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Staff Radar Engineer, Mars Orbiter at Relativity

Department: Interplanetary

Compensation

$175,000 – $263,000/yr

Setup
Hybrid
Location
Long Beach, California
Type
Full-time
Level
lead/mgmt
Posted

Description

Relativity Space is hiring a Technical Lead, Wideband UHF Shallow Radar Sounder for a Mars orbiter mission. The role owns the instrument from design through spacecraft integration, calibration, and commissioning, with no hand-off to another team. Responsibilities include radar electronics, signal processing, antenna, waveform and algorithm development, hardware and firmware coordination, qualification, integration, testing, spectrum licensing, and on-orbit commissioning. The position requires 7+ years of electrical hardware development experience, radar system performance budgeting, radar return analysis, and transceiver implementation, along with expertise in areas such as FPGA/GPU signal processing, mixed-signal PCB design, RF circuits, or antenna design. The role is hybrid and offers a salary range of $175,000 to $263,000 USD.

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