Lead Air-to-Ground Radar Systems Engineer

Apolis; Baltimore (MD); On-site; USD 100,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Apolis is seeking a Systems Engineer in Baltimore, MD for a long-term onsite contract. You will lead radar system architectures for air-to-ground missions, define system-level requirements, and drive verification, tests, and cross-functional collaboration.

The role requires experience with radar modeling, signal processing, and a DoD security clearance; strong leadership and problem-solving across hardware and software are essential.

Qualifications

• Experience leading systems engineering for radar or advanced RF sensor systems.
• Strong knowledge of air-to-ground radar modes and performance.
• Experience with modeling and simulation, requirements, architecture, integration and test.
• Experience leading complex technical efforts across hardware and software boundaries.
• Ability to lead cross-functional engineering teams.
• Must be willing to obtain a DoD Secret clearance.

Responsibilities

• Lead radar system architectures for air-to-ground missions.
• Define and partition system-level requirements, performance 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 clutter analysis.
• Guide the 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, planning, execution, data analysis, and discrepancy resolution.
• Drive root cause investigations and corrective actions for complex system-level issues.
• Represent the radar system engineering team in technical reviews and risk/issue boards.
• Interface with customers to present technical approaches, performance results, and roadmaps.
• Support business development, capture strategy, concept development, and proposal technical volumes.
• Mentor engineers in radar systems engineering best practices.

Skills

Requirements development

System architecture

Modeling and simulation

Integration and Test

Verification and Validation

Cross-functional leadership

Troubleshooting system-level issues

Education

Bachelor's degree in STEM

Master's degree in STEM

Ph.D. in STEM

Tools

MATLAB

Python

C/C++

Shell scripting

Job description

Apolis is seeking a Systems Engineer in Baltimore, MD for a long-term onsite contract. You will lead radar system architectures for air-to-ground missions, define system-level requirements, and drive verification, tests, and cross-functional collaboration.

The role requires experience with radar modeling, signal processing, and a DoD security clearance; strong leadership and problem-solving across hardware and software are essential.