Head of Radar, Space

Anduril Industries is a defense technology company with a mission to transform U.S. and allied military capabilities with advanced technology.

We are seeking an exceptional Head of Radar to lead one of our most strategic space programs.

Responsibilities

• Technical Ownership: Drive radar architecture and product development strategies through understanding of technical tradeoffs, requirements and opportunities for innovation.
• Stakeholder Engagement: Build and maintain relationships with internal stakeholders, customer stakeholders, and industry partners to gather insights, align objectives, and secure buy-in for the radar product you are responsible for.
• Product Strategy: Collaborate with internal and external stakeholders to define a product strategy that will win in the marketplace by delivering differentiated value to our customers.
• Tactical Execution: Organize and prioritize the engineering efforts required to bring the product to market, working with functional engineering teams and other product owners to optimize resource utilization.
• Team Leadership: Build, mentor, and scale a world-class radar engineering organization.
• Program Management: Oversee budget, schedule, and resource allocation for this high-stakes space program.
• Space Systems Integration: Ensure radar payload integration with spacecraft bus, ground systems, and mission operations.

Required Qualifications

• Masters or PhD degree in Electrical Engineering, Physics, Mathematics, or related technical field.
• 12+ years of hands-on experience in radar systems engineering.
• Proven track record developing and delivering high-performance defense or space-based radar systems.
• Strong expertise in radar architecture, waveform design, radar modes, and system-level modeling.
• Deep understanding of radar fundamentals: signal processing, detection theory, clutter mitigation, and performance analysis.
• Understanding of radar antenna development, technology, and integration.
• Proficiency in MATLAB and Python for radar simulation and analysis.
• Experience leading multi-disciplinary engineering teams.
• Track record managing large-scale programs.
• Ability to make strategic technical decisions and manage trade-offs.
• Active U.S. Top Secret or TS/SCI clearance.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with space-based RF sensing systems.
• Strong track record managing executive-level relationships with government customers.
• Experience with spacecraft operations, mission design, launch campaigns, and on-orbit commissioning/operations.
• Hands-on experience with real-time embedded systems, signal processing architectures, or space software standards.
• Track record of driving technical innovation and new capability development.
• Experience as a program manager or technical lead on large multi-party space development programs.

Benefits

Anduril offers top-tier benefits for full-time employees, including comprehensive, competitive benefits package.