Director of Quality Assurance

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, Seattle, and London. For more information, please visit

• Lead Quality Assurance across Supplier Quality, Hardware Quality, and Configuration Management.
• Establish independent assurance authority across manufacturing and supplier environments.
• Ensure products, suppliers, and processes meet quality, compliance, traceability, and mission-readiness requirements.
• Build scalable mission assurance systems supporting production scale.

• Lead supplier quality, manufacturing quality, inspection, and configuration management.
• Drive CAPA, root-cause investigations, and quality improvement initiatives.
• Own configuration integrity including ECO/ECN governance and serialized tracking.
• Maintain readiness for AS9100, FAR/DFARS, and audit/compliance requirements.
• Partner cross-functionally on production readiness and supplier quality.
• 12+ years in quality, mission assurance, supplier quality, or configuration management leadership.
• 5+ years managing multi-functional quality organizations.
• Experience in aerospace, defense, RF, electronics, or high-reliability manufacturing.
• Strong understanding of configuration-controlled and serialized hardware environments.

• Experience supporting radar, RF, or advanced electronics manufacturing.
• Familiarity with DCMA/DCAA engagement and traceability-controlled production.
• ASQ, CQE, CMII, or equivalent certification.

• Health Benefits: Medical, dental, and vision benefits 100% paid for by the company
• Additional benefits
  : 401k (+ 50% company match up to 6% of pay), FSA, HSA, life insurance, and more
• Our Perks: 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
• Team Growth: 250 employees and counting across 5 global offices

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.

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