Mission Assurance Lead

• 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
• border protection teams to act faster, adapt rapidly
• 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
• Valor Equity Partners. The company is headquartered in Los Angeles, with offices in Washington, D.C., San Francisco, San Diego, Seattle
• London. For more information, please visit www.chaosinc.com .
• Role Overview:
• Own contract quality and compliance requirements (CQR) across programs and products
• · Establish and enforce quality systems, metrics, and reporting
• · Drive RCCA across internal quality functions (SQE, HQE/QC)
• · Ensure alignment to customer, regulatory, and program requirements
• · Lead strategic quality initiatives to scale production and reliability

Responsibilities

• Contract Quality & Compliance (CQR)
• Own interpretation and flowdown of contract quality requirements
• Ensure compliance to customer, regulatory, and internal standards
• Maintain audit readiness and support customer / government audits
• Ensure documentation, traceability, and configuration control meet requirements
• Quality Systems & Metrics
• Define and maintain quality KPIs (yield, defects, escapes, delivery quality)
• Establish dashboards and reporting for internal and executive visibility
• Ensure consistent data capture and integrity across systems (ERP/MES)
• Drive accountability to metrics across SQE and HQE
• RCCA & Issue Management
• Own root cause and corrective action framework across the organization
• Lead high-severity and systemic RCA efforts
• Ensure containment, corrective action, and effectiveness validation
• Drive closure of recurring or systemic quality issues
• Cross-Functional Quality Leadership
• Act as central coordination point across SQE, HQE, Manufacturing, and Engineering
• Ensure consistent application of quality standards and processes
• Align teams on priorities, risks, and corrective actions
• Strategic Quality Initiatives
• Identify gaps in quality systems, processes, and organizational capability
• Implement scalable processes for production readiness and growth
• Drive continuous improvement in reliability, yield, and compliance
• Minimum Requirements:
• Bachelor’s in Engineering or related field
• 8–12+ years in quality, reliability, manufacturing, or mission assurance roles
• Experience owning quality systems in a regulated environment (AS9100 / ISO 9001)
• Strong experience with RCCA (8D, 5-Why, DMAIC)
• Experience managing quality metrics and driving accountability across teams
• Preferred Requirements:
• Experience with defense contracts and CQR / compliance requirements
• Experience supporting audits (customer, regulatory, internal)
• Familiarity with both supplier and production quality (SQE + QE/QC scope)
• Experience scaling quality systems in high-rate manufacturing
• Six Sigma Green/Black Belt
• 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
• The stated compensation range reflects only the targeted base compensation range and excludes additional earnings such as bonus, equity
• 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.
• Recruiting Agencies: CHAOS Industries does not accept unsolicited resumes or outreach. Unsolicited submissions will not be reviewed or compensated.
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