field test, and production transition. You will lead a multidisciplinary team and serve as the senior technical authority across RF hardware, digital signal processing, firmware and software, and systems integration.

This build-and-field environment requires delivering real hardware operating in realistic conditions while collaborating with