Staff Radar Systems Engineer for Space Domain Awareness

Visa Hunt; United States; On-site; USD 150,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

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

Ideal candidates have deep radar systems expertise, strong sensor performance understanding, and the ability to translate mission requirements into scalable technical solutions supporting national

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a related technical discipline and a strong background in radar systems.
• Experience in radar system architecture, integration, testing, and performance analysis.
• Ability to develop system requirements and verification methodologies.
• Strong analytical and leadership skills with clear communication.

Responsibilities

• Lead radar systems engineering activities across the system lifecycle, including requirements development, architecture definition, integration, verification, validation, and operational support.
• Develop and maintain radar system software, performance models, analyses, and technical documentation.
• Evaluate radar performance against mission objectives and identify opportunities for optimization and capability enhancement.
• Support system design reviews, technical interchange meetings, and customer engagements.
• Collaborate with software, hardware, RF, signal processing, and operations teams for integration and deployment.
• Perform trade studies and technical assessments to support engineering and program decisions.
• Develop test plans and support laboratory, field, and operational testing activities.
• Analyze system anomalies and lead root-cause investigations and corrective actions.
• Support government customers by providing technical expertise, briefings, and engineering recommendations.
• Mentor junior engineers and contribute to systems engineering best practices.

Skills

Radar systems engineering

RF systems

Signal processing

System requirements development

Technical leadership

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering

Job description

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

Ideal candidates have deep radar systems expertise, strong sensor performance understanding, and the ability to translate mission requirements into scalable technical solutions supporting national