Senior Radar Engineer – Mission-Critical Systems

Leidos; Huntsville (AL); On-site; USD 154,000 - 278,000; Full time

Job summary

Leidos is seeking a Lead Radar Engineer to support the USASMDC Reagan Test Range (ROSIE) program. The role requires senior technical leadership across radar instrumentation, data analysis, and system integration to ensure mission readiness and data quality for missile test and space operations.

The successful candidate will coordinate with operations, maintenance, systems engineering, hardware, software, and mission planning teams to resolve complex problems and drive modernization from

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical/Computer Engineering, Physics, Systems Engineering, or related STEM with 12+ years of experience
• Experience with radar/RF systems design, signal processing, and instrumentation
• Ability to travel and obtain/maintain Secret Clearance

Responsibilities

• Serve as lead radar engineering SME for RTR radar operations, sustainment, modernization, and test.
• Analyze radar performance data to identify degradation, anomalies, and opportunities for improvement.
• Lead root‑cause analysis of hardware, software, RF, and timing issues and drive corrective actions.
• Maintain radar baselines and manage disciplined configuration changes for upgrades.
• Support mission readiness with MTBF/MTTR analysis and performance trend reviews.

Skills

Radar engineering

RF systems

Signal processing

Instrumentation

System analysis

Troubleshooting

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering

Master's degree (preferred)

Job description

Leidos is seeking a Lead Radar Engineer to support the USASMDC Reagan Test Range (ROSIE) program. The role requires senior technical leadership across radar instrumentation, data analysis, and system integration to ensure mission readiness and data quality for missile test and space operations.

The successful candidate will coordinate with operations, maintenance, systems engineering, hardware, software, and mission planning teams to resolve complex problems and drive modernization from