People Business Partner

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 www.chaosinc.com.

We are looking for a People Business Partner to join our HR team. In this role you will be responsible for thinking strategically and providing daily support across all levels of teams. The role involves partnering with our engineering teams to enhance talent development and performance.

• Serve as a strategic thought partner to business owners on people-related strategies and employee engagements
• Collaborate with senior leadership to build, develop, and execute people strategies through our next iteration of anticipated growth
• Coach and advise for best practices within the team
• Provides guidance and input on business restructures, workforce planning, and succession planning
• Provides HR policy guidance and interpretation
• Manages and resolves complex employee relations issues
• Works closely with management and employees to improve work relationships, build morale, and increase productivity and retention
• Autonomously lead the design, implementation, and iteration of new people programs, as well as assess and improve current people programs
• Utilize people metrics to drive key insights and decisions around growth and retention
• Building data-drive and proactive processes to attract, grow and retain our talent

• 3+ years of HR Business Partner experience, preferably with engineering client groups
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent industry experience
• Experience across multiple HR/People channels
• Thrives in fast-paced and outcome-oriented environments
• An effective partner and coach to managers and leaders; delivers feedback and challenging information in a way that builds trust and collaboration
• Excellent interpersonal skills and a high level of emotional intelligence
• Data-driven and detail-oriented

Why CHAOS?

• 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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