Anduril
Senior Radar Engineer, Air Defense
$146K–$194K
Irvine, California, United States · Senior · Full-time · Posted Sep 15, 2026
- Experience
- 5+ years of hands-on radar systems engineering experience.
- Education
- BS or MS degree in Electrical Engineering, Physics, Mathematics, or related technical field.
- Visa sponsorship
- Must be authorized to work in the United States.
About the job
Architects and develops networked radar systems for air defense, improving detection and tracking of evolving drone threats and integrating radar into system-of-systems engagements.
What you'll do
- Design radar architectures and translate operational needs into subsystem specifications, link budgets, and performance trades.
- Validate radar techniques, waveforms, signal-processing algorithms, and detection and tracking technologies against UAS threats.
- Coordinate networked sensor and effector architectures, technical roadmaps, and customer requirements.
What they ask for
- BS or MS in Electrical Engineering, Physics, Mathematics, or a related technical field.
- 5+ years of hands-on radar systems engineering experience, including hardware, algorithms, or software development.
- Strong expertise in radar architecture, waveform design, radar modes, and system-level modeling; proficiency in MATLAB and Python.
- Technical leadership record developing high-performance defense radar systems; authorized to work in the United States and eligible to obtain and maintain an active U.S. Secret security clearance.
Nice to have
- Hands-on RF sensing development for detecting and tracking small, low-observable, low-altitude targets; radar antenna development or integration.
- C++ proficiency for real-time embedded systems or signal-processing pipelines; prior DoD or IC program experience.
Pay
$146,000 — $194,000 USD (base salary)
Tools
MATLAB, Python, C++
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