Radar Analysis IPT Lead

Koitecc Solutions; Huntsville (AL); On-site; USD 87,000 - 157,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health and retirement benefits

Career development

Job summary

Leidos Defense seeks a hands-on Radar Analysis IPT Lead to perform radar performance modeling and guide a small team. You will use MATLAB, Python, and C++ to assess detection, tracking, and system-level performance in realistic environments.

The role emphasizes technical leadership, tool adaptation, and clear data-driven recommendations to influence design decisions, with a Final Secret clearance and Huntsville, AL residency required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or Computer Engineering from an ABET-accredited school with strong radar analysis skills
• 4-8 years hands-on radar performance analysis experience; higher for advanced degrees
• U.S. Citizen with Final Secret Clearance
• Resident of Huntsville, AL or willingness to relocate to Huntsville, AL

Responsibilities

• Hands-on radar performance modeling using MATLAB, Python, and C++
• Adapt legacy radar tools to current design and validate changes
• Analyze detection and tracking performance, including Kalman filters and CFAR
• Lead a small radar analysis team and present results to leadership and customers

Skills

Radar analysis

MATLAB

Leadership

Communication

Team coordination

Education

ABET-accredited EE/CE degree

Tools

C++ models

Python

MATLAB

Job description

Looking for an opportunity to make an impact?

At Leidos, we deliver innovative solutions through the efforts of our diverse and talented people who are dedicated to our customers' success. We empower our teams, contribute to our communities, and operate sustainably. Everything we do is built on a commitment to do the right thing for our customers, our people, and our community. Our Mission, Vision, and Values guide the way we do business.

Your greatest work is ahead!

Leidos Defense is seeking a talented Radar Analysis IPT Lead to join a diverse team to create unique solutions for complex sensor and radar-oriented problems. We have offices across the United States engaging in the defense, space, cyber and commercial fields, we provide responsive, cost-effective engineering, scientific and IT solutions.

If this sounds like the kind of environment where you can thrive, keep reading!

Leidos Defense provides a diverse portfolio of systems, solutions, and services covering land, sea, air, space, and cyberspace for customers worldwide. Solutions for Defense include enterprise and mission IT, large-scale intelligence systems, command and control, geospatial and data analytics, cybersecurity, logistics, training, and intelligence analysis and operations support. Our team is solving the world's toughest security challenges for customers with "can't fail" missions. To explore and learn more, click here!

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Position Overview

We are seeking a highly technical, hands-on Radar Analysis IPT Lead to execute and lead radar performance modeling and analysis activities for an advanced radar system. This role is not purely managerial - the selected candidate will directly perform detailed radar performance analysis while guiding a small team of analysts. The IPT Lead will leverage and adapt existing radar modeling and simulation toolsets developed on prior programs to assess detection, tracking, and system-level performance in realistic operational environments. The role requires deep understanding of radar physics, signal processing impacts, and practical performance verification methods.

Primary Responsibilities

Hands-On Radar Performance Analysis

• Directly execute radar performance modeling using established tool suites (MATLAB, Python-based frameworks, C++ models, etc.)
• Adapt legacy radar performance tools to current system architecture and requirements

Tool Adaptation & Validation

• Assess applicability of previously developed radar performance models to current design
• Modify and extend modeling frameworks to reflect:
  • Updated RF architectures
  • Antenna/beamforming differences
  • Processing chain updates

Signal Processing & Tracking Performance

• Analyze detection performance (CFAR variants, threshold selection)
• Evaluate tracking filter performance (e.g., Kalman-based estimators)
• Assess dwell time, PRF selection, waveform tradeoffs, and coherent integration impacts
• Identify algorithm sensitivities that drive system-level performance risk

Technical Leadership

• Lead a small radar analysis team while remaining the primary technical contributor
• Review and approve analysis products and technical reports
• Present quantitative performance assessments to program leadership and customers
• Provide clear, data-driven recommendations to influence system design decisions

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree, preferably in Electrical Engineering or Computer Engineering from an ABET-accredited school with a strong demonstration of the skills listed below will also be considered plus 4-8 years of experience in hands-on radar performance analysis. Masters with 2 - 6 years of prior relevant experience in hands-on radar performance analysis or PHD with 1-4 years of prior relevant experience in hands-on radar performance analysis.
• Proficiency in MATLAB for radar performance modeling.
• Must have good communication skills for working in a highly collaborative lab environment and interfacing with customers.
• US Citizen and possess and maintain a Final Secret Clearance.
• Be a resident of Huntsville, AL or willing to relocate to the Huntsville, AL area.

Preferred Qualifications

Candidate with additional skills in the following is preferred, but not required:

• Experience transitioning analysis tools between programs
• Familiarity with hardware performance drivers (noise figure, linearity, antenna gain patterns)
• Experience correlating simulation results with flight or range test data

If you're looking for comfort, keep scrolling. At Leidos, we outthink, outbuild, and outpace the status quo - because the mission demands it. We're not hiring followers. We're recruiting the ones who disrupt, provoke, and refuse to fail. Step 10 is ancient history. We're already at step 30 - and moving faster than anyone else dares.

Original Posting:

June 23, 2026

Pay Range:

Pay Range $87,100.00 - $157,450.00

The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline only and not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity, alignment with market data, applicable bargaining agreement (if any), or other law.

About Leidos

Leidos is an industry and technology leader serving government and commercial customers with smarter, more efficient digital and mission innovations. Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, with 47,000 global employees, Leidos reported annual revenues of approximately $16.7 billion for the fiscal year ended January 3, 2025. For more information, visit www.Leidos.com.

Pay and Benefits

• Competitive compensation
• Health and Wellness programs
• Income Protection
• Paid Leave
• Retirement

More details are available at www.leidos.com/careers/pay-benefits.

Commitment to Non-Discrimination

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, race, ethnicity, age, national origin, citizenship, religion, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, pregnancy, family structure, marital status, ancestry, domestic partner status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran or military status, or any other basis prohibited by law. Leidos will also consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories consistent with relevant laws.