Sr. Principal Electrical Engineer

Chaos, Inc.; El Segundo (CA); On-site; USD 190,000 - 260,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits: medical, dental, and

401k with company match

FSA/HSA

Life insurance

Free daily lunch

Unlimited PTO

Job summary

CHAOS Industries seeks a Sr. Principal Electrical Engineer with deep expertise in combined power and analog board design for aerospace and military applications.

This role covers architecture to fielded system sustainment, acting as a technical authority to guide design practices and resolve complex issues across programs. The ideal candidate will be an internally and externally recognized expert, able to set technical direction, mentor engineers, and obtain US security clearance.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering with 15+ years of engineering experience.
• Demonstrated leadership of complex power and analog electronics for high‑reliability aerospace/defense systems.
• Expert understanding of power electronics fundamentals, EMI/EMC, and system integration.

Responsibilities

• Act as a technical authority for power electronics and analog board design across programs.
• Lead architecture trades and define design approaches for power distribution, analog front ends, sensing, and monitoring.
• Schematic design and simulation for power electronics and analog circuits.
• Lead resolution of cross‑disciplinary issues involving power, controls, EMI/EMC, and system integration.
• Guide PCB layout strategy for low‑noise analog design, high current paths, grounding and thermal management.
• Lead design margin evaluation, derating, and failure analysis for mission‑critical hardware.

Skills

Power electronics

Analog electronics

EMI/EMC mitigation

System integration

Technical leadership

Schematic design

Hardware verification

Security clearance

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering

Tools

Circuit simulation tools

PCB layout tools

Job description

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 Sr. Principal Electrical Engineer with deepexpertisein combined power and analog board design to serve as a technical authority for high-reliability electronics used in aerospace and military applications. This role spans the full product lifecycle, from early architecture and requirements shaping through detailed design, analysis, verification, production support, and fielded system sustainment.

The ideal candidate is an internally and externallyrecognized technicalauthority inpower and analogelectronicswho can set technical direction,establishdesign practices, mentor other engineers, and resolve complex mixed power, precision analog, EMI/EMC, and system integration issues across multiple programs.

This is a full-time, on-site position in El Segundo, CA.

Responsibilities:

• Act as a technical authority for powerelectronicsand analog board design across multiple programs or product lines


• Lead architecture trades and define design approaches for power distribution, DC/DC conversion, analog front ends, sensing, filtering, control, protection, and monitoring circuitry


• Schematic design and simulation for power electronics and analog circuits


• Leadresolution of complex, cross-disciplinary technical issues involving power, controls, EMI/EMC, and system integration


• Guide PCB layout strategy for low-noise analog design, high-current power paths, grounding, shielding, creepage/clearance, thermal management, and isolation of sensitive circuits


• Lead design margin evaluation, derating, tolerance analysis, thermal assessment, and failure analysis for mission-critical hardware


• Serve as technical authority for hardware integration, verification, qualification testing, production transition, failure analysis, and field support

Minimum Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineeringwith 15+ years of relevant engineering experience


• Demonstrated technical leadership of complex power and analog electronics for aerospace, defense, avionics, radar, EW, communications, space systems, or other high-reliability systems


• Expert understanding of power electronics fundamentals, including DC/DC conversion, regulation, protection, sequencing, filtering, power distribution, thermal management, and design margin


• Expert understanding of analog circuit fundamentals, including low-noise design, grounding, shielding, signal conditioning, filtering, op amps, references, data converters, and sensor interfaces


• Expertisein EMI/EMC mitigation and layout practices for mixed power, analog, digital, and RF board environments


• Hands-on experience leading verification, qualification, production transition, failure analysis, and field support for high-reliability hardware


• Demonstrated ability to set technical direction and lead engineers through ambiguous, cross-disciplinary hardware challenges


• Ability to obtain andmaintaina U.S. security clearance

Preferred Requirements:

• Advanced Degree (MS or PhD) in Electrical Engineering, Systems Engineering, Physics,Mathematicsor related discipline


• Experience with Avionics platforms


• Experience with low- and high-voltage aerospace applications, including 28 VDCand270 VDC


• Familiarity with aerospace standards such as RTCA/DO-160, MIL-STD-461, MIL-STD-810, and MIL-STD-1275


• Experienceestablishingdesign standards, analysis templates, qualification approaches, or review processes for engineering teams

Why CHAOS?

• Health Benefits: Medical, dental, and vision benefits 100% paid for by the company


• Additional benefits: 401k (+ 50% company match up to 6% of pay), FSA, HSA, life insurance, and more


• Our Perks: Free daily lunch, ‘No meeting Fridays’, unlimited PTO, casual dress code


• Compensation Components: Competitive base salaries, generous pre-IPO stock option grants, relocation assistance, and (coming soon!) annual bonuses


• Team Growth: 250 employees and counting across 5 global offices

$190k-260k

The stated compensation range reflects only the targeted base compensation range and excludes additional earnings such as bonus, equity, and benefits. If your compensation requirements fall outside of the range, we still encourage you to apply. The salary range for this role is an estimate based on a range of compensation factors, inclusive of base salary only. Actual salary offer may vary based on (but not limited to) work experience, education and/or training, critical skills, and/or business considerations.

#LI-onsite