Radar Product Lead

Job overview

The Radar Product Lead role is onsite in San Francisco, CA, with the Washington, D.C. area considered as a secondary location. Compensation is described as competitive, with a meaningful early-stage ownership grant; numeric pay is not specified. The role supports development of distributed sensing systems for defense and commercial applications. The lead translates customer missions into buildable radar product requirements and keeps customer needs, research and development, and engineering aligned. The work guides system definition, trade studies, verification, and roadmap decisions as the product moves from funded proposals toward field testing and deployment.

What you'll do

• Translate customer missions into radar requirements
• define target sets and performance thresholds with customers
• convert funded proposals, architectures, and concepts of operations into product definitions
• own system requirements documentation, requirements flow-down, derived requirements, and verification matrix
• run trade studies and make recommendations
• scope product configurations for different missions
• lead requirements reviews with operators, program offices, and customers
• shape requirements for software, reliability, command-and-control integration, servicing, and deployment
• use field-test results to inform requirements and roadmap decisions
• collaborate with engineering and the Head of Radar.

What we're looking for

Skills & competencies

radar product lead

radar systems

product requirements

systems engineering

defense technology

distributed sensing

trade studies

customer requirements

san francisco ca

onsite

u.s. citizenship required

early-stage ownership grant

Work arrangement

• Weekend coverage required

Benefits & perks

• Medical, dental, and vision coverage
• 401(k)
• early-stage ownership grant.

Why this role

U.S. citizenship required. Active or prior security clearance is preferred, and candidates must possess or qualify for Public Trust only if applicable to the opportunity; the posting describes a government security investigation. Passive radar experience is a plus.

About the employer

AdAstra is hiring for this role. Industry: Engineering Services. Sector: 54.