Sr. Principal Electrical Engineer

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 deep expertise in 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 externally recognized technical authority in power and analog electronics who can set technical direction, establish design 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 power electronics and 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  Lead resolution 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 Engineering with 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 fundam...