Radar Signal Processing Engineer

About the role

Leidos’ Defense Open Sensors Division is seeking a Radar Signal Processing Engineer to join a diverse team creating unique solutions for complex sensor and radar oriented problems. This position offers opportunities for new or experienced engineers to continue learning and growing in technical knowledge of sensor and radar systems.

Responsibilities

• Research and development of advanced digital signal processing (DSP) algorithms
• High-fidelity radar and RF modeling, simulation, and analysis
• Related tool feature development and maintenance
• Integration and field testing of RF sensors and systems
• CONUS/OCONUS deployment of advanced sensor systems
• A variety of tasks related to signal processing, measurement tracker processing, system performance metrics, sensor simulation, or utility tools as part of larger efforts or customer goals
• Managing multiple tasks while ensuring work remains compatible with the group’s larger codebases

Requirements

• BS degree from an ABET accredited college or university in Electrical Engineering or related technical field with 12-15 applicable years of experience - OR - MS degree from an ABET accredited college or university in Electrical Engineering or related technical field plus 10-13 years of experience
• Excellent math skills and/or good fundamentals in signals and systems, digital signal processing, tracking algorithms, electromagnetics
• Experience working with Matlab, Python, or similar scientific-based programming tools to implement math or science based phenomenology related to linear systems, digital signal processing, tracking, or electromagnetics
• Good organizational skills, attention to detail, and a strong technical background
• Resident of the North Alabama area or willing to relocate to the Huntsville – North Alabama, AL, area
• US citizen, able to obtain and maintain a Top Secret clearance

Qualifications

• BS degree from an ABET accredited college or university in Electrical Engineering or related technical field with 12-15 applicable years of experience - OR - MS degree from an ABET accredited college or university in Electrical Engineering or related technical field plus 10-13 years of experience
• Excellent math skills and/or good fundamentals in signals and systems, digital signal processing, tracking algorithms, electromagnetics
• Experience working with Matlab, Python, or similar scientific-based programming tools to implement math or science based phenomenology related to linear systems, digital signal processing, tracking, or electromagnetics
• Good organizational skills, attention to detail, and a strong technical background
• Resident of the North Alabama area or willing to relocate to the Huntsville – North Alabama, AL, area
• US citizen, able to obtain and maintain a Top Secret clearance

Skills

• Experience in high performance computing languages such as C++ including CUDA
• Experience in development or operations of radar HWILs
• Experience with ADCs, DACs, clock distribution, or embedded systems
• Highly organized, demonstrating the ability to work independently at times due to fast-paced and highly productive work environment
• Ability to create design documentation, requirements specifications, and other technical documentation
• Experience utilizing AI tools to augment technical output (i.e., to improve/automate documentation or code generation)
• Experience in Radar Resource Management algorithms and approaches to low-latency radar scheduling

Benefits

Pay Range $131,300.00 - $237,350.00