CHAOS Industries
Defense Manufacturing · C4ISR
147open roles
$211kmedian advertised pay
$876.7Mraised in 21 rounds
Scaling fasthiring pace, 81 of 100
Overview
CHAOS Industries is an American defense technology company founded in 2022 that develops sensing, radar and communications systems for defense and critical infrastructure customers. Headquartered in Los Angeles, it runs engineering and production in El Segundo, California, and has offices in Washington, D.C., San Francisco and London. It hires software, backend and mission engineers, network administrators and trade and customs compliance managers.
How CHAOS Industries hires
Truth index
A 88/100
Median time to fill
60 days
Ghost roles
0%
Stale roles
30%
Reposted roles
0%
CHAOS Industries scores A on the Alion truth index (A is best, E worst), measured over 10 open roles re-checked against its own hiring board: 0% look like ghost listings, 30% have gone stale and 0% are the same role posted again. Its roles close in a median of 60 days. It measures how much of what this employer publishes turns into a real, finite search - not the employer as a workplace. How the index is computed
Jobs
$118k – $181k per year · Equity · In office · 5+ years exp · El Segundo · Los Angeles
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$140k – $240k per year · Equity · In office · Nationals only · San Francisco
Python
Go
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Databases
PostgreSQL
Redis
TimescaleDB
Azure Cosmos DB
DevOps
Terraform
GCP
CloudFormation
Datadog
Pulumi
WebSockets
Azure
CI/CD
AWS
Docker
Kubernetes
Bicep
AWS Fargate
Google Cloud Run
Amazon ECS
DNS
Cybersecurity
NIST 800-171
FedRAMP
Least Privilege
Microsoft Entra ID
Defense
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$154k – $193k per year · Equity · In office · Nationals only · 10+ years exp · Bachelor's Degree · Los Angeles
Python
Verilog
C++
SystemVerilog
VHDL
CI/CD
Git
Linux
Management
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$150k – $240k per year · Equity · In office · Nationals only · 5+ years exp · Bachelor's Degree · Los Angeles
Python
JavaScript
Java
Rust
C++
Node JS
CUDA
DevOps
Podman
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CI/CD
Docker
KVM
Hyper-V
Linux
Management
Agile
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$140k – $240k per year · Equity · In office · Nationals only · 10+ years exp · Bachelor's Degree · Los Angeles
Python
JavaScript
Java
Rust
C++
Node JS
CUDA
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KVM
Hyper-V
Linux
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Agile
Scrum
Defense
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$140k – $240k per year · Equity · In office · Nationals only · 10+ years exp · Bachelor's Degree · Los Angeles
Python
JavaScript
Java
Rust
C++
Node JS
CUDA
DevOps
Podman
VMWare
CI/CD
Docker
KVM
Hyper-V
Linux
Management
Agile
Scrum
Defense
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Equity · In office · London
Python
Bash
PagerDuty
SRE
SLI/SLO/SLA
Linux
Management
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$220k – $280k per year · Equity · In office · Top Secret · 12+ years exp · Master's Degree · El Segundo · Los Angeles
Claude
Function Calling
AI Agents
LLM
LLM Guardrails
NIST AI RMF
DevOps
Azure
CI/CD
AWS
Kubernetes
GitHub
Cybersecurity
NIST 800-171
FedRAMP
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CMMC
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$140k – $190k per year · Equity · In office · Bachelor's Degree · El Segundo · Los Angeles · Washington
Python
Bash
Azure
AWS
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$190k – $238k per year · Equity · In office · San Francisco · Los Angeles
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$167k – $209k per year · Equity · In office · Washington · Los Angeles
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Salary insights
Compensation ranges based on this company's open jobs
Median
$211k
Typical range
$76k – $339k
Open positions
157
139
Jobs
Junior
6.5%
Middle
8.6%
Senior
45.3%
Staff
21.6%
Principal
10.1%
Architect
7.9%
| Level | Jobs | Median | Typical range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Junior | 9 | $170k | $94k – $193k |
| Middle | 12 | $133k | $76k – $230k |
| Senior | 63 | $210k | $114k – $300k |
| Staff | 30 | $235k | $110k – $339k |
| Principal | 14 | $273k | $215k – $339k |
| Architect | 11 | $300k | $180k – $330k |
Highest paying role
Principal Autonomy Software Engineer
$339k
Normalized to USD per year
All salaries at CHAOS Industries
By role, level and city, against the market · 157 jobs with pay
Visa sponsorship
1
H-1B filings in 12 months
$193k
Median offered salary
156
Open roles in United States
Who they sponsor
Software developers
1
In the register as CHAOS INDUSTRIES, INC., Hawthorne, CA
Other sponsors in the same field
Leidos 
L3Harris Technologies 
Airbus 
Rolls-Royce
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US Department of Labor · latest filing Feb 25, 2026 · Visa details by country
Growth
Hiring Momentum
81/100
Scaling fast
Open positions
170
61 opened / 54 closed in 30 days
Median time-to-fill
60 days
faster than 22% of the market
ATS activity
Every ~6 hours
Today
Hiring Dynamics
+100%
Hiring Focus
The percentage next to each role is its share of the company's job openings over the last 90 days; the arrow shows the shift versus the previous period.
