Senior Radar R&D Scientist – GEOINT & Space Systems

The Aerospace Corporation; Chantilly (VA); Hybrid; USD 129,000 - 250,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health care and wellness plans

401(k) plan with company matching

Relocation assistance

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 for GEOINT. The role requires hands-on work on site in Chantilly, VA and involves directing analysis, architecture development, and coordination with government customers and contractors.

Ideal candidates will have a technical degree with 6+ years in SAR systems, signal processing, and hardware design using FPGAs/GPUs,

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or advanced degree in mathematics, physics, electrical engineering or a related technical discipline.
• Minimum of 6 years post-bachelor experience; experience with SAR space-based systems is required.
• Security clearance (TS/SSBI/SCI) and U.S. citizenship are required.
• Experience with signal processing and system architecture for SAR space-based systems.

Responsibilities

• Lead analysis and develop recommendations for future RADAR systems and architectures.
• Coordinate development and implementation of electronic protection across the customer community.
• Communicate issues and provide independent recommendations to Aerospace management and customers.
• Mentor SETA and customer representatives in program execution.
• Identify research opportunities to advance GEOINT RADAR technology.

Skills

SAR space-based systems

Signal processing

System architecting

FPGAs & GPUs

Education

Bachelor’s or Advanced degree in a technical field

Tools

FPGAs

GPUs

Space systems development

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 for GEOINT. The role requires hands-on work on site in Chantilly, VA and involves directing analysis, architecture development, and coordination with government customers and contractors.

Ideal candidates will have a technical degree with 6+ years in SAR systems, signal processing, and hardware design using FPGAs/GPUs,