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# Radar Systems Engineer

- **Company:** Science Applications International Corporation
- **Location:** Chantilly, VA, United States
- **Salary:** $120,001.0 - $160,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Geospatial Intelligence, Python (Programming Language), MATLAB, Software Tools, Systems Modeling Language, Vulnerability Analysis
- **Published:** October 3, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.clearancejobs.com/jobs/9211722/radar-systems-engineer

## About the Role

Required Education and Experience

 * Bachelor's degree in STEM (science, technical, engineering, math) or related discipline and nine (9) years or more experience; Masters and seven (7) years or more experience ; PhD or JD and four (4) years or more experience. Relevant experience to be substituted in lieu of degree.
 * Active Top Secret/SCI with the ability to obtain a Polygraph.
 * Knowledge or experience with radar systems, RF sensing, SAR, GMTI, or radar phenomenology (hands-on or conceptual).
 * Prior work with a prime contractor or radar payload developer, ideally supporting space or airborne sensing programs.
 * Familiarity with mission needs, acquisition processes, and space/ground integration.
 * Experience with MATLAB, Python, STK, or similar modeling/simulation tools.
 * Working knowledge of MBSE/SysML, or similar digital-engineering tools/concepts.
 * Understanding of mission processing, exploitation algorithms, or radar image formation.

## Description

As a Radar Systems Engineer you will serve as a technical advisor supporting end-to-end system development for radar-enabled space systems, mission processing chains, and GEOINT exploitation capabilities. This role is ideal for a candidate who understands how radar payloads and ground mission systems are built, and can translate that insight into objective, acquisition-focused technical guidance for government leadership., * Support analysis of radar payload designs, RF architectures, waveform strategies, and sensor performance models for spaceborne GEOINT missions.

 * Provide unbiased SETA insight into contractor development activities, design reviews, risk posture, and technical trades.
 * Develop, refine, and trace system-level and payload-level requirements across space, ground, and mission-processing segments.
 * Plan and assess verification strategies, test events, and performance validation for radar payloads, ground systems, and mission-processing algorithms.
 * Evaluate end-to-end GEOINT mission architectures, including tasking, collection, downlink, processing, exploitation, and dissemination.
 * Apply real-world development experience to assess feasibility, schedule realism, integration complexity, and technical maturity.
 * Prepare and deliver technical briefings to government leads, mission partners, and senior decision-makers.


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