Synthetic Aperture Radar Engineer

Insight Global; Linthicum (MD); On-site; USD 175,000 - 260,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health

Vision

Dental

401K

Job summary

Insight Global is seeking a Senior Radar Engineer with deep SAR expertise to support design, development, integration, and performance optimization of airborne and space-based sensing systems. You will work with industry-leading engineers on radar technologies for national security, ISR, and sensor programs.

The role emphasizes solving signal processing, RF, and systems engineering challenges across the radar lifecycle. Mentorship and technical strategy across programs are expected.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or related STEM field.
• 8+ years radar engineering experience.
• Demonstrated SAR expertise.
• Experience across engineering lifecycle (design, modeling, fielding).
• Strong background in radar theory, detection/estimation, SAR image formation.
• Experience with MATLAB, Python, C++, Simulink.

Responsibilities

• Lead design and development of advanced SAR radar systems and architectures.
• Develop and evaluate radar concepts, waveforms, and performance budgets.
• Analyze SAR image formation, resolution, clutter, and detection capabilities.
• Design, implement, and optimize radar signal processing algorithms.
• Support end-to-end radar performance modeling and simulation.
• Perform radar phenomenology analysis including propagation, clutter, noise, interference, and targets.
• Conduct trade studies on antenna design, RF architectures, waveform selection, processing approaches.
• Support airborne or ground-based radar integration, test, fielding activities.
• Analyze radar collection data and provide performance improvement recommendations.
• Collaborate with RF engineers, software developers, systems engineers, and intelligence analysts.
• Present findings to customers, program leadership, and government stakeholders.
• Mentor junior radar engineers and guide technical strategy across programs.

Skills

Radar engineering

SAR expertise

Signal processing

Systems engineering

MATLAB

Python

C++

Simulink

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or related STEM field

Tools

MATLAB

Python

C++

Simulink

Job description

We are seeking a Senior Radar Engineer with deep expertise in Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) to support the design, development, integration, and performance optimization of advanced airborne and space-based sensing systems. This role is ideal for a radar expert who has spent their career developing, analyzing, or fielding SAR capabilities and enjoys solving challenging signal processing, RF, and systems engineering problems.

You will work alongside industry-leading engineers developing cutting-edge radar technologies supporting national security, intelligence, ISR, missile defense, and next-generation sensor programs.

What You’ll Do

• Lead the design and development of advanced SAR radar systems and architectures.
• Develop and evaluate radar concepts, waveforms, and performance budgets.
• Analyze SAR image formation, resolution performance, clutter effects, and detection capabilities.
• Design, implement, and optimize radar signal processing algorithms.
• Support end-to-end radar performance modeling and simulation.
• Perform radar phenomenology analysis including propagation, clutter, noise, interference, and target signatures.
• Conduct trade studies involving antenna design, RF architectures, waveform selection, and processing approaches.
• Support airborne or ground-based radar integration, test, and fielding activities.
• Analyze radar collection data and provide recommendations for performance improvement.
• Collaborate with RF engineers, software developers, systems engineers, and intelligence analysts.
• Present technical findings to customers, program leadership, and government stakeholders.
• Mentor junior radar engineers and guide technical strategy across programs.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Physics, Mathematics, Applied Mathematics, Computer Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, or related STEM field.
• 8+ years of radar engineering experience.
• Demonstrated expertise with Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) systems.
• Experience developing, modeling, or analyzing radar systems throughout the engineering lifecycle.
• Strong understanding of:
• Radar theory
• Detection and estimation theory
• SAR image formation
• Clutter and interference effects
• Signal processing algorithms
• Experience with one or more of:
• MATLAB
• Python
• C++
• Simulink
• Experience conducting radar performance analysis and modeling.

Insight Global is actively hiring multiple candidates for this role so exact pay will vary based on candidates overall level of experience, depth on knowledge, types of SAR Radars supported and Clearance level. However, we anticipate paying 175K - 260K for these openings as well as providing a comprehensive benefits package including

• health
• vision
• dental
• 401K insurance