Legal Counsel Senior Legal Counsel at CHAOS Industries

CHAOS Inc. is a global technology company delivering next-generation capabilities to the defense and critical industrial sectors. Founded in 2022 by a seasoned leadership team CHAOS has quickly become the place where world-class multi-disciplinary engineers come to build mission-critical technologies. CHAOS has a mission-focused culture dedicated to solving the toughest technical challenges. Its unique agile engineering approach enables rapid prototyping while deep partnerships with defense and industry ensure real-world solutions.Role Overview:CHAOS is looking for its second legal hire to form the foundation of its Legal and Compliance team. This is a unique opportunity to build and shape the legal function from the ground up at a scaling startup with significant impact on our operational strategy and risk management. This person will work closely with the VP of Legal and Operations on all areas of legal and compliance including commercial and government contracts intellectual property export compliance employment and corporate governance. They will collaborate with every other team at the company including Engineering Business Development Marketing and Finance. This role will be given autonomy to fix and build things on their own we need a generalist who doesnt mind getting their hands dirty but can also help scale the team as we grow.Responsibilities:Provide legal advice and guidance on a wide range of legal and compliance issues including government contracts intellectual property export controls employment law and commercial agreements.Help create processes around multiple areas of compliance including trade compliance and FCC issues.Draft review and maintain relevant policiesHelp manage overall recordkeeping and contract managementHelp maintain company registrations and government systems (e.g. DECCS SNAP-R).Help design and implement new compliance-related policies as neededQualifications:5 years of experience at a top law firm or as in-house counsel at a technology companyExperience with government contracts and/or export compliance a plusWhat we have to do next wont always be obvious; youre comfortable figuring out what is needed and then doing itYou are comfortable learning technical concepts as they relate to legal rules especially related to radarExcellent written and oral communication skillsU.S. Person status is required as this position needs to access export-controlled dataWhy CHAOSHealth Benefits: Your medical dental and vision benefits will be 100% paid for by the companyAdditional benefits: life FSA HSA 401k ( Company match) and moreOur Perks: free daily lunch No meeting Fridays unlimited PTO casual dress codeCompensation Components: competitive base salaries generous pre-IPO stock option grants relocation assistance (coming soon!) annual bonusesCompany Size: 150 employees and counting!More About Us: Were building the next generation of aerospace defense and critical industry technologies with a seasoned team of mission-focused individuals. We were founded in June 2022 and our goal is to become the platform where world-class engineers come to solve critical real-world problems. We use agile engineering approaches which enable rapid prototyping deep partnerships with the defense industry ensuring real-world application and our newly-invented Coherence platform (through which weve made a fundamental breakthrough) improves sensor performance and decision-making in real-time. As of April 2025 we have raised $490M (including a $275M Series C at a $2B valuation) from some of the most prominent VC funds and investors including Accel NEA 8VC and Valar. With a managing team that includes Epirus founding members (responsible for building a $1.5B company from scratch) key drivers from Palantir (instrumental in Palantirs growth to $1B in revenue) we are well-positioned to become one of the fastest growing companies to date!Salary Range: $180000 - $250000The 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.#LI-onsiteRequired Experience:Senior IC Key Skills HR Development,Delivery,Flooring,Irrigation,ACCA,Document Management Employment Type : Full Time Experience: years Vacancy: 1 Monthly Salary Salary: 180000 - 250000