Air-to-Ground Radar Systems Engineer

Apex Systems; Baltimore (MD); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Everforth Apex Systems in Baltimore, MD seeks an Air-to-Ground Systems Engineer to join the SEIT team. You will tackle complex radar system challenges across platforms, solving for performance and interoperability in next-generation airborne missions.

The role requires US citizenship and DoD Secret clearance; you will collaborate across RF, processing, software, and platform teams, mentoring engineers and shaping test strategies from lab to flight.

Qualifications

• U.S. citizens able to obtain DoD clearance.
• 12+ years of STEM experience for a Bachelor’s, 10+ for a Master’s, or 8+ for a PhD.
• Experience leading radar/advanced RF sensor system engineering.
• Proficiency in MATLAB or Python; C/C++ and shell scripting.

Responsibilities

• Lead radar system architectures for air-to-ground missions.
• Define and partition system-level requirements, budgets, and interfaces.
• Direct trade studies on waveforms, antenna design, processing architectures and mission scenarios.
• Lead radar performance modeling and simulation, including link budgets and detection performance.
• Guide development of Air-to-Ground concepts and algorithms from a systems perspective.
• Define verification strategies and test architectures from lab through flight test.
• Oversee integration and test campaigns, data analysis, and discrepancy resolution.
• Drive root cause investigations for complex system-level issues.
• Represent the radar system engineering team in technical reviews and risk boards.
• Interface with customers to present approaches and roadmaps; support proposals.
• Mentor junior engineers in radar systems engineering best practices.

Skills

Radar systems engineering

System-level requirements

Leadership

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in STEM

Master's degree in STEM

Ph.D. in STEM

Tools

MATLAB

Python

C/C++

Shell scripting

Job description

Everforth Apex Systems in Baltimore, MD seeks an Air-to-Ground Systems Engineer to join the SEIT team. You will tackle complex radar system challenges across platforms, solving for performance and interoperability in next-generation airborne missions.

The role requires US citizenship and DoD Secret clearance; you will collaborate across RF, processing, software, and platform teams, mentoring engineers and shaping test strategies from lab to flight.