Senior Radar Systems Engineer — Remote/Hybrid

InvestedintheMission; Menlo Park (CA); Hybrid; USD 184,000 - 224,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote/hybrid opportunities

Meaningful missions

Unlimited PTO

Salary & equity

Health coverage

Space tech leadership

Job summary

LeoLabs is seeking a Staff Radar Systems Engineer to lead the design, integration, testing, and deployment of advanced radar capabilities. You will drive system requirements, evaluate performance, and coordinate across hardware, software, RF, and operations teams.

The role calls for deep radar systems expertise, sensor performance understanding, and the ability to translate mission needs into scalable solutions for space domain awareness and national security.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of radar systems engineering or related defense/aerospace experience.
• Bachelor's degree in a technical field; advanced degree preferred.
• Experience with radar architecture, integration, testing, and performance analysis.
• Strong radar, RF, and signal processing knowledge; sensor performance clarity.
• Eligibility to obtain and maintain a security clearance.

Responsibilities

• Lead radar systems engineering across the lifecycle from requirements to support.
• Develop and maintain radar system software, performance models, and docs.
• Evaluate radar performance against mission objectives and optimize capabilities.
• Support design reviews, technical interchange meetings, and customer engagements.
• Collaborate with software, hardware, RF, and ops teams for integration.
• Conduct trade studies and assessments to inform program decisions.
• Create test plans and support laboratory, field, and operational tests.
• Analyze system anomalies and drive root-cause investigations.

Skills

Radar systems engineering

RF systems

Signal processing

System requirements

Security clearance eligibility

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Systems Engineering, Physics, Aerospace Engineering

Advanced degree in Engineering, Physics, Applied Mathematics, or related field

Job description

LeoLabs is seeking a Staff Radar Systems Engineer to lead the design, integration, testing, and deployment of advanced radar capabilities. You will drive system requirements, evaluate performance, and coordinate across hardware, software, RF, and operations teams.

The role calls for deep radar systems expertise, sensor performance understanding, and the ability to translate mission needs into scalable solutions for space domain awareness and national security.