Principal Electrical Engineer

Join CHAOS as a Principal Electrical Engineer, where you will serve as a technical authority for power electronics and analog board design in aerospace and military applications. You will lead architecture trades, define design approaches, and guide PCB layout strategy. This role offers generous pre-IPO stock options, relocation assistance, and comprehensive benefits.

• Act as a technical authority for power electronics and analog board design across multiple programs or product lines, leading architecture trades and defining design approaches.
• Lead schematic design and simulation for power electronics and analog circuits, guiding PCB layout strategy for low-noise analog design and high-current power paths.
• Serve as technical authority for hardware integration, verification, qualification testing, production transition, failure analysis, and field support.

• 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
• Expert understanding of power electronics fundamentals, including DC/DC conversion, regulation, protection, sequencing, filtering, power distribution, thermal management, and design margin
• 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
• Ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. security clearance
• Expert understanding of analog circuit fundamentals, including low-noise design, grounding, shielding, signal conditioning, filtering, op amps, references, data converters, and sensor interfaces
• Hands-on experience leading verification, qualification, production transition, failure analysis, and field support for high-reliability hardware
• Expertise in EMI/EMC mitigation and layout practices for mixed power, analog, digital, and RF board environments
• Demonstrated ability to set technical direction and lead engineers through ambiguous, cross-disciplinary hardware challenges
• Advanced Degree (MS or PhD) in Electrical Engineering, Systems Engineering, Physics, Mathematics or related discipline
• Experience with low- and high-voltage aerospace applications, including 28 VDC and 270 VDC
• Experience with Avionics platforms
• Familiarity with aerospace standards such as RTCA/DO-160, MIL-STD-461, MIL-STD-810, and MIL-STD-1275
• Experience establishing design standards, analysis templates, qualification approaches, or review processes for engineering teams