Senior Radar Software Engineer - Space Domain Lead

InvestedintheMission; Menlo Park (CA); Hybrid; USD 150,000 - 202,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote/hybrid opportunities

Meaningful missions

Unlimited PTO

Salary & equity

Health, dental, and vision

Space operations & defense tech

Job summary

LeoLabs seeks a Senior Radar Software Engineer to develop, integrate and optimize software for radar operations and space-domain awareness missions. You will work with radar systems, signal processing, data science, and software teams to deliver high-performance capabilities that meet mission requirements.

The ideal candidate has 7+ years of software engineering experience, strong Python/C++, and the ability to work in a fast-paced, multidisciplinary environment with eligibility for U.S.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related discipline.
• 7+ years of professional software engineering experience.
• Strong programming experience in Python, C++, or similar languages.
• Experience designing and developing distributed systems, APIs, and data-intensive applications.
• Experience with Linux-based development environments.
• Familiarity with software testing, CI/CD pipelines, and DevOps practices.
• Eligible to obtain and maintain a U.S. Personnel Security Clearance.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, test, and maintain software supporting radar data collection, processing, analysis, and operational deployment.
• Develop interfaces and services supporting sensor operations, telemetry, data management, and mission execution.
• Develop scalable and reliable software solutions for radar control, monitoring, automation, and performance optimization.
• Collaborate with radar systems, signal processing, infrastructure, and operations teams to integrate new capabilities into operational environments.
• Support software architecture development and technical design reviews.
• Participate in system integration, verification, validation, and field testing activities.
• Troubleshoot operational issues and support root‑cause analysis for software and system anomalies.
• Contribute to software development best practices, code reviews, and technical documentation.
• Support customer demonstrations, technical briefings, and operational readiness activities as needed.

Skills

Python/C++

Distributed systems

APIs

Linux

CI/CD

DevOps

Security clearance eligible

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Linux

Git

Job description

LeoLabs seeks a Senior Radar Software Engineer to develop, integrate and optimize software for radar operations and space-domain awareness missions. You will work with radar systems, signal processing, data science, and software teams to deliver high-performance capabilities that meet mission requirements.

The ideal candidate has 7+ years of software engineering experience, strong Python/C++, and the ability to work in a fast-paced, multidisciplinary environment with eligibility for U.S.