Radar Signal Processing Engineer

Leidos•Huntsville, AL

1d•$107,900 - $195,050•Onsite

About The Position

Leidos’ Defense Open Sensors Division is seeking a Radar Signal Processing Engineer to join a diverse team to create unique solutions for complex sensor and radar orientated problems. This position affords new or experienced engineers continued opportunities to learn and grow in technical knowledge of sensor and radar systems. The department encourages and frequently incorporates new ideas from all employees into our many sensor projects which span the entire DoD ecosystem. Opportunities for advancement into senior technical roles, as well as project or personnel management are also available. Leidos Defense Sensor provides a diverse portfolio of systems, solutions, and services covering land, sea, air, space, and cyberspace for customers worldwide. Solutions for Defense include enterprise and mission IT, large-scale intelligence systems, command and control, geospatial and data analytics, cybersecurity, logistics, training, and intelligence analysis and operations support. Our team is solving the world’s toughest security challenges for customers with “can’t fail” missions.

Requirements

BS degree from an ABET accredited college or university in Electrical Engineering or related technical field with 8/12 applicable years of experience -OR- MS degree from an ABET accredited college or university in Electrical Engineering or related technical field plus 6-10years of experience.
Must have excellent math skills and/or possess and show good fundamentals in one or more of the following: Signals and systems, Digital signal processing, Tracking algorithms, Electromagnetics
Should be able to apply one or more of the above skills to the areas of radar modeling & simulation, antenna array theory, digital signal processing, tracking, algorithm development, and field testing of sensor systems.
Demonstrated experience in understanding, evaluating, and implementing published scientific literature from sources such as IEEE.
Experience working with Matlab, Python, or similar scientific-based programming tools to implement math or scienced based phenomenology related to linear systems, digital signal processing, tracking, or electromagnetics is required.
Good organizational skills, attention to detail, and a strong technical background.
Must be a resident of the North Alabama area or willing to relocate to the Huntsville – North Alabama, AL, area.
This is NOT a remote or work-from-home position.
Must be a US citizen, possess or able to obtain and maintain a Top Secret clearance.

Nice To Haves

Experience in high performance computing languages such as C++ including CUDA
Experience in development or operations of radar HWILs
Experience with ADCs, DACs, clock distribution, or embedded systems
Highly organized, demonstrating the ability to work independently at times due to fast-paced and highly productive work environment
Experience working on any radar or communications related program or project
Ability to create design documentation, requirements specifications, and other technical documentation
Experience utilizing AI tools to augment technical output (i.e. to improve/automate documentation or code generation)
Experience in Radar Resource Management algorithms and approaches to low-latency radar scheduling
MS degree from an ABET accredited college or university in Electrical Engineering or related technical field.
Relevant publications in listed technology areas

Responsibilities

Research and development of advanced digital signal processing (DSP) algorithms
High-fidelity radar and RF modeling, simulation, and analysis.
Related tool feature development and maintenance
Integration and field testing of RF sensors and systems
CONUS/OCONUS deployment of advanced sensor systems
A variety of tasks related to signal processing, measurement tracker processing, system performance metrics, sensor simulation, or utility tools as part of larger efforts or customer goals will be assigned.
Managing multiple tasks while ensuring the work remains compatible with the group’s larger codebases.