Principal Radar Software Engineer

Group Overview

Electromagnetic and Cyber Group (EM&C) is responsible for developing flexible and survivable advanced electronic warfare and secure communications equipment while providing the industry’s leading signals intelligence, electronic warfare, and cyber experts.  Metrea specializes in signal classification, direction finding, advanced geolocation techniques, and waveform development including waveforms for MANET and LPI/LPD applications. Metrea also develops special purpose radios for government customers and licenses DF and geolocation solutions to multiple OEMs. Within EM&C, RADLAB is our radar capability area. RADLAB is a small team building novel capabilities from the ground up, taking ideas from physics and math through simulation, prototype, and test.

Position Summary

RADLAB is looking for a Senior Radar Software Engineer to own the core software platform that powers our radar, communications, and RF sensing R&D. This is a hands-on systems programming role: you will own the shared C++ codebase, RADLAB CORE, that the rest of the team builds on. Your job is to make it fast, clean, reusable, and ready to deploy, starting from simulation workstations all the way to prototype hardware. You will work alongside domain engineers who own the signal processing algorithms, transceiver models, and environment simulations. Your job is to give them a platform where their code runs at peak performance, integrates cleanly, and can be tested and deployed with confidence. You will also work with our prototyping lead to ensure RADLAB CORE connects cleanly to RF hardware and test equipment, thereby owning the software side of that interface.

What You'll Do

Own the RADLAB CORE repository: its architecture, module structure, build system, and dependency management. Design reusable, composable frameworks that let domain engineers plug in new algorithms without fighting the plumbing

Profile and optimize computationally intensive signal processing and simulation pipelines. Identify bottlenecks, numerical stability issues, and optimization opportunities. Make the hot paths as fast as the hardware allows through cache-aware data layout, SIMD, concurrency, and GPU offload where appropriate

Own the CI/CD pipeline, automated testing infrastructure, static analysis, and release process. Ensure the repo is always buildable, testable, and deployable

Support domain engineers in translating their algorithms into correct, maintainable, performant C++ that integrates cleanly with the rest of RADLAB CORE

Support simulation campaigns (Monte Carlo sweeps, sensitivity analyses) using C++ and Python by building the tooling and harnesses that make these campaigns repeatable and automated

Work with the prototyping lead to ensure RADLAB CORE interfaces cleanly with RF hardware and test equipment. Own the software side of that boundary: data protocols, device interfaces, and any lab-facing GUIs or control tools

Contribute to technical documentation, including build and architecture guides, API references, and test result summaries

What You Bring

BS or MS in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Applied Mathematics, Physics, or a related field

10+ years of professional experience writing performance-critical C/C++ in a numerical, scientific, or signal processing context. Equivalent depth through other kinds of applied engineering work will also be considered

Demonstrated experience designing and maintaining shared codebases, libraries, or frameworks that other engineers build on

Experience with performance optimization of numerical C/C++ code: multithreading, concurrency, SIMD, cache-aware data layout, and profiling-driven optimization

Proficiency in Python for test automation, validation scripting, data analysis, and visualization

Practical experience with CI/CD for C++ projects: build systems (CMake), package management, automated testing, static analysis, containerized builds

Ability to read and work within a signal processing or numerical codebase without needing to be the domain expert. You can follow algorithmic flow well enough to profile it, test it, and optimize it

Software engineering discipline: version control, code review, documentation, and testing

Clear technical writing and the ability to communicate architecture decisions, performance tradeoffs, and test results

Preferred Qualifications

Signal processing, radar, or RF experience is a plus, not a prerequisite. If you have built high-performance computational systems in an adjacent domain and want to learn radar, we want to talk to you

GPU programming (CUDA or ROCm) or demonstrated readiness to develop GPU skills. This is a growth area for the role, and you will have the opportunity to go deep

GUI development (Qt or similar) for lab or test tools

Experience interfacing with SDRs, DAQs, or RF test equipment at the software level

Familiarity with real-time, embedded, or hardware-in-the-loop deployment targets

FPGA experience. HLS (C++-based) is sufficient; RTL is not required

An MS or PhD with research in a computationally intensive domain

Benefits

Comprehensive medical plan options

HSA/FSA accounts

Dental and vision coverage

6% employer 401(k) match

Fully paid parental leave for all new parents

Generous PTO

Life and disability insurance

Long-term and Short-term disability coverage

AD&D Coverage

Pet Insurance

Employee Assistance Program

Subsided gym membership / plans through Wellhub

Work Authorization / Security Clearance

Must be a U.S. citizen

This position requires eligibility to obtain a TS clearance. U.S. citizenship is required. Candidates will be subject to a background investigation in accordance with federal requirements

AAP/EEO Statement

Metrea Advanced Signals LLC is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status or other characteristics protected by law.

Position Type and Expected Hours of Work

This is a full-time exempt position with typical working hours of Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Hours and work shifts may change in accordance with department and business needs.

Work Environment

This job operates in an office setting.

Travel

<5%

Base Pay Range

The compensation range shown below is a good faith estimate and reflects the expected base pay for this position upon hire. This is just one component of Metrea's overall approach to total rewards and final compensation decisions, including the ultimate salary or hourly rate agreed upon, may vary depending on factors such as job location, job-specific knowledge, skills, experience, and the overall negotiated compensation package. Eligible full-time employees also receive a comprehensive benefits package designed to support their health, wellbeing, and long-term success.

Pay Range

$150,000—$185,000 USD