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Staff Radar Engineer

Costa Mesa, CA (OC-00)💼 Full-time💰 $191,000–$191,000🗓 2026-07-20 → 2026-07-31

Core

Lead systems architecture and mode development for state-of-the-art airborne radar systems used in air-to-air surveillance, threat detection, and intelligence gathering missions.

Role type

Staff Radar Systems Engineer (Defense/Aerospace)

Builds

Next-generation airborne radar systems for manned and unmanned platforms

Domain

Defense, Aerospace, Radar Systems, Signal Processing

Deliverable

production ML models | product features

Required skills

Airborne radar systems engineering, Mode development, Digital signal processing (DSP), Electronic protection techniques, Systems architecture, Algorithm development, Real-time processing, Hardware/software integration, Operational deployment, Customer requirements translation

Preferred skills

Chief Systems Engineer experience, Digital beamforming, AESA technology, Cognitive radar, Adaptive waveform techniques, Air Force/Navy/Army program support

Technologies

MATLAB, Python, C++, SAR, ISAR, GMTI

Responsibilities

Lead systems architecture and mode development for airborne radar systems, Develop and implement advanced radar processing algorithms, Drive end-to-end radar system design from concept to deployment, Design and refine advanced airborne RF sensing modes, Conduct rigorous system-level analysis and requirements decomposition, Mentor team members in radar theory and systems engineering

Seniority

Staff, hands-on IC with technical leadership

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