Senior Chief Engineer – Long-Range Missile Systems

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

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

401k matching

Relocation assistance

Free daily lunch onsite

Unlimited PTO

Casual dress code

Job summary

CHAOS Industries is seeking a Chief Engineer to own the technical direction of our long range missile program, from concept and architecture through qualification, flight test, and production transition. You will lead a multidisciplinary engineering team and be the senior technical authority across airframe, guidance, propulsion, integration, and test.

This is a build-and-fly environment where you will be accountable for getting real hardware flying.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Aerospace, Mechanical, Systems, or Electrical Engineering.
• 15+ years of missile/flight systems experience with technical leadership.
• Experience taking a system through full lifecycle including flight test.
• Knowledge of propulsion, airframe controls, and guidance/navigation for long-range strike systems.
• Current or recent DoD SECRET clearance.
• Strong systems engineering practices and DoD safety standards.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the senior technical authority for missile system architecture, requirements, and design decisions
• Lead system-level trade studies, technical risk management, and design reviews (SRR, PDR, CDR, TRR)
• Direct integration of airframe, guidance and navigation, propulsion, and avionics subsystems
• Own system verification and validation, including test planning and flight test readiness
• Provide technical leadership across mechanical, electrical, software, firmware, 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

Skills

Systems engineering

Technical leadership

Flight test experience

Missile systems

DoD standards

Education

Bachelor's degree in Aerospace/Mechanical/Systems/Electrical Engineering

Master's degree

Job description

CHAOS Industries is seeking a Chief Engineer to own the technical direction of our long range missile program, from concept and architecture through qualification, flight test, and production transition. You will lead a multidisciplinary engineering team and be the senior technical authority across airframe, guidance, propulsion, integration, and test.

This is a build-and-fly environment where you will be accountable for getting real hardware flying.