2026 Fulltime - Radar Systems Engineer I - Onsite with Security Clearance
The Radar Systems Engineer I at Confidential Client supports the design, development, and verification of advanced radar and early-warning sensor systems for defense applications. This role involves defining system architecture, developing and analyzing system requirements, performing modeling and simulation, and supporting integration, testing, and flight activities. The position requires collaboration with experienced engineers to solve complex technical problems and contribute across the full product lifecycle in an onsite environment requiring security clearance.
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About the Role
Confidential Client is seeking an early-career Radar Systems Engineer I to join the Advanced Products & Solutions (APS) Mission Area within the Systems Engineering Center. This onsite role in El Segundo, CA supports design, analysis, verification, integration, and test of advanced radar and early-warning sensor systems that directly support national defense missions. You will work with multi-disciplinary engineering teams across the product lifecycle and gain hands-on experience with modeling, algorithms, and hardware/software integration.
What You’ll Do
- Support development, analysis, documentation, and verification of system requirements using tools such as DOORS.
- Generate system CONOPS and contribute to system architecture definition.
- Assist with radar mode requirement development and system performance assessments.
- Conduct modeling, simulation, and data analysis using MATLAB, Python, and C++.
- Participate in hardware/software integration, troubleshooting, and hands-on laboratory testing.
- Support verification, validation, flight test, production, and post-deployment activities.
- Perform trade studies, functional/physical analyses, and MBSE-based system design.
- Prepare and present technical reports, findings, and briefings to internal and external stakeholders.
Qualifications
You must have:
- Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Mechanical Engineering, Applied Mathematics, Physics, or a related STEM field completed prior to start.
- Academic or internship experience that demonstrates:
- Hands-on testing of electronic equipment in labs.
- Troubleshooting electronic or system-level issues.
- Data analysis using MATLAB and/or C++.
- Experience or exposure to algorithm design, requirements development, software/hardware integration, and configuration management.
Preferred Qualifications
- Cumulative GPA of 3.5 or higher preferred.
- Coursework or project experience in Systems Engineering, radar fundamentals, or radar algorithm design.
- Experience with DOORS or CAMEO for requirements management.
- Programming experience in Java, C++, and/or Python.
- Familiarity with signal processing, control theory, detection methods, imaging/pattern recognition, and data filtering (Kalman, batch, optimal estimation).
- Coursework or experience with advanced statistics and MBSE practices.
Location & Clearance
- This role is primarily onsite in El Segundo, California.
- U.S. citizenship is required. Applicants must have an active and transferable U.S. government security clearance prior to start date or the ability to obtain an interim clearance as required. Security clearance type: DoD Secret (ability to obtain interim clearance required).
- As part of a secure hiring process, select interview steps may be required in-person at a client office location.
Compensation & Benefits
- Salary range (good-faith estimate): $62,900 — $119,700 USD per year. Final offers consider role level, experience, location, education/training, and relevant skills.
- Potential benefits may include medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short-term and long-term disability, 401(k) match, flexible spending accounts, employee assistance programs, tuition assistance (Employee Scholar Program), parental leave, paid time off, holidays, and eligibility for incentive compensation programs where applicable.
- Relocation eligibility may apply for qualified candidates.
Application Notes
- Please be prepared to upload a copy of your most recent transcripts with your resume; include cumulative GPA and projected graduation date where applicable.
- Experience may be demonstrated via coursework, research, projects, internships, or on-the-job work.
- Confidential Client values mentorship and hands-on learning; this role is suitable for recent graduates and individuals with relevant internship or early-career experience.
Equal Opportunity & Hiring Transparency
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