Senior Radar Software Engineer

Description

The company builds defense systems that give users an edge by sensing and detecting threats. Its products run on Coherent Distributed Networks and serve military personnel, commercial air operators, and border protection teams.

Founded in 2022, the company has raised $1B in total funding from investors including 8VC, Accel, and NEA. It is headquartered in Los Angeles and has offices in Washington, D.C., San Francisco, and London. It has 200 employees.

The team is hiring a Senior Radar Software Engineer to support R&D and product engineering, starting with the next generation of radar products. The work is highly collaborative and spans several capabilities across the product line, and you can build skills across product families over time.

Responsibilities

• Build research and production software for the next generation of radar products.
• Help integrate software with hardware, mostly commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) hardware.
• Support software already deployed with U.S. and international customers.

Requirements

• Hold a bachelor's degree or higher in computer science, computer engineering, or a related field.
• Have 10+ years of professional experience in object-oriented software development.
• Have extensive, advanced Python experience.
• Have experience with Agile processes, including Scrum, continuous integration, and test-driven development.
• Work with minimal supervision and collaborate effectively in small teams.
• Have a solid understanding of Linux and extensive experience developing software on it.
• You must be a U.S. person, because the role requires access to U.S.-only data systems.
• Preferred: Have development experience with ground or airborne sensors such as radars, EO/IR, or EW systems.
• Preferred: Have experience designing and implementing radar modes and algorithms, signal processing, and target detection and tracking.
• Preferred: Hold or have previously held a DoD security clearance.
• Preferred: Have experience with networks, in software and hardware.
• Preferred: Have experience with CUDA.
• Preferred: Have experience with software-defined radios such as Ettus.
• Preferred: Have experience with time synchronization technologies beyond NTP.
• Preferred: Have experience building near-real-time embedded software.
• Preferred: Have experience with git.
• Preferred: Have experience with containers such as Docker or Podman.
• Preferred: Be familiar with cloud computing and virtualization tools such as WSL, KVM, Hyper-V, or VMware.
• Preferred: Have experience with BIOS, Secure Boot, TPM, Network Boot, and PXE.
• Preferred: Have experience with hardware and software drive encryption such as LUKS or OPAL.
• Preferred: Have experience with 2D and 3D visualization, ideally for defense use cases such as SIMDIS.
• Preferred: Have experience with DoD and related system or software architectures and messaging standards such as OMS, SOSA, or Link-16.
• Preferred: Have experience with modeling and simulation, including hardware-in-the-loop and software-in-the-loop testbeds such as DIS, VR-Forces, or AFSIM.
• Preferred: Have experience deploying production software using DevOps, DevSecOps, or CI/CD with modern FOSS and COTS toolsets.
• Preferred: Have experience taking high-TRL systems through the full software lifecycle.
• Preferred: Have experience with hardware/software integration and test, and verification and validation, for high-TRL systems.
• Preferred: Have experience with other languages such as C++, Rust, NodeJS, Java, or Go.

Conditions

The full-time role is on-site at the Los Angeles office in El Segundo, California.

The stated pay range covers base salary only. It excludes bonus, equity, and benefits.

If your pay expectations fall outside the range, you are still encouraged to apply.

The actual offer may vary based on factors such as experience, education or training, critical skills, and business needs.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision coverage, with 100% of the premium paid by the company.
• 401(k) with a 50% company match on up to 6% of pay, plus FSA, HSA, life insurance, and more.
• Free lunch every day, no meetings on Fridays, unlimited PTO, and a casual dress code.
• Competitive base salaries and generous pre-IPO stock option grants.
• Relocation assistance.
• Annual bonuses, which are coming soon.