Senior Radar R&D Engineer – GEOINT Signal Processing

The Aerospace Corporation; Virginia (MN); On-site; USD 129,000 - 250,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health care benefits

Paid time off

401(k) plan

Relocation assistance

Education assistance

Professional development

Job summary

The Aerospace Corporation is seeking a Radar Research and Development Scientist (Senior Project Engineer - Signal & Image Process Engineering) to lead advanced RADAR programs within the GEOINT and Technology Development enterprise. This on-site role in Chantilly, VA requires strong SAR and signal processing expertise to drive government and contractor collaboration.

You will analyze architectures, guide technology development, and mentor colleagues while interfacing with government customers to

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or advanced degree in mathematics, physics, electrical engineering or related technical discipline.
• A minimum of 6 years of experience post-bachelor degree (time spent obtaining advanced degree counts toward this).
• Experience with SAR space-based systems.
• Familiarity with space system payload and/or vehicle development from requirements through on-orbit operations.
• Active TS/SSBI/SCI clearance; U.S. citizenship required.

Responsibilities

• Assist GEOINT Research and Technology Office customers in planning, negotiating and executing crucial space system technology development decisions.
• Lead analysis and develop recommendations for future RADAR systems and architectures.
• Lead analysis and collaboration on development and implementation of electronic protection.
• Communicate programmatic and technical issues and provide independent recommendations to Aerospace management and customers.
• Integrate Aerospace activities to focus the corporation’s strength on customer capabilities.
• Serve as advisor and mentor to SETA, Aerospace, and Customer representatives on program execution.

Skills

SAR systems

Signal processing

System architecting

Electronics protection

Education

Bachelor’s or MS in related field

Tools

FPGAs

GPUs

Matlab

Job description

The Aerospace Corporation is seeking a Radar Research and Development Scientist (Senior Project Engineer - Signal & Image Process Engineering) to lead advanced RADAR programs within the GEOINT and Technology Development enterprise. This on-site role in Chantilly, VA requires strong SAR and signal processing expertise to drive government and contractor collaboration.

You will analyze architectures, guide technology development, and mentor colleagues while interfacing with government customers to