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.
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

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

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