CHAOS Industries

Technical Operations Team Lead

El Segundo, California, United States

No sponsorship$200k-$250kDetected 10 hours ago

PythonBashAWSAzureDockerLinuxCybersecurityIncident ResponseSensorsTCP/IPCommunicationMentoring

About the role

Technical Operations at CHAOS sits at the intersection of technology and real-world mission environments - integrating hardware and software, diagnosing complex system issues, and ensuring CHAOS systems operate flawlessly in the field.

Manage, mentor, and develop Technical Operations Engineers through onboarding, coaching, and performance feedback.
Help build the SOPs, runbooks, escalation processes, and diagnostics that make deployments and support repeatable.
Capture operational feedback and partner with engineering to drive reliability and product improvements.
Travel (typically up to 25%) to customer and test sites for deployments, escalations, and mission support.
Proven experience leading technical teams in field engineering, technical operations, systems integration, or similar - as a formal manager or established team lead.
Team Lead, you will manage, mentor, and develop a team of Technical Operations Engineers while remaining hands-on in the field.
You will help scale how the mission team deploys by building the SOPs, support practices, and technical standards that make deployments repeatable.

experience working directly with military or government operational users.
Familiarity with telemetry, data integration, or IoT-style architectures, and with cloud and edge computing environments (Docker, Azure, AWS, etc.).
Strong technical foundation with a degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Physics, or related field - or equivalent hands-on experience.
Track record of delivering complex hardware/software deployments in customer environments.
Experience integrating or maintaining hardware or sensor systems, with an understanding of networking protocols and hardware interfaces.
Proficiency in at least one scripting or programming language (Python, Bash, or similar).

Competitive base salaries, generous pre-IPO stock option grants, relocation assistance, and (coming soon!) annual bonuses
The stated compensation range reflects only the targeted base compensation range and excludes additional earnings such as bonus, equity, and 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.
$200,000 - $250,000

Medical, dental, and vision benefits 100% paid for by the company
401k (+ 50% company match up to 6% of pay), FSA, HSA, life insurance, and more
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
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.

Advise internal and customer teams on operational use and best practices, and communicate technical status to key customers.

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