Senior Radar Engineer, Air Defense Autonomy

Anduril Industries; Irvine (CA); On-site; USD 146,000 - 194,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity grants

Health and retirement benefits

Job summary

Anduril Industries in Irvine, CA seeks a Senior Radar Engineer to own architecture, performance, and detection/tracking for networked radar systems within a cutting-edge Air Defense platform. You will work with sensor, autonomy, and Lattice teams to translate radar outputs into a closed kill chain.

The role requires deep radar expertise, strong system-level modeling, and hands-on refinement from sensor performance to field integration, with DoD customer engagement and strategic roadmap input.

Qualifications

• BS or MS degree in Electrical Engineering, Physics, Mathematics, or related technical field.
• 5+ years of hands-on experience in radar systems engineering, including hardware, algorithms, or software development.
• Proficiency in MATLAB and Python for radar simulation and analysis.
• Proven track record in a technical leadership role developing high-performance defense radar systems.
• Must be authorized to work in the United States.
• Eligible to obtain and maintain an active U.S. Secret security clearance.

Responsibilities

• Architect and implement RF sensing technologies for air defense radar systems and multi-domain platforms.
• Conduct rigorous system-of-systems analysis to decompose operational requirements into radar subsystem specifications, link budgets, and performance trades.
• Work with our internal and external radars to validate advanced radar techniques, waveforms, signal processing algorithms, and detection/tracking technologies against evolving UAS threats.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define system architectures and concepts of operations for networked sensor and effector engagements.
• Create and drive consensus on internal technical roadmaps for counter-UAS radar capabilities.
• Engage directly with DoD customers to translate operational needs into technical requirements.
• Provide technical leadership to program management and business development teams to support strategic decision-making.

Skills

Radar systems engineering

Waveform design

Technical leadership

Signal processing

Education

BS or MS in Electrical Engineering, Physics, Mathematics, or related field

Tools

MATLAB

Python

C++

Job description

Anduril Industries in Irvine, CA seeks a Senior Radar Engineer to own architecture, performance, and detection/tracking for networked radar systems within a cutting-edge Air Defense platform. You will work with sensor, autonomy, and Lattice teams to translate radar outputs into a closed kill chain.

The role requires deep radar expertise, strong system-level modeling, and hands-on refinement from sensor performance to field integration, with DoD customer engagement and strategic roadmap input.