Staff Radar Systems Engineer
About The Position
LeoLabs is seeking a highly motivated Staff Radar Systems Engineer to support the design, integration, testing, and operational deployment of advanced radar capabilities. This role will serve as a technical leader responsible for defining system requirements, evaluating radar performance, supporting mission execution, and driving cross-functional engineering efforts across hardware, software, signal processing, and operations teams. The ideal candidate possesses deep expertise in radar systems engineering, a strong understanding of sensor performance and system integration, and the ability to translate mission requirements into scalable technical solutions supporting national security and space domain awareness missions.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Systems Engineering, Physics, Aerospace Engineering, or a related technical discipline.
- 10+ years of experience in radar systems engineering, sensor systems engineering, or related defense and aerospace environments.
- Demonstrated experience with radar system architecture, integration, testing, and performance analysis.
- Strong understanding of radar principles, RF systems, signal processing, and sensor performance characterization.
- Experience developing system requirements, interface documentation, and verification methodologies.
- Experience with various electronic protection techniques
- Strong analytical, communication, and technical leadership skills.
- U.S. citizenship and ability to obtain and maintain a security clearance.
Nice To Haves
- Advanced degree in Engineering, Physics, Applied Mathematics, or related field.
- Experience implementing algorithms like adaptive beamforming
- Experience with phased-array radar systems.
- Experience supporting U.S. Department of Defense, Intelligence Community, or Space Force programs.
- Experience with tracking methods, for orbital and non-orbital objects
- Knowledge of space domain awareness, missile warning, tracking, or related mission areas.
- Active U.S. security clearance.
Responsibilities
- Lead radar systems engineering activities across the system lifecycle, including requirements development, architecture definition, integration, verification, validation, and operational support.
- Develop and maintain radar system software, performance models, analyses, and technical documentation.
- Evaluate radar performance against mission objectives and identify opportunities for optimization and capability enhancement.
- Support system design reviews, technical interchange meetings, and customer engagements.
- Collaborate with software, hardware, RF, signal processing, and operations teams to ensure successful integration and deployment of radar capabilities.
- Perform trade studies and technical assessments to support engineering and program decisions.
- Develop test plans and support laboratory, field, and operational testing activities.
- Analyze system anomalies and lead root-cause investigations and corrective actions.
- Support government customers by providing technical expertise, briefings, and engineering recommendations.
- Mentor junior engineers and contribute to the continued development of systems engineering best practices.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
