CareerPlan

Senior Radar Systems Architect

USAFull-time$137k–$247k2026-11-09
Based in United StatesNo visa sponsorshipCitizens or permanent residents only

Core

Designing system architectures, performance budgets, and field-ready capabilities for compact, solid-state beam-steering radar products.

Role type

Senior Radar Systems Architect

Builds

Compact, solid-state beam-steering radar products for automotive, transportation, critical infrastructure, border security, smart cities, and airspace management.

Domain

Defense and security / Radar systems / RF electronics

Deliverable

production ML models

Required skills

System modeling, trade studies, data-driven debugging, embedded firmware, operating systems, application software, Python, MATLAB, hardware/software interface debugging

Preferred skills

Radar systems, RF design, sensing technologies, radar architecture, waveform and mode decisions, environmental constraints, FMCW, pulse Doppler, radar algorithms, clutter mitigation, interference suppression, calibration, tracking, state estimation, Kalman filtering

Technologies

Embedded Firmware, Hardware Support, Matlab, Python, Security Architect

Responsibilities

Translate customer and product use cases into measurable system requirements and performance budgets; Define and maintain radar system architecture across hardware, firmware, algorithms, and product interfaces; Lead system decomposition into subsystems and establish subsystem requirements; Use system budgets to manage tradeoffs among competing requirements; Lead system-level performance closure through modeling, simulation, and interpretation of field data; Prepare systems for integration by collaborating with hardware and software leads; Establish verification strategies with integration and test leadership, including requirement coverage, traceability, and reporting; Provide principal technical input in roadmap and design reviews, partnering with product, manufacturing, and customer support teams.