The role
What you'll do
- Test Requirements & Architecture Ownership Derive test equipment functional requirements from system and subsystem specifications.
The bar
What you'll bring
- Establish traceability between interceptor requirements and test coverage.
- Define: Subassembly test strategies
- Qualification test configurations
- Production acceptance test philosophy
- Fault-injection and edge-case coverage approaches
- Develop interface control documents (ICDs) between product and test systems.
- Balance verification rigor with cycle time, cost, and rate considerations.
- Physical STE Design & Hardware Realization Design complete STE hardware systems including: Mechanical fixtures
- Electrical interface panels
- Breakout harnesses
- Load simulators
- Signal conditioning hardware
- Test racks and enclosures
- Generate full technical data packages:
- Schematics
- Wiring diagrams
- Harness drawings
- Mechanical CAD models
- Assembly documentation
- Select and integrate instrumentation (DAQ, power supplies, RF equipment, environmental interfaces).
- Design safe high-voltage, high-current, and energetics-compatible test interfaces as required.
- Hands-On Build & Integration Lead and directly support: Rack assembly
- Panel wiring
- Harness fabrication
- Fixture assembly
The deal
What you get
- 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: 200 employees and counting across 5 global offices
- 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.
Additional notes
Other
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 Summary:
We are seeking a Special Test Equipment (STE) Designer responsible for the full lifecycle of interceptor test systems — from requirements analysis and qualification strategy through physical design, hardware build, and Low-Rate Initial Production (LRIP) deployment.
This role owns the realization of the interceptor test ecosystem across:
Development benches
Qualification fixtures
Hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) systems
Production acceptance stations
You will ensure that test systems provide rigorous requirements verification while also being physically robust, scalable, maintainable, and aligned with production rate targets. This is not solely a test planning role. It is a design–build–deploy ownership role .
Responsibilities:
Recruiting Agencies: CHAOS Industries does not accept unsolicited resumes or outreach. Unsolicited submissions will not be reviewed or compensated.
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