Chief of Staff

In this role, you will serve as a trusted partner to the CEO and leadership team, helping translate strategic priorities into coordinated action across the company. You will lead high-impact initiatives, improve organizational execution, facilitate collaboration across departments, and ensure that critical company objectives continue moving forward. This role requires exceptional judgment, communication, organization, and problem-solving skills, along with the ability to operate comfortably across engineering, operations, business development, finance, and administration.

Key Responsibilities

• Partner with the CEO to drive execution of strategic priorities across the company
• Lead cross-functional initiatives that span multiple departments and require executive coordination
• Identify organizational obstacles and proactively drive solutions to improve execution and communication
• Develop decision materials, analyses, and recommendations to support executive and board decision-making
• Coordinate strategic planning processes, company objectives, and major organizational initiatives
• Track progress against company priorities and ensure accountability for key deliverables
• Facilitate effective communication and coordination among senior leaders
• Lead special projects on behalf of the CEO, including organizational improvements, facility initiatives, business process improvements, and strategic growth efforts
• Develop and improve management operating systems, including executive meetings, strategic reviews, and initiative tracking
• Build trusted relationships across the organization while maintaining appropriate confidentiality and discretion

Required Education and Experience

• Must have U.S. citizenship and ability to obtain a U.S. Security Clearance
• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, business, management, or a related technical discipline
• Demonstrated success leading complex cross-functional projects involving multiple stakeholders
• Exceptional organizational and project management skills
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Strong analytical and structured problem-solving abilities
• Ability to synthesize complex information into clear recommendations for executive decision-making
• Demonstrated ability to influence without direct authority
• High degree of professionalism, integrity, discretion, and sound judgment
• Comfortable working in a fast-paced environment with shifting priorities
• Ability to independently identify problems, propose solutions, and drive

• Advanced degree in Engineering, an MBA, or related field MBA
• Experience in aerospace, defense, advanced manufacturing, or other highly technical industries
• Experience supporting executive leadership or senior management
• Experience leading organizational change initiatives
• Familiarity with government contracting and defense industry environments
• Experience with strategic planning, operational excellence, or business operations
• Experience preparing executive or board-level presentations and analysis

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

Supervisory Responsibility

This role may supervise at least one direct report.

Position Type/Expected Hours of Work

This is a full-time position at 40 hours per week. Typical office hours include Monday-Friday, 8:00am-4:30pm; however, these hours may vary based on workload and the manager’s discretion.

Travel

About 10% travel is expected for this position.

Physical Demands

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision and ability to adjust focus. This would require the ability to lift files, open filing cabinets, and bend or stand on a stool as necessary. The employee will also regularly be seated at a desk and using a computer. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

About FIRST RF

FIRST RF is a fast-growing, multi-disciplined, privately owned small business that develops and delivers affordable, reliable, high-performance products. By merging expert design capabilities and state-of-the-art in-house facilities, we have delivered more than 300,000 antenna and RF system products to date. FIRST RF’s customers rely on us to address the most challenging technical, environmental, and integration challenges in the industry, with applications spanning electronic warfare, navigation, multiband communications, conformal and low-observable antennas, radar, and millimeter wave sensing and communications.

Benefits Summary

We offer all employees four weeks of PTO each year, flexible scheduling, hybrid work, tuition reimbursement, up to 6% 401(k) match, and healthcare, dental, and vision plans.

AAP/EEO Statement

We are an Equal Employment Opportunity employer committed to providing equal opportunity in all of our employment practices, including selection, hiring, assignment, re-assignment, promotion, transfer, compensation, discipline, and termination. The Company prohibits discrimination, harassment, and retaliation in employment based on race; color; religion; genetic information; national origin; sex (including same sex); sexual orientation; gender identity; pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions; age; disability or handicap; citizenship status; service member status; or any other category protected by federal, state, or local law. We support protected veterans and individuals with disabilities through our affirmative action program.