Radar System Engineer: Next-Gen Digital Radar for UAVs

Destinus; Zürich; On-site; CHF 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Destinus seeks a Radar System Engineer to shape next-gen digital radar systems for high-performance aerospace environments. You will define system requirements, drive trade-offs, and select components to meet demanding SWaP-C targets, collaborating across RF, digital, software, and mechanical teams.

You will model bistatic radar behavior, validate models against measurements, and lead cross-domain system studies while maintaining a hands-on, innovative mindset.

Qualifications

• Deep understanding of TX and RX architectures and their building blocks: amplifiers, mixers, filters, clock circuits and PLLs, A/D and D/A converters
• Behavioral models of RF and analog building blocks preferably in Python
• Waveform design and digital communication principles
• Good understanding of radar signal processing
• Experience with bistatic radar is a plus
• Knowledge of FPGA devices is a plus

Responsibilities

• Behavioral modelling of bistatic radar systems
• System level simulation to predict system performance based on key metrics (e.g. SNR, resolution parameters)
• Validation of the system model against measurements
• RX and TX architecture
• Writing requirements and specifications
• Lead system level studies across domains HW, SW, signal processing, mechanical
• Collaborate with RF design, digital design, SW engineering and signal processing as well as mechanical engineering

Skills

TX architectures

RX architectures

RF/Analog building blocks

Python behavioral models

Waveform design

Radar signal processing

Bistatic radar

FPGA knowledge

Tools

Python

FPGA

Job description

Destinus seeks a Radar System Engineer to shape next-gen digital radar systems for high-performance aerospace environments. You will define system requirements, drive trade-offs, and select components to meet demanding SWaP-C targets, collaborating across RF, digital, software, and mechanical teams.

You will model bistatic radar behavior, validate models against measurements, and lead cross-domain system studies while maintaining a hands-on, innovative mindset.