Senior Radar Systems Architect – Prototyping & Architecture

echodynecorp; Kirkland (WA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Echodyne is seeking a Senior Systems Architect to join the Advanced Technology Development team in Kirkland, WA. You will define system architectures for rapid radar prototypes, connecting sensing, compute, power, software, and packaging into coherent solutions.

You will guide cross-disciplinary technical decisions, carry broad technical judgment, and enable fast decisions for prototype execution while maintaining architectural integrity and risk management.

Qualifications

• Experience creating architectures for hardware/software products, embedded radar or defense tech.
• Translate mission needs and environments into system requirements, interfaces and budgets.
• Define and manage performance budgets, design margins and baselines.
• Lead cross-disciplinary trade studies across RF, digital, mechanical, software, test and supplier constraints.
• Plan prototypes, experiments, integration events and verification activities.
• Communicate complex system decisions clearly to engineering and business stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Develop mission needs, concepts of operation, success criteria, and system objectives for radar prototypes and future projects.
• Translate product goals and use cases into architectures, requirements, interfaces, and budgets.
• Lead trade studies across radar, RF, digital, compute, calibration, power, packaging, software, test, cost, schedule, and manufacturability.
• Define prototype experiments, integration plans, and verification evidence for high-risk areas.
• Maintain architectural baselines, margins, decisions, risks, and configuration information.
• Collaborate with Product, RF, electrical, FPGA, software, mechanical, test, manufacturing, and suppliers to deliver solutions.

Skills

System architectures

Embedded systems

Radar systems

RF and digital architecture

Trade studies

Cross-disciplinary collaboration

Communication to stakeholders

Education

BS in Engineering

Tools

MATLAB

Simulink

Python

Job description

Echodyne is seeking a Senior Systems Architect to join the Advanced Technology Development team in Kirkland, WA. You will define system architectures for rapid radar prototypes, connecting sensing, compute, power, software, and packaging into coherent solutions.

You will guide cross-disciplinary technical decisions, carry broad technical judgment, and enable fast decisions for prototype execution while maintaining architectural integrity and risk management.