Senior Radar Processing Engineer SAR & Space Systems

Umbra; Reston (VA); Hybrid; USD 170,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible Time Off

Medical Insurance

Stock Options

Free Lunch

Free Parking

401k

Life Insurance

Job summary

Umbra is seeking a Senior Software Engineer in the Radar Processing Group to help develop and refine radar processing pipelines. You will build robust production services essential to the processing chain and contribute to mission-critical software used in space systems.

The role offers flexibility with office bases in Santa Barbara/Goleta, CA, Arlington, VA, or Reston, VA, with consideration for highly qualified remote candidates. Strong coding and testing practices are required.

Qualifications

• Experience writing SAR processing algorithms.
• Bachelor's degree in a related STEM field (electrical engineering, physics, or computer science).
• 5+ years of professional experience in signal/image processing development.
• 5-8+ years of professional experience with Matlab or Python.
• Experience with version control software, preferably Git.
• Foundational understanding of software architecture, event-driven micro-services, interface design, and automated testing patterns.
• Experience with database-backed applications and relational database concepts.
• Experience with parallel processing and HPC.

Responsibilities

• Develop and improve radar algorithms including MTI, Passive RF, and SAR.
• Write production-quality software with unit and integration testing.
• Support commercial and government teams in modeling, simulation, mission design, and systems analyses.
• Monitor, evaluate and improve production throughput for cost and timeliness efficiency.
• Build, test, and maintain applications that run our satellites and tackle various problems, including automation of spacecraft operations and mission data pipelines.
• Provide software architecture expertise to cross-functional engineering and product teams.
• Help establish and adhere to DevOps practices for quality and performance.

Skills

SAR Processing

Signal Processing

Python

Matlab

Git

Software Architecture

Databases

HPC

C/C++

Rust

CUDA

Education

Bachelor's degree in STEM

Advanced degree (preferred)

Tools

Git

CUDA

Job description

Umbra is seeking a Senior Software Engineer in the Radar Processing Group to help develop and refine radar processing pipelines. You will build robust production services essential to the processing chain and contribute to mission-critical software used in space systems.

The role offers flexibility with office bases in Santa Barbara/Goleta, CA, Arlington, VA, or Reston, VA, with consideration for highly qualified remote candidates. Strong coding and testing practices are required.