Staff Radar Systems Engineer - Remote/Hybrid, Equity

LeoLabs; United States; Hybrid; USD 173,000 - 235,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Global remote/hybrid opportunities

Challenging, meaningful missions

Unlimited paid time off

Competitive salary and equity

Comprehensive health, dental, and/ or

Job summary

LeoLabs is hiring a Staff Radar Systems Engineer to lead the design, integration, testing, and deployment of advanced radar capabilities. You will guide system requirements, evaluate performance, and coordinate across hardware, software, RF, and operations teams on mission-critical space-domain projects.

The role requires deep radar engineering expertise, strong leadership, and the ability to translate mission needs into scalable solutions.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Systems Engineering, Physics, Aerospace Engineering, or related technical discipline.

Responsibilities

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

Skills

Radar systems engineering

RF systems

Signal processing

System requirements

Technical leadership

Analytical thinking

Communication

Mentoring

Security clearance eligible

Education

Bachelor's degree (EE/SE/Physics/Aerospace)

Tools

MATLAB

Simulink

Job description

LeoLabs is hiring a Staff Radar Systems Engineer to lead the design, integration, testing, and deployment of advanced radar capabilities. You will guide system requirements, evaluate performance, and coordinate across hardware, software, RF, and operations teams on mission-critical space-domain projects.

The role requires deep radar engineering expertise, strong leadership, and the ability to translate mission needs into scalable solutions.