# Lead Radar Engineer, Mars Orbiter

Hiring organization: [Relativity Space](https://career.thegoodapps.co/organizations/relativity-space)

Canonical page: https://career.thegoodapps.co/jobs/b0693963-6c42-4b09-92da-a352652ea1a7

Listed on Relativity Space's own careers site. Applications go to them directly.

- Employment type: full time
- Seniority: Senior
- Location: Long Beach, CA
- Salary: 175000 – 263000 USD per year

## Summary

You'll lead the design, development, and qualification of a radar sounder instrument for a Mars orbiter mission, managing everything from concept through on-orbit commissioning. This role combines hands-on engineering work with technical leadership, collaborating closely with scientists to build a flight-ready system that measures subsurface properties on Mars.

_Our summary, not Relativity Space's wording._

## Skills named

FPGA, PCB Design, Signal Processing

## Required

- 7+ years of electrical hardware development experience
- Radar system performance budget development and management
- Radar return analysis and performance modeling
- Radio or radar transceiver implementation as software-defined radio
- Field, flight, or spaceflight testing experience with radio or radar transceivers
- Deep expertise in signal processing chains, mixed-signal/digital PCB design, RF circuits, or antenna design

## Nice to have

- Microwave radiometry or radiometer instrument design experience
- Familiarity with planetary or terrestrial radars like SHARAD, MARSIS, or RIMFAX
- AMD/Xilinx RFSoC or Zynq UltraScale+ hands-on experience
- Spectrum licensing and frequency coordination for space systems
- Polarimetric radar and full-polarimetry calibration experience
- RF payload experience through PDR/CDR, qualification, and spacecraft integration

Apply on Relativity Space's site: https://boards.greenhouse.io/relativity/jobs/8709097002?gh_jid=8709097002