Location: Huntsville, AL
Work Arrangement: On-Site
Employment Type: Direct Placement
Experience Level: Mid to Senior-Level
Clearance: Ability to Obtain and Maintain a U.S. Security Clearance
Position Overview
HRecruit is recruiting an experienced Radar Engineer for a direct placement opportunity in Huntsville, Alabama, supporting the development and integration of advanced radar technologies for defense and aerospace applications.
This position focuses on radar system design, modeling and simulation, signal processing, hardware and software integration, and performance evaluation. The Radar Engineer will work with multidisciplinary engineering teams to develop and improve radar capabilities that meet demanding technical and operational requirements.
The ideal candidate brings at least five years of relevant experience in radar engineering, radar signal processing, RF systems, or related defense technologies, along with a strong understanding of target detection, tracking, waveform design, and radar performance analysis.
This is a hands-on technical opportunity for an engineer who enjoys solving complex problems, evaluating system performance, and contributing to advanced sensing and defense technologies.
Key Responsibilities
- Design, develop, analyze, and support radar systems and related technologies for defense and aerospace applications.
- Perform radar system modeling, simulation, and performance analysis involving target detection, tracking, and discrimination.
- Develop and evaluate radar architectures, algorithms, and signal processing approaches to improve system capabilities.
- Support the development, allocation, verification, and validation of radar system requirements.
- Integrate and test radar hardware and software components in laboratory and field environments.
- Analyze radar performance data, identify system limitations, and recommend technical improvements or corrective actions.
- Collaborate with systems, software, electrical, mechanical, and test engineering teams throughout the development lifecycle.
- Investigate radar system anomalies, troubleshoot technical issues, and contribute to root-cause analysis.
- Develop and maintain engineering documentation, including technical specifications, requirements, test plans, procedures, and performance reports.
- Participate in customer meetings, technical reviews, design reviews, and program milestones.
- Support compliance with applicable military specifications, industry standards, and established engineering processes.
- Contribute to technical trade studies, proposal development, and radar technology advancement initiatives.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Physics, Systems Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related technical discipline.
- 5+ years of experience in radar engineering, radar signal processing, RF systems, or related defense technologies.
- Strong understanding of radar principles, including target detection, tracking, clutter mitigation, and waveform design.
- Experience using radar modeling and simulation tools.
- Familiarity with radio frequency (RF) systems, antennas, digital signal processing, and electromagnetic theory.
- Experience integrating and testing complex hardware and software systems.
- Strong analytical, troubleshooting, and technical problem-solving skills.
- Effective communication skills, including the ability to explain technical concepts to engineering teams and customers.
- Ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. security clearance.
- Ability to work on-site in Huntsville, Alabama.
Preferred Qualifications
- Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Physics, or a related technical field.
- Experience with military radar systems, including fire control radar, surveillance radar, or counter-unmanned aircraft systems (C-UAS).
- Proficiency with MATLAB, Simulink, Python, C++, or comparable engineering and simulation tools.
- Experience developing or evaluating radar signal processing algorithms and sensor fusion techniques.
- Familiarity with Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) tools and methodologies.
- Active Secret or Top Secret security clearance.
About the Opportunity
This position offers the opportunity to contribute to advanced radar and sensing technologies supporting critical defense and aerospace applications.
The Radar Engineer will work across multiple stages of the engineering lifecycle, from requirements development and system analysis to integration, testing, and performance optimization.
This opportunity is particularly well suited for an engineer with a strong radar or RF technical background who enjoys hands-on problem-solving, multidisciplinary collaboration, and developing reliable systems for demanding operational environments.
