Wardstone
Senior RF Engineer
El Segundo, United States · On-site · Senior · Full-time · Posted Aug 24, 2026
- Experience
- 6+ years designing, integrating, or testing radar systems, including ownership of a significant subsystem through hardware test.
- Education
- B.S. in Electrical Engineering, Physics, Aerospace Engineering, or a related field. M.S. preferred.
- Visa sponsorship
- Must be a U.S. person as defined by ITAR (U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident, or protected individual) and eligible to obtain a U.S. security clearance.
About the job
Owns the architecture, development, integration, and testing of Wardstone’s radar seeker, from RF front end and signal processing through track delivery for guidance.
What you'll do
- Define seeker architecture, make-vs-buy decisions, RF interfaces, and supplier selection.
- Develop real-time radar detection, tracking, clutter rejection, and seeker-to-guidance integration.
- Build test infrastructure and lead seeker testing through environmental qualification and flight test.
What they ask for
- B.S. in Electrical Engineering, Physics, Aerospace Engineering, or a related field.
- 6+ years designing, integrating, or testing radar systems, including ownership of a significant subsystem through hardware test.
- Deep radar physics and electromagnetics knowledge; strong DSP and real-time radar detection and tracking experience.
- Proficiency in C++ and Python, real-time or embedded systems experience, hands-on radar lab testing, and experience sourcing RF components and making make-vs-buy decisions.
Nice to have
- M.S.
- Experience with missile seekers or EW resilience; FPGA or GPU radar processing; antenna arrays or beamforming; RCS modeling; environmental testing; or early-stage startups.
Tools
C++, Python, FPGA, GPU, embedded CPU, PCIe, VHDL/Verilog, EKF/UKF
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