Senior FMCW Radar Architect

Rotterdam Innovation City; Den Haag; Hybrid; EUR 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation support

Remote working options

30 days paid holiday (+3)

Pension plan

Equipment provided

Job summary

Robin Radar seeks an experienced radar/embedded systems expert to drive the technical frontier of FMCW radar while bridging RF physics and real-time digital execution. You will lead design, optimization, and autonomous development across embedded platforms, with a focus on high-assurance defense-grade resilience and rapid delivery.

You will collaborate with top radar scientists and publish your work while influencing strategic technical directions and maintaining stringent standards in a

Qualifications

• 10+ years of deep technical radar/defense experience.
• Expertise in at least 2 domains: Signal Processing, RF Hardware Design, VHDL/Embedded C++, or Radar Algorithms.
• Experience in development of complex Radar or Electronic Warfare systems.
• Able to work within rigorous standards while challenging bureaucracy.
• Autonomous and hands-on with velocity.
• Ability to meet Defense security clearance requirements.
• Fluent in English to discuss strategies with radar scientists and publish for academic audiences.

Responsibilities

• Design and optimize next-generation FMCW radar architectures with a focus on signal-to-noise maximization and target classification.
• Lead hands-on development of real-time processing engines using VHDL and C++, ensuring fast execution on embedded hardware.
• Develop advanced radar algorithms that exceed industry standards.
• Manage hardware-software interface by defining RF parameters and maximizing software performance.
• Incorporate defense-grade resilience into commercial stacks for robust operation.
• Work autonomously to solve bottlenecks and push engineering practices forward.
• Explore and integrate AI/ML models into the signal processing chain for automated threat detection.

Skills

Radar/defense experience

Signal Processing

RF Hardware Design

VHDL/Embedded C++

Embedded real-time systems

English language

Tools

VHDL

Embedded C++

Radar algorithms

Job description

Robin Radar seeks an experienced radar/embedded systems expert to drive the technical frontier of FMCW radar while bridging RF physics and real-time digital execution. You will lead design, optimization, and autonomous development across embedded platforms, with a focus on high-assurance defense-grade resilience and rapid delivery.

You will collaborate with top radar scientists and publish your work while influencing strategic technical directions and maintaining stringent standards in a