Hardware
16%
Backend
13%
Industrial Engineering
13% ▼
Field & Service
9% ▼
Management
8% ▲
HR
7%
Actively hiring for Management (+11 in 30 days)
Activity Timeline
Added SRE to stack
Nov 2026
Added NIST AI RMF to stack
Nov 2026
Added LLM Guardrails to stack
Nov 2026
Added Function Calling to stack
Nov 2026
Added Cyber Kill Chain to stack
Nov 2026
Added PagerDuty to stack
Nov 2026
+7 jobs in a week
Nov 2026
Added OCR to stack
Nov 2026
Added Isaac Sim to stack
Oct 2026
Added GStreamer to stack
Oct 2026
Added Gazebo to stack
Oct 2026
Added Claude Code to stack
Oct 2026
Financials
Total raised
$876.7M
Latest round
Venture - Series Unknown
Funding rounds
21
Funding rounds
| Round | Announced | Amount | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Venture - Series Unknown | 2025 | $510M | Details |
| Grant | 2025 | $1.2M | Details |
| Series C | 2025 | $275M | Details |
| Grant | 2025 | $995k | Details |
| Grant | 2024 | $2.3M | Details |
| Grant | 2024 | $1.8M | Details |
| Grant | 2024 | $2.3M | Details |
| Grant | 2024 | $74k | Details |
| Grant | 2024 | $1.2M | Details |
| Grant | 2023 | $1.7M | Details |
| Grant | 2023 | $240k | Details |
| Series A | 2023 | $70M | Details |
| Grant | 2020 | $111k | Details |
| Grant | 2020 | $2M | Details |
| Grant | 2019 | $1.5M | Details |
| Grant | 2019 | $162k | Details |
| Grant | 2018 | $100k | Details |
| Grant | 2018 | $525k | Details |
| Grant | 2017 | $3.8M | Details |
| Grant | 2017 | $150k | Details |
| Grant | 2016 | $1.5M | Details |
Tech stack
Technologies named in job postings at CHAOS Industries over the last 12 months, by layer, with the share of postings for each.
Technologies in use
202
Postings analysed
261
Stack modernity
79/100AI adopter
Languages
Python54%
C++25%
MATLAB20%
VHDL11%
Frameworks & libraries
ArduPilot9%
CUDA8%
React.js3%
FastAPI2%
Databases
Azure Cosmos DB1%
PostgreSQL1%
Redis1%
TimescaleDB1%
Cloud & platforms
Linux26%
Azure21%
AWS14%
Kubernetes9%
AI & ML
LLM5%
Claude2%
ChatGPT1%
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News
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CHAOS Industries: $510 Million Raised To Accelerate Expansion And Advance Next-Generation Defense Systems
CHAOS Industries has closed a $510 million funding round led by Valor Equity Partners, marking one of the most significant recent investments in defense technology and valuing the company at $4.5 billion. The Los Angeles-based firm, known for developing C
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CHAOS Industries Raises $510M to Advance UAS Sensing Tech
The funding will accelerate work on Coherent Distributed Networks technology for improved detection and response against unmanned threats.
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US Clears $10M for New Radar Development at Eglin AFB
The House of Representatives has approved $10 million in development funding for a new radar system at Eglin Air Force Base in Florida.
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CHAOS Industries Awarded AFWERX TACFI Funding to Advance Next-Generation Radar Capabilities
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CHAOS Nabs $275M Series C
Hawthorne-based security startup CHAOS Industries raises $275 million and reaches $2 billion in valuation.
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CHAOS Industries: $275 Million Series C Raised To Build Defense And National Security Systems
CHAOS Industries, a technology company building the next generation of defense and national security systems, announced that it has raised $275 million in Series C funding to support the next phase of its commercial growth and development. The Series C fu
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Offices
Where the company hires and what each office is for
Cities
7
Hiring now
6
Countries
3
Busiest office
Los Angeles
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Los Angeles
United States
HQ
Los Angeles, CA
135 open roles 151 posted in 90 days 43% engineering 50-200 est. staff $219k Avg Salary
hires for Hardware, Industrial Engineering, Backend
El Segundo
United States
Plant / site
115 open roles 161 posted in 90 days 40% engineering 50-200 est. staff $219k Avg Salary
hires for Hardware, Industrial Engineering, Backend
Washington
United States
Support & operations
Washington D.C.
25 open roles 28 posted in 90 days 24% engineering 10-50 est. staff $191k Avg Salary
hires for Management, Field & Service, Operations
London
United Kingdom
Engineering / R&D
London
14 open roles 11 posted in 90 days 29% engineering 10-50 est. staff $190k Avg Salary
hires for Management, Backend, Support
San Francisco
United States
Engineering / R&D
San Francisco, CA
9 open roles 19 posted in 90 days 67% engineering 10-50 est. staff $212k Avg Salary
hires for Backend, DevOps, AI/ML
San Diego
United States
Engineering / R&D
San Diego, CA
1 open roles 100% engineering 1-10 est. staff
hires for Hardware
Amman
Jordan
Regional office
Amman, Jordan
Earlier presence
Melbourne, Australia