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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Senior Principal Radar Receiver Exciter Hardware Lead - **Company:** RTX - **Location:** Marlborough, MA, United States - **Experience:** Expert - **Salary:** $132,400.0 - $251,600.0 - **Contract:** Contract - **Skills:** Adobe InDesign, Business Analytics Applications, C++ (Programming Language), Network Analysis, Firmware, Field-Programmable Gate Array (FPGA), Python (Programming Language), MATLAB, Signal Processing, Software Requirements Analysis, SC Clearance, Programming Languages - **Published:** September 17, 2026 - **Apply:** https://dejobs.org/x/x/6624873352454289A21CF36AF065F637/job/ ## About the Role Active and transferable U.S. government issued security clearance is required prior to start date., Ability to obtain INTERIM U.S. government issued security clearance is required prior to start date, * Typically requires a degree in Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) and a minimum 10 years' of prior work experience, or an Advanced degree in a related field and minimum 7 years' of prior work experience. * Minimum seven (7) years of prior work experience to include any combination of the following: * Experience with Radar Receiver / Exciter signal processing techniques and methods. * Experience with analytical tools such as MATLAB. * Experience with Radar Receiver / Exciter system and subsystem analysis, design and/or test. * The ability to obtain and maintain an Interim Secret U.S. government issued security clearance is required prior to start date. U.S. citizenship is required, as only U.S. citizens are eligible for a security clearance., * Experience in cascade analysis and frequency planning. * Experience with I/Q signal processing analysis in MATLAB, C/C++, Python, or other programming languages. * Understanding of allocating and flowing down requirements from the system to the component level. * Experience with Digital Signal Processing techniques and FPGA implementation. * Low Noise RF source design and test knowledge. * Radar system calibration design experience. * Hands-on experience working in a laboratory environment using test equipment including using spectrum analyzers, Real-time Spectrum Analyzers (RSAs), Vector Network Analyzers (VNAs) logic analyzers and Performance Network Analyzer (PNAs). * Experience interfacing with internal and external customers and finding technical solutions to complex requirements. * Knowledge of cost estimating, plus budget and schedule management. * Experience transitioning designs from early concept to deliverable products. * Active / Existing Secret U.S. Security Clearance. ## Description We have an opportunity for a Senior Principal Radar Receiver Exciter Hardware Lead seeking to solve complex technical problems and provide highly innovative and ingenious solutions in the area of Radar and Receiver Exciter design, analysis, integration and test. Radar Receiver Exciter Hardware Leads are responsible for leading architecture development and subsystem analysis, integration and test, and transition to production of advanced receiver and exciter hardware and firmware utilized in complex radar systems. The technical challenges range from RF chain and link budget analysis to digital signal processing algorithm definition and verification. These engineers are integral in all phases of Radar design and integration from requirements definition to system sell-off and verification. What You Will Do : * Receiver and Exciter architecture development and Requirements Flow down. * Interface definition between Receiver Exciter subsystem and other subsystems. * Support of signal processing algorithm definition based on Receiver/Exciter capabilities and system needs. * Resolve complex technical issues seen during design, integration, and test of Radar Receiver and Exciter sub-systems. * Process and analyze Radar Receiver/Exciter data, including but not limited to IQ Data, to identify and resolve system performance issues. * Support system and subsystem level radar integration planning, execution, and reporting Develop calibration solutions for receiver / exciters to meet top level radar performance specification. * Support the resolution of complex technical issues seen during the integration and test of Radar Receiver and Exciter sub-systems. * Interface with customers with technical and program level status. * Lead small development teams. * Participate in design for manufacturing and transition to production reviews. * This 1st shift role will be 100% on-site & with an opportunity to be based in Tewksbury, MA or Marlborough, MA, with travel required between the two sites., * Please ensure the role type defined below is appropriate for your needs before applying to this role. This position is classified as: Onsite: Employees who are working in Onsite roles will work primarily onsite. This includes all production and maintenance employees, as they are essential to the development of our products. * Clearance Information: This position requires a security clearance. DCSA Consolidated Adjudication Services (DCSA CAS), an agency of the Department of Defense, handles and adjudicates the security clearance process. More information about Security Clearances can be found on the US Department of State government website here: https://www.state.gov/m/ds/clearances/c10978.htm #rfengineering As part of our commitment to maintaining a secure hiring process, candidates may be asked to attend select steps of the interview process in-person at one of our office locations, regardless of whether the role is designated as on-site, hybrid or remote. ## Related Videos - [XR Demystified: Separating Facts from Fiction in 2024](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1117-xr-demystified-separating-facts-from-fiction-in-2024) - [Playing Pong on a shoulder press machine](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100140-playing-pong-on-a-shoulder-press-machine) - [Leveraging Large Language Models for Legacy Code Translation: Challenges and Solutions](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1157-leveraging-large-language-models-for-legacy-code-translation-challenges-and-solutions) - [Software stack under and over the hood of the fastest accelerating car in the world](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/221-software-stack-under-and-over-the-hood-of-the-fastest-accelerating-car-in-the-world) - [Agent Smith Gets Hardware: Autonomous IoT Hacking From Debug Port to Cloud API](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100258-agent-smith-gets-hardware-autonomous-iot-hacking-from-debug-port-to-cloud-api) - [Building a hypercar from scratch](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/607-building-a-hypercar-from-scratch) ## Related Articles - [React Developer Salary [2023]](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/198-react-developer-salary-2023) - [What’s the Difference between a Junior, Mid, and Senior Developer?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/238-what-s-the-difference-between-a-junior-mid-and-senior-developer) - [Résumé-Driven Development: How IT trends affect the job market for software developers](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/59-resume-driven-development-how-it-trends-affect-the-job-market-for-software-developers) - [How We Built a Worry-Free System That Runs for 10+ Years – And What We’d Do Again](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/751-how-we-built-a-worry-free-system-that-runs-for-10-years-and-what-we-d-do-again) - [Dev Digest 134 - Where pixels sing?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/477-dev-digest-134-where-pixels-sing) - [Is Software Engineering Over-Saturated?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/418-is-software-engineering-over-saturated)