CareerPlan

Staff Radar Engineer

Costa Mesa, CA (OC-00)Full-time$165k–$219k2026-10-31 → 2026-11-10
Security clearance required

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)

Builds

Next-generation airborne radar systems for manned and unmanned platforms

Domain

Defense / Airborne Radar / Signal Processing

Deliverable

production ML models

Required skills

Airborne radar systems engineering, Digital signal processing (DSP), Waveform design, Electronic protection techniques, SAR/ISAR/GMTI algorithms, Real-time processing, Systems architecture, Customer-facing technical leadership

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++

Responsibilities

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

Seniority

Staff, hands-on IC with technical leadership