Radar Systems Integration Engineer

SciTec, a wholly owned subsidiary of Firefly Aerospace, is a dynamic non-traditional defense contractor that delivers advanced technologies in support of U.S. National Security and Defense. For the past forty-five plus years, we have supported Department of Defense customers by developing innovative remote sensing algorithms, tools, and techniques to deliver world-class data exploitation capabilities supporting missile defense; intelligence, surveillance, & reconnaissance; space domain awareness; and aircraft survivability missions.

• →Front‑End Hardware Integration
• →Integrate modern radar front‑end subsystems (digitizers, transceivers, control electronics, digital transceiver components) with digitized radar back‑end signal‑processing chains.
• →Ensure element‑level digitization produces validated, high‑fidelity I/Q data streams suitable for backend processing.
• →Collaborate with RF engineers to verify operating characteristics and compatibility with each radar’s unique antenna systems.
• → Interface Definition & System Alignment
• →Develop and maintain interface specifications between front‑end hardware and the modernized digital backend.
• →Ensure alignment with MOSA principles and common GBRD architectural standards.
• →Work closely with systems engineers to ensure hardware‑to‑software interactions meet timing, throughput, and synchronization constraints.
• → Integration Testing & Troubleshooting
• →Support integration in lab environments, performing functional tests, data‑validation checks, and end‑to‑end link testing.
• →Diagnose and resolve issues related to hardware configuration, signal integrity, timing alignment, data‑path reliability, and high‑bandwidth throughput.
• →Work with backend RSP/RMP teams to ensure hardware‑driven measurements and transmission instructions flow correctly.
• → Requirements, Configuration Control & Documentation
• →Contribute to requirements decomposition for hardware integration, defining performance, interface, and environmental needs.
• →Maintain configuration control of hardware integration artifacts, diagrams, ICDs, test plans, and verification results.
• →Support technical reviews (SRR, PDR, CDR, TRR) with clear hardware‑integration inputs.
• → Cross‑Team Collaboration
• →Coordinate with RF engineers, systems engineers, software‑processing teams, mission‑processing teams, and cybersecurity personnel to ensure cohesive system behavior.
• →Ensure front‑end hardware integration supports mission‑focused outcomes in alignment with the GBRD common digital baseline.

• →Other duties as assigned 

• Bachelor’s or Master’s in Electrical Engineering, Systems Engineering, Physics, or related field.
• 8+ years of experience integrating hardware for radar, RF systems, high‑bandwidth sensor systems, or real‑time mission systems.
• Experience with digitizers, transceivers, RF electronics, timing/synchronization hardware, or data‑acquisition equipment.
• Understanding of signal‑integrity concepts, analog‑to‑digital conversion, and high‑bandwidth data flows.
• Familiarity with lab integration environments (SIL/DSIL) and hardware‑in‑the‑loop testing.
• Ability to read and produce interface control documents, wiring diagrams, and system‑integration artifacts.
• Experience collaborating across hardware, software, RF, and systems‑engineering teams.
• Strong communication skills and ability to convey integration status clearly.
• U.S. Citizenship with ability to obtain and maintain a DoD security clearance.

Candidates who have any of the following skills will be preferred:

• Experience with radar systems.
• Experience integrating radar front‑end components with digitized backend architectures.
• Familiarity with FORGE, MOSA, or government‑owned mission‑processing frameworks.
• Experience with RF test equipment (spectrum analyzers, VNAs, signal generators), digitizer calibration, or high‑speed data capture systems.
• Experience supporting integration events, mission‑scenario validation, or gated prototyping programs.
• Active DoD security clearance.