Chaos Industries
Principal Mechanical Engineer
$160K–$260K
El Segundo, California, United States +1 · Principal · Full-time · Posted Oct 20, 2026
- Location
- El Segundo, California, United States
Los Angeles, California, United States - Experience
- 10+ years of progressively responsible experience in mechanical design and system integration for aerospace or defense.
- Education
- Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering or a related discipline.
About the job
Leads end-to-end mechanical design, integration, production transition, and sustainment of missile and UAV launcher systems for ground and maritime platforms.
What you'll do
- Own launcher mechanical architecture and interfaces, including environmental protection, safety features, mechanisms, and actuation systems.
- Lead integration onto mobile ground and maritime platforms and serve as a technical hardware interface with customers, suppliers, and manufacturing partners.
- Support production transition, configuration control, and sustainment, resolving integration issues.
What they ask for
- Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering or a related discipline.
- 10+ years of progressively responsible experience in mechanical design and system integration for aerospace or defense.
- Demonstrated experience designing missile launcher systems or closely related hardware.
- Ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. security clearance.
Nice to have
- Master’s degree in Mechanical Engineering or a related field.
- Experience as a mechanical technical authority on a program.
Pay
$160k-260k USD base salary
Tools
SolidWorks, MIL-STD-810, NASTRAN, ABAQUS, ANSYS, CFD codes, COMSOL
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