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CHAOS Industries

Technical Operations Team Lead

AI summary of the role

Lead and mentor a team of Technical Operations Engineers at a defense-tech company, while staying hands-on in the field deploying and debugging radar and sensor systems.

What you’ll do

  • Manage, mentor, and develop Technical Operations Engineers through onboarding, coaching, and performance feedback.
  • Build SOPs, runbooks, escalation processes, and diagnostics to make deployments and support repeatable.
  • Deploy alongside the team, integrating CHAOS systems with customer infrastructure and debugging complex edge issues.
  • Serve as senior escalation point for complex hardware, software, and networking issues, leading incident response and root-cause analysis.

What you’ll bring

  • Proven experience leading technical teams in field engineering, technical operations, or systems integration as a formal manager or team lead.
  • Deep familiarity with Linux environments; comfortable with SSH, networking tools, and system-level debugging.
  • Track record of delivering complex hardware/software deployments in customer environments.
  • Experience integrating or maintaining hardware or sensor systems, with understanding of networking protocols and hardware interfaces.

Technologies

Linux · SSH · Python · Bash · Docker · Azure · AWS · RF systems · SDR · radar

About CHAOS Industries

Builds distributed radar and timing networks that help military, border, and air-operations users detect, track, and respond to drones and missile threats faster.

Series D

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systems operate flawlessly in the field. As Technical Operations 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. Responsibilities: 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. Deploy alongside your team — integrating CHAOS systems with customer infrastructure and debugging complex edge issues. Serve as the senior escalation point for complex hardware, software, and networking issues, leading incident response and root-cause analysis. Advise internal and customer teams on
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