Lead Payload Radar & Signal Processing Engineer (m/f/d)

## About the role Project-S is looking for a Lead Payload Radar & Signal Processing Engineer to own radar payload concepts and the associated detection-processing chain for satellite missions. This is a hands-on technical lead role. You will connect radar theory, RF hardware constraints, spacecraft resources, signal processing, verification, and in-orbit performance. ## Responsibilities - Derive radar payload requirements from mission-level sensing and detection objectives. - Build radar performance models, link budgets, SNR/CNR budgets, RCS assumptions, detection-margin analyses, and assumptions logs. - Define waveform concepts, pulse/chirp parameters, bandwidth, PRF/PRI, duty cycle, timing, synchronization, and detection thresholds. - Develop signal-processing workflows for I/Q data, matched filtering, pulse compression, FFT processing, range-Doppler maps, CFAR-style detection, and false-alarm control. - Work with EPS, AOCS/ADCS, flight software, TT&C, and systems engineering to align payload performance with spacecraft constraints. - Support payload verification, calibration planning, test procedures, commissioning, and anomaly investigation. ## Requirements - Strong understanding of radar equation terms, SNR/CNR, RCS, antenna gain, receiver noise, processing gain, and detection margin. - Experience with radar modelling, RF payload requirements, signal processing, and detection-performance analysis. - Strong Python, MATLAB, C++, or similar skills. - Familiarity with RF payload blocks such as PA, LNA, mixers, filters, PLLs, ADC/DAC chains, SDRs, FPGAs/RFSoCs, timing, shielding, and grounding. - Ability to write clear technical documents, budgets, ICD inputs, verification cases, and test reports. ## Location Germany / Hybrid ## Employment type Full-time ## Seniority Mid-senior / Technical Lead ## Function Radar Payload, RF Systems, Signal Processing, Remote Sensing