Radar Systems Engineer

LeoLabs is building a living map of activity in space through its global radar network and AI-enabled analytics platform. The Radar Systems Engineer role involves developing and maintaining software for advanced phased array radars, contributing to national security and commercial space operations.

Responsibilities:

• Develop, maintain, and operate control, data-acquisition, and data-processing software for LeoLabs’ advanced phased array radars
• Focus on software development and data analysis, contributing to the full radar lifecycle: from concept and development to deployment, performance monitoring, and operational support

Requirements:

• End-to-end signal processing knowledge (transmit/receive chains, I/Q data, target parameters)
• Analyze and troubleshoot complex algorithms
• Familiarity with radar equation, pulse compression, FFT, coherent integration, clutter/interference mitigation
• Analyze I/Q data and intermediate products in time and frequency domains
• Root cause analysis for complex systems
• Identify common RF/radar issues (IQ imbalance, clock drift, amplifier non-linearities)
• Proficiency in Python for analysis and prototyping; produce clear plots and diagnostics
• Phased array fundamentals, antenna patterns, beamforming
• Knowledge of transmit/receive chain components (amplifiers, mixers, filters, digitizers)
• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Engineering Physics, or related field with 3+ years relevant experience OR Master's/PhD with applied research in radar, remote sensing, instrumentation, or related discipline
• Exposure to multiple radar architectures, waveforms, and design tradeoffs
• Software deployment, DevOps, and troubleshooting in production/real-time environments
• Detection and estimation theory, performance reasoning under noise/interference
• Experience operating radars in Linux environments; familiarity with control/monitoring software
• High-performance computing experience (GPU optimization; FPGA optional)
• Radar calibration and validation (timing, range, Doppler, amplitude, phase)