CareerPlan

SAR Signal and Image Processing Engineer

Chantilly, VA, USFull-time$129k2026-10-12 → 2026-11-10
On-siteCitizens onlySecurity clearance required

Core

Develop and advance signal and image processing techniques for SAR complex phase history data, create SAR data processors, and model/analyze SAR payload performance for defense and intelligence missions.

Role type

Senior IC SAR Signal and Image Processing Engineer

Builds

SAR data processors, high-resolution radar imagery, and system performance models

Domain

Defense, Intelligence, Remote Sensing, Radar Systems

Deliverable

production ML models

Required skills

SAR image formation, complex phase history processing, MTI detection and tracking, maritime surveillance, electronic warfare applications, system performance modeling, technical team leadership, customer technical representation

Preferred skills

Top Secret/SCI security clearance, PhD in EE/Physics/Mathematics, space qualified antenna/payload design experience

Technologies

SAR algorithms, Fourier transforms, differential equations, estimation theory, simulation tools

Responsibilities

Develop signal/image processing techniques for SAR data, evolve SAR data processors, evaluate SAR data utility for specific applications, model and analyze SAR payload concepts, lead technical teams, serve as technical representative to government customers

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC with leadership responsibilities