Lead, Radar Simulation & Algorithms Engineer
About The Position
The Lead, Radar Simulation and Algorithms Engineer provides technical leadership in the architecture, development, and validation of high-fidelity radar simulations and advanced RF sensing algorithms for next-generation multifunction RF sensor products. The role translates mission and system requirements into simulation architectures and uses modeling, analysis, and algorithm evaluation to guide design decisions, optimize performance, and reduce technical risk. The position combines hands-on engineering with technical leadership. Responsibilities include establishing technical roadmaps, leading design reviews, mentoring engineers, and supporting program execution and proposal development. The engineer collaborates with multidisciplinary teams to deliver customer-focused capabilities. The Agile Development Group develops technologies for advanced unmanned air systems, radar systems, weapon systems, and other RF sensor technologies.
Requirements
- Active US Secret security clearance.
- Bachelor’s degree and at least 9 years of prior Radar Systems Engineering experience; or a graduate degree and at least 7 years of prior Radar Systems Engineering experience; or, in lieu of a degree, at least 13 years of prior Radar Systems Engineering experience.
- At least 7 years of experience modeling radar systems and assessing RF system performance under realistic operating conditions.
- At least 5 years of experience with MATLAB/Simulink and C/C++.
Nice To Haves
- Advanced degree in an engineering-related discipline.
- Subject matter expertise in radar and digital signal processing, with experience developing algorithms for radar and other RF sensing applications.
- Strong understanding of radar theory, RF link budgets, receiver sensitivity, antenna characteristics, and electromagnetic propagation.
- Experience with phased-array or active electronically scanned array (AESA) radar, digital beamforming, or multichannel receiver architectures.
- Experience designing, coding, and optimizing GPU-accelerated processing algorithms using NVIDIA CUDA.
- Experience supporting radar integration, laboratory testing, and field-test campaigns.
- Experience transitioning radar algorithms into real-time implementations.
- Experience correlating simulation predictions with measured system performance.
- Demonstrated ability to solve complex technical problems and execute trade studies and parametric analyses.
- Proven technical leadership and program execution skills, including planning engineering work, managing technical risks, and delivering results against cost and schedule objectives.
Responsibilities
- Lead radar architecture development and technical roadmaps, aligning simulation and algorithm development with mission requirements and program objectives.
- Develop, integrate, and validate high-fidelity radar models covering RF front ends, transmit/receive chains, antennas, propagation, target signatures, operational environments, and signal processing.
- Design and evaluate radar waveforms and processing algorithms, including pulse compression, Doppler processing, beamforming, detection, and tracking.
- Provide technical expertise in electronic protection algorithms, including waveform design, adaptive interference cancellation, and cognitive approaches.
- Model RF impairments and hardware effects, including noise figure, gain and loss, phase noise, nonlinearities, dynamic range, I/Q imbalance, and channel mismatch.
- Conduct performance assessments, trade studies, and sensitivity analyses using simulations under realistic operating conditions.
- Verify and validate models and algorithms against analytical predictions, laboratory measurements, and field-test data.
- Collaborate with systems, RF hardware, software, integration, and test teams to transition algorithms from simulation into implementable solutions.
- Lead technical reviews and improve engineering processes, modeling methods, simulation tools, and reusable analysis capabilities.
- Mentor engineers and provide technical direction across RF signal processing, algorithm development, modeling, and simulation.
- Present technical findings, risks, and recommendations to engineering leadership, internal and external customers, and program stakeholders.
- Support proposal development, including technical approaches, cost estimates, schedules, resource needs, and execution plans.
- Travel up to 10%, as required.
Benefits
- Health and disability insurance
- 401(k) match
- Flexible spending accounts
- Employee assistance program (EAP)
- Education assistance
- Parental leave
- Paid time off
- Company-paid holidays
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
