Antenna 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, and London. For more information, please visit www.chaosinc.com . Role Overview: CHAOS is seeking an early-career Antenna Engineer to contribute to the design, analysis, and testing of antennas and RF front ends for radar, electronic warfare, and sensing systems. You will work with experienced engineers on antenna development from architecture trades through prototype build, integration, qualification, and production. This is a hands-on individual contributor role. You will use your graduate research and engineering skills on hardware, working directly with RF, digital, mechanical, and thermal engineers. The position is suited to a recent master’s or doctoral graduate who wants to see their antenna designs move from concept to product. This is a full-time, on-site position in El Segundo, CA. Responsibilities: Support antenna architecture and design trades based on mission performance, SWaP-C, reliability, producibility, and cost Develop and analyze antennas and phased arrays for active and passive RF systems, including wideband and narrowband architectures Contribute to phased-array antenna development, including AESA systems Perform electromagnetic modeling and array analysis using tools such as HFSS, CST, MATLAB, and Python Build and integrate antenna prototypes; support laboratory testing, measurement, and analysis Compare measured antenna performance with simulation and analytical predictions Support antenna verification and qualification activities Work with RF, digital, mechanical, and thermal engineers to resolve integration challenges and deliver producible designs Participate in design reviews, help develop requirements, identify technical risks, and contribute to design decisions Contribute to antenna analysis methods, scripts, and test approaches Support technical work with university and research partners Minimum Requirements: Master’s degree or PhD in Electrical Engineering, Applied Physics, Engineering Physics, or a related field Graduate research, thesis, project, or internship experience involving antenna design, electromagnetics, RF systems, or related topics Understanding of antenna theory, electromagnetic propagation, polarization, and antenna measurement <li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="5" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"3355596