Systems Specialist – Synthetic Aperture Radar; SAR) Missions

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We are looking for a Staff Systems Specialist to provide end-to-end technical leadership for Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) missions and other complex space-based imaging systems. This role will oversee SAR-related engineering activities across the full mission lifecycle, from early concept development and mission architecture through integration, verification, commissioning, calibration, and operations. The successful candidate will bring deep SAR domain expertise, strong systems engineering experience, and the ability to guide complex technical decisions across spacecraft, payload, processing, and mission-level considerations.

• Provide end-to-end technical oversight of SAR-related engineering activities across the full lifecycle of a space mission.
• Lead the development of mission concepts of operations and define high-level mission specifications based on user and operational requirements.
• Support definition of spacecraft-level budgets and technical constraints that influence SAR payload and mission design.
• Lead technical solutioning for enhancements to existing and future SAR missions.
• Develop and evaluate SAR beam modes, mission concepts, image-quality models, and related system-level performance approaches.
• Lead mission-level technical risk management, integration, verification, and validation activities.
• Perform and lead system trade studies across spacecraft systems, coverage and access, SAR payload design, processing architecture, and end-user applications.
• Provide technical leadership for SAR commissioning, calibration, and early mission operations.
• Assess mission performance and identify design or operational changes needed to improve system capability.
• Provide technical guidance to senior leadership, business development teams, customers, and other stakeholders.
• Communicate complex SAR and systems engineering concepts clearly to technical and non-technical audiences.
• Mentor and coach other systems and SAR specialists, helping develop technical capability across the team.

• Graduate degree in Electrical Engineering, Engineering Physics, Mathematics, Physics, or a closely related technical discipline.
• Strong professional experience with radar, Synthetic Aperture Radar, or comparable active imaging systems.
• Experience working across one or more areas of SAR hardware, signal processing, image processing, data…