Sr. Radar Engineer - Seattle, United States
Originally posted 29 September 2026 by the employer.
Own the signal processing chain of our Ku-band phased-array radar, from waveform to track.
About the role
This role is for a Senior Radar Engineer to own the signal processing chain of our Ku-band phased-array radar, from waveform to track. This involves developing algorithms for reliable detections and tracks of small, low-RCS targets.
What you'll do
- Define radar waveforms and operating modes (FMCW, pulse-Doppler, LFM and phase-coded) and trade range resolution, unambiguous velocity, duty cycle, and search timeline against system requirements.
- Develop the end-to-end processing chain: pulse compression, range-Doppler processing, digital beamforming, clutter suppression, CFAR detection, and angle estimation.
- Build detection and tracking algorithms for small, slow, low-flying targets in clutter, including track initiation, data association, and state estimation.
- Develop target discrimination methods, such as micro-Doppler feature extraction, to separate drones from birds and ground clutter.
- Build and maintain radar performance models (range equation, SNR and detection probability, clutter and multipath, array pattern and scan loss) that drive architecture decisions for the array, RFIC, and digital back end.
- Partner with DSP and FPGA engineers to partition algorithms across FPGA, SoC, and host; define fixed-point and latency budgets; and verify implementations bit-true against reference models.
What you'll need
- BS in Electrical Engineering, Physics, or a related field.
- 5+ years developing radar signal processing algorithms for fielded or prototype radar systems.
- Strong DSP fundamentals: sampling and multirate processing, filter design, spectral estimation, detection and estimation theory, and statistical signal processing.
- Hands-on experience with pulse-Doppler and/or FMCW processing: pulse compression, range-Doppler maps, MTI/MTD clutter filtering, and CFAR.
- Array signal processing experience: digital or hybrid beamforming, angle-of-arrival estimation, and monopulse.
- Fluency in MATLAB and/or Python for algorithm development and data analysis.
- Experience taking algorithms to hardware, including fixed-point conversion, real-time constraints, and verification alongside FPGA or embedded engineers.
- Experience collecting and analyzing data from real radar hardware in the lab and field.
Nice to have
- MS or PhD in Electrical Engineering or a related field.
- Counter-UAS, short-range air surveillance, or small-target detection experience.
- Adaptive beamforming, STAP, or high-resolution direction finding (MUSIC, ESPRIT).
- Experience with MIMO, multistatic, or networked radar architectures and advanced waveform design.
- Multi-target tracking (IMM, JPDA, MHT) and sensor fusion across networked radars.
- Micro-Doppler analysis or machine-learning-based target classification.
- C/C++ for real-time processing; familiarity with HDL, HLS, or AMD RFSoC platforms.
- Ku- or Ka-band phased-array experience, including array calibration.
- Active U.S. security clearance.
Skills: radar signal processing, phased-array radar, waveform, digital beamforming, FMCW
This role has been open 6 days — well below the 51-day median for RF/Wireless Engineering roles.
RF/Wireless Engineering · RF Frontend
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Open roles in category
265
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Median days open
51 d
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Median salary
$162k
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| Metric | Roguebeam | All employers we track in this specialty (265 roles · 34 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 6 | 265 |
| Open roles in the wider Analog & Mixed-Signal family | 6 | 1400 · 106 employers |
| Median days open | 6 d | 51 d (−45 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $162k |
Skills observed across this category: radar signal processing, phased-array radar, waveform, digital beamforming, FMCW
Who's hiring in this category
- QORVO · 46 open roles · median 35 d
- Skyworks · 41 open roles · median 40 d
- Keysight Technologies · 24 open roles · median 174 d
- Qualcomm · 24 open roles · median 102 d
- Apple · 20 open roles · median 19 d
- Analog Devices · 12 open roles · median 57 d
How we counted: 265 open RF/Wireless Engineering (RF Frontend) roles from 34 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 5 Oct 2026. Specialty figures count only roles carrying this exact specialty label, so an employer's related work in neighbouring specialties is not included there — it is counted in the wider Analog & Mixed-Signal family row. Figures refresh nightly.