CHAOS Industries · 19 hours ago
Mission Execution Lead (US)
Hawthorne, California, United States
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level
$160K/yr - $240K/yrCHAOS Industries is redefining modern defense with advanced sensing and detection solutions. The Mission Execution Lead will drive the company's growth across the United States by aligning technical capabilities with the operational needs of military and commercial customers, ensuring seamless execution and fostering strong relationships with clients.
AerospaceGovernmentMilitaryNational Security
No H1B
Security Clearance RequiredU.S. Citizen Only
Responsibilities
Understand and translate the customer needs. Military and commercial customers are demanding, each operating with their own language, expectations, and mission pressures. This role requires the initiative to seek out opportunities, build trust in the customer’s environment, and translate their needs into clear, actionable requirements for CHAOS. You are the customer’s voice inside CHAOS and CHAOS’ voice in front of the customer—ensuring alignment, clarity, and a unified path to execution
Execute, execute, execute. This role is centered on delivering end-to-end execution for the customer. You will coordinate and plan every phase of engagement—from initial site surveys and environmental assessments, to developing and delivering tailored customer training, to running controlled demonstrations and full-scale operational exercises. Success means anticipating requirements, eliminating friction, and ensuring the customer experiences a seamless, confident deployment of CHAOS capabilities
Know our product – know the mission. This role operates on CHAOS’ front line. Success requires a deep understanding of our technology, capabilities, and internal resources—and the ability to align them precisely with mission demands and end-user requirements. When executed well, this role becomes the bridge that makes CHAOS the customer’s most trusted and reliable tactical partner
Get out of the office. Be wherever the customer needs us—at corporate headquarters, a military installation, inside the Pentagon, or forward in the field. Build trust by engaging at every level, from tactical operators to senior strategic leaders, learning their challenges and earning their confidence through presence and performance
Qualification
Required
Problem solving mentality. Fight for information, build a team, be creative, a thought leader and relish the opportunity to take on a difficult problem
Program/Project Management: Proven experience in developing requirements, scoping programs, and delivering to customers in the defense industry
Enjoy getting your hands dirty – literally: CHAOS is an engineering-first company with a hardware component. This role will involve getting hands-on with hardware in the field with customers
Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, both written and verbal. You will interface with customer stakeholders across the entire hierarchy—from day-to-day operators to senior leaders. Your job is to capture their insights, frame them in the right operational context, and deliver them clearly to CHAOS engineering, product management, and senior leadership, ensuring the customer's voice directly shapes our decisions and capabilities
Risk tolerance: We intend to go with our customers to where they need us most to deliver. Hazardous duty pay for approved locations
Travel: Willingness and ability to travel up to 50% to customer sites across the United States and abroad in support of mission requirements
Security Clearance: Active security clearance, or the ability to obtain one
Preferred
Experience: Radar, RF, sensor, weapons systems, defense technology or communications experience
Prior Military Experience: Extensive experience with U.S. military operations, or a background in military engineering or advanced defense technologies
Travel experience: Comfortable deploying as part of a team within the United States or overseas to support operational engagements; capable of operating in remote environments and proactively planning for and mitigating risks to reputation, mission, and personnel
Benefits
Health Benefits: Medical, dental, and vision benefits 100% paid for by the company
401k (+ 50% company match up to 6% of pay)
FSA
HSA
Life insurance
Free daily lunch
‘No meeting Fridays’
Unlimited PTO
Casual dress code
Competitive base salaries
Generous pre-IPO stock option grants
Relocation assistance
(coming soon!) annual bonuses
Company
CHAOS Industries
CHAOS Industries is redefining modern defense with omniscient systems that give the ultimate advantage—domain dominance.
Founded in 2022
51-200 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$1BKey Investors
Valor Equity PartnersAccel8VC
2025-11-13Series D· $510M
2025-04-30Series C· $275M
2024-11-13Series B· $145M
Leadership Team
Bo Marr
Co-founder, co-CEO, CTO of Chaos Industries
John Tenet
Founder & CEO
Recent News
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