Staff Electrical Engineer

Chaos, Inc.; El Segundo, Northern (CA, KY); Hybrid; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

401k with company match

Relocation assistance

No meeting Fridays

Job summary

CHAOS, Inc. seeks a Staff Electrical Engineer to lead digital circuit design and signal integrity analysis for aerospace and defense applications. This on-site role in El Segundo, CA requires hands-on hardware experience and cross‑functional coordination.

The candidate will drive complex tasks across FPGA, software, RF, power, mechanical, and test teams while ensuring high‑reliability electronics from design through field testing.

Qualifications

• BS in Electrical Engineering with 8+ years of experience in digital/electronic design.
• Strong fundamentals in timing, impedance, SI/PI, grounding and return paths.
• Experience with FPGA, processor, high-speed data converters, and board interfaces.
• Hands-on hardware integration, lab test equipment, and independent problem solving.

Responsibilities

• Lead design of high-speed digital circuits and subsystems per aerospace standards.
• Create schematics and board layouts, define constraints, and perform analyses.
• Conduct signal and power integrity analyses for high‑speed interfaces.
• Coordinate FPGA, software, RF, power, mechanical, and test teams with minimal supervision.
• Plan board bring‑up, testing, verification, and production transition.

Skills

Digital circuit design

Signal integrity

Power integrity

FPGA design

Board bring-up

High-speed interfaces

Collaboration across teams

Attention to detail

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering

Tools

Oscilloscopes

Logic analyzers

Power supplies

Measurement equipment

Job description

Role Overview

CHAOS is seeking a Staff Electrical Engineer withexpertisein digital circuit design and signal integrity analysis to lead thedesign and integrationof high-reliability digital electronics for aerospace and military applications. This role spans the full product lifecycle, from requirements definition and architecture trades through schematic design, layout guidance, analysis, board bring-up, verification, production support, and field testing of mission-critical systems.

The ideal candidate isadigital circuit designer with strong hands‑on board design experience, practical signal integrity and power integrity judgment, and the ability to coordinate complex technical tasks across FPGA, software, RF, power, mechanical, manufacturing, and test teams with little supervision.

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

Responsibilities

• Lead design of high-speed digital circuit cards and subsystemsin accordance withcustomer requirements, applicable aerospace and military standards, and internal design practices
• DesignPCBAsinvolving FPGAs, processors, memory devices, data converters, clocks, high-speed serial interfaces, and mixed-signal boundaries
• Contribute todigital hardware architectures, detailed schematics, stack-up recommendations, routing constraints, and design analyses for mission-critical electronics
• Perform signal integrity and power integrity analysis for high-speed interfaces, memory buses, clocks, power distribution networks, and mixed-signal board environments
• Define PCB layout constraints for controlled impedance, length matching, return paths, grounding, shielding, decoupling, and isolation of sensitive circuits
• Collaborate with FPGA, embedded software, RF, power, mechanical, manufacturing, and test engineers to ensure digital hardware integrates cleanly within larger systems
• Plan and support board bring‑up, integration, troubleshooting, verification, qualification testing, and production transition activities
• Generate andmaintainschematics, analysis reports, design documentation, BOMs, interface documentation, and test plans
• Serve as a technical interface with vendors, suppliers, and customers for digital hardware design topics

Minimum Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineeringwith 8+years of relevant engineering experience
• Strong understanding of digital design fundamentals, including timing, clocking, controlled impedance, signal integrity, power integrity, grounding, decoupling, and return-path management
• Experience with digital board design involving FPGAs, processors, memory devices, high-speed data converters, and board‑level communication interfaces
• Hands‑on experience with hardware integration and lab test equipment, including oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, power supplies, and protocol or signal measurement equipment
• Demonstrated ability to work independently on complex technical problems witha high levelof attention to detail
• 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 mixed RF, analog, power, and digital electronics in tightly integrated aerospace or defense hardware
• Experience with DDR, PCIe, Ethernet, JESD204, SERDES, LVDS, or similar high‑speed interfaces
• Familiarity with EMI/EMC mitigation techniques and aerospace standards such as RTCA/DO-160, MIL-STD-461, MIL-STD-810, and MIL-STD-1275
• Experience performing design margin analysis, derating analysis, tolerance analysis, or worst‑case circuit analysis
• Experience designing for manufacturability and transition to production

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

$150k-210k

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.

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