Senior PCB Systems 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
• 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:
• We are seeking a highly skilled and analytical PCB Systems Engineer to lead the architectural definition, schematic design
• hardware integration of our next-generation electronic systems. In this role, you will bridge the gap between high-level system architecture and physical hardware reality. You will be responsible for translating complex system requirements into robust, reliable
• manufacturable circuit designs, taking ownership from initial concept through schematic capture, component selection
• initial board bring-up

Responsibilities

• Circuit Design & Architecture: Lead the electrical design of complex PCBs, including high-speed digital interfaces, precision analog circuits, and robust power distribution networks (PDNs).
• Schematic Capture: Own the schematic generation process using industry-standard EDA tools (e.g., KiCAD, Altium Designer, Cadence OrCAD/Allegro), ensuring rigorous adherence to design rules, signal integrity guidelines, and corporate standards.
• Component Selection & Lifecycle: Architect the Bill of Materials (BOM) by selecting critical components based on performance, power efficiency, cost, thermal constraints, and long-term supply chain viability.
• System Integration & Simulation: Perform SPICE simulations, power integrity modeling, and signal integrity analyses to validate circuit behavior prior to layout execution.
• Collaborative Layout Guidance: Partner closely with PCB Layout Engineers to provide detailed placement constraints, routing budgets, impedance profiles and stack-up requirements for high-density interconnect (HDI) and high-speed designs.
• Bring-up & Validation: Lead the hands-on lab testing, debugging, and initial bring-up of prototype assemblies using oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, and RF test equipment.
• Minimum Requirements:
• Education: Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a closely related technical field.
• Experience: 5+ years of proven experience in hardware development, specifically focused on board-level circuit design and schematic capture.
• EDA Proficiency: Advanced, expert-level proficiency in at least one major schematic capture tool (e.g.,KiCAD , Altium Designer, Cadence Allegro, Mentor Graphics/Siemens Xpedition).
• Deep understanding of digital design principles and protocols (e.g., SPI, I2C, Ethernet/SGMII, PCI-E).
• Strong foundational knowledge in power electronics, including the design of switching regulators (buck/boost), linear regulators (LDOs), and filtering circuits.
• Experience designing for mixed-signal environments, ensuring proper isolation and low-noise performance for sensitive analog circuits.
• DFx Knowledge: Strong familiarity with Design for Manufacturing (DFM), Design for Assembly (DFA), and Design for Testing (DFT) methodologies.
• Preferred Requirements:
• Experience with FPGA hardware integration, level-shifting, and high-pin-count BGA fan-out strategy.
• Basic scripting capability (Python, MATLAB) to automate design checks and Built-in self-test.
• 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
• 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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