Staff Radar Systems Engineer – Airborne Autonomy

Anduril Industries, Inc.; Costa Mesa (CA); Hybrid; USD 191,000 - 253,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity grants

Top-tier benefits package

Job summary

Anduril Industries is seeking an experienced senior radar systems engineer to lead architecture and mode development for airborne radar across manned and unmanned platforms.

You will drive end-to-end design from concept through deployment, refine RF sensing modes like SAR/ISAR/GMTI, and translate mission requirements into technical solutions while collaborating with cross-functional teams and with government customers.

Qualifications

• 12+ years in technical leadership on airborne radar programs.
• Experience in staff/principal-level roles developing operational radar systems.
• Deep expertise in airborne radar engineering and software architecture.

Responsibilities

• Lead systems architecture and mode development for airborne radar across platforms.
• Develop radar processing algorithms focusing on DSP and waveform design.
• Drive end-to-end radar system design from concept to deployment.
• Design RF sensing modes including SAR, ISAR, GMTI, and air-to-air tracking.
• Decompose requirements and perform system-level analysis for subsystems.
• Provide software leadership for radar mode implementation and real-time processing.
• Engage with government customers to translate mission needs into solutions.
• Collaborate across teams to define architectures and IO for radar systems-of-systems.
• Create roadmaps for airborne radar capabilities and communicate them clearly.
• Mentor team members in radar theory and systems engineering.

Skills

Airborne radar systems

DSP

Algorithm development

Electronic protection

System engineering

Software architecture

Customer-focused requirements

Leadership

End-to-end radar systems

Education

Bachelor's degree in math/physics/engineering

Tools

MATLAB

Python

C++

Job description

Anduril Industries is seeking an experienced senior radar systems engineer to lead architecture and mode development for airborne radar across manned and unmanned platforms.

You will drive end-to-end design from concept through deployment, refine RF sensing modes like SAR/ISAR/GMTI, and translate mission requirements into technical solutions while collaborating with cross-functional teams and with government customers.