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Staff Radar Engineer

Costa Mesa, CA (OC-00)💼 Full-time💰 $191,000–$191,000🗓 2026-09-01 → 2026-09-26

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/Airborne)

Builds

Next-generation airborne radar systems for manned and unmanned platforms

Domain

Defense / Airborne Radar / Signal Processing

Deliverable

production ML models | product features

Required skills

Airborne radar systems engineering, Mode development, Digital signal processing (DSP), Electronic protection techniques, Software architecture, System-level analysis, Requirements decomposition, Technical leadership, Customer-facing technical leadership, Operational deployment experience

Preferred skills

Chief Systems Engineer or Technical Fellow level experience, Digital beamforming, AESA technology, Cognitive radar, Adaptive waveform techniques, Air Force/Navy/Army/Special Operations Command support experience

Technologies

MATLAB, Python, C++

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; Engage with government customers to translate mission requirements into technical solutions; Mentor team members in radar theory and systems engineering; Support programmatic leadership with technical expertise.

Seniority

Staff, hands-on IC with technical leadership

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