CareerPlan

Modeling & Simulation Engineer, Radars

Los Angeles, CAFull-time2026-10-22 → 2026-11-10
Security clearance required

Core

Develop, integrate, and validate physics-based models of radar and RF sensing systems to design, test, and validate advanced aerospace and defense systems.

Role type

Senior IC modeling & simulation engineer (radar/RF)

Builds

Physics-based models, simulation environments, and analysis tools for radar and RF sensing systems

Domain

Defense, Aerospace, Radar Systems, RF Engineering

Deliverable

production ML models

Required skills

Radar simulation (signal/IQ level), Radar detection and signal processing, Radar tracking and sensor fusion, RF propagation and electronic warfare, Real-time simulation (HITL/HWIL), Scientific programming (MATLAB/Python/C++), Monte Carlo and uncertainty analysis, Model validation and correlation, Software engineering (Git, CI/CD)

Preferred skills

AESA/Phased-array radar, Digital beamforming, Kalman filtering and multi-target tracking, Contested spectrum modeling, GPU acceleration (CUDA/HPC), MBSE and model-based development, Distributed simulation frameworks (DIS/HLA)

Technologies

MATLAB, Python, C++, CUDA, FPGA, SDR, Git, DIS, HLA

Responsibilities

Develop and maintain radar performance models and simulation environments; Integrate radar algorithms and software into real-time simulation; Validate models against field and flight-test data; Perform design trades and sensitivity studies; Build target and threat models for operational scenarios; Develop simulation APIs and automated testing workflows.

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC