Senior C++ Signal Processing Engineer-Radar & RF Systems

Company Overview:

Metrea delivers effects-as-a-service to national security partners across five domains and more than a dozen mission areas, including airborne ISR, electronic warfare, secure communications, aerial refueling, special mission aviation, aerial firefighting, digital twin simulations and advanced sensing.

Capability Area:

The Electromagnetic and Cyber Group (EM&C) inside Metrea develops and builds systems for communications, RF sensing, and electromagnetic effects. Within EM&C, the Radar Lab (RADLAB) turns advanced radar concepts into working sensing systems. RADLAB's work starts from first-principles physics and applied mathematics: deriving signal models, algorithms, and performance predictions, then carrying them through simulation, prototype, hardware test, and mission application. Because the team is small and hands-on, engineers stay close to the ideas they develop and the systems they build.

Position Summary:

RADLAB is looking for a Senior C++ Signal Processing Engineer to help build the modeling, simulation, and processing backbone for new radar and RF sensing capabilities. This is a hands-on engineering role for someone who likes turning math into real systems: deriving and reviewing algorithms, implementing performance-critical processing in modern C++, validating results against simulation and measured data with Python, profiling performance, and deploying working code onto hardware that supports real-world missions. You do not need to come from radar. We are interested in engineers and scientists with deep signal-processing experience in adjacent fields such as communications, sonar, medical imaging, SDR, wireless systems, acoustics, or scientific computing, as well as candidates with radar experience who want to apply that background to advanced RF sensing. You may be a fit if you have built C++ simulations, numerical tools, or signal-processing pipelines for noisy sensor data and think deeply about whether the results are physically and mathematically correct. Prior radar experience is helpful, but less important than strong C++, applied math, signal-processing judgment, and the ability to validate results rigorously.

Role and Responsibilities:

Build and validate scalable C++ modeling, simulation, and signal-processing tools for radar and RF sensing concepts. Develop and validate radar/RF signal-processing algorithms, such as signal detection, parameter estimation, correlation/matched filtering, Doppler processing, digital beamforming, and digital filtering. Own the reference processing chain, including unit and integration tests, and golden vector validation inside our CI/CD pipelines. Run simulation campaigns, including Monte Carlo and sensitivity sweeps, usingC++ and Python; document methods, assumptions and results. Profile performance and identify numerical stability issues, bottlenecks, and optimization opportunities. Translate mathematical specifications into correct, maintainable, testable code. Help transition algorithms from simulation/reference form toward RADLAB hardware and assess feasibility under real-time or mission-relevant constraints. Work closely with RADLAB leadership, R&D staff, and hardware and software engineers to turn research concepts into tested, deployable processing capabilities.

Required Skills and Experience:

BS/MS in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Applied Mathematics, Physics, or a related field. 6+ years of professional experience implementing and validating signal-processing, modeling/simulation, numerical, or scientific computing algorithms in C/C++, with proficiency in Python for analysis, validation, visualization and test automation. Equivalent depth through graduate research and other applied engineering work will also be considered.

A strong applied math foundation:

comfortable reading equations and derivations, understanding modeling assumptions, and translating mathematical specifications into reliable numerical software. Experience validating simulations and algorithm implementations against analytical derivations, simplified test cases, golden vectors, simulated ground truth, independent implementations, or measured data.

Software engineering discipline:

version control, testing, documentation, code review. Clear technical writing and the ability to communicate assumptions, methods, results, and tradeoffs. A commitment to engineering and mathematical rigor to advance the state of the art in RF sensing.

Bonus Qualifications:

Radar-specific experience is a plus, not a prerequisite. If you've built signal-processing systems in communications, sonar, medical imaging, SDR, wireless systems, acoustics, scientific computing, or related fields and want to learn radar, we want to talk to you. Modern C++ fluency, including C++17/20, templates, and concepts. Advanced Python for prototyping, analysis, visualization, automated validation, and simulation campaign orchestration. Experience with performance optimization, vectorization, multithreading, Open

MP, CUDA, GPU

acceleration, or HPC-style workloads. FPGA experience. HLS (C++-based) is sufficient; RTL is not required. You'll have the opportunity to learn if you haven't done it. Familiarity with SDR platforms or hardware-in-the-loop environments. An MS or PhD with research experience in radar, statistical signal-processing, detection and estimation theory, applied electromagnetics, or a related topic. Work Authorization /

Security Clearance:

U.S. Citizenship Prior clearance is not required, but candidates must be able to obtain and maintain a TS security clearance

Benefits:

Comprehensive medical plan options HSA/FSA accounts Dental and vision coverage 6% employer 401(k) match Fully paid parental leave Generous employee-owned PTO Life and disability insurance Relocation Support Long-term and Short-term disability coverage AD&D Coverage Pet Insurance Employee Assistance Program Subsidized gym membership / plans through

Wellhub Our Culture:

Metrea's single core value, "rooted in humility," is supported by four key attributes: entrepreneurial, systematic, discerning, and over-deliver. These attributes, combined, form our Teammate Firmware, our culture. We explore these attributes during the hiring process when we grow our teams and continually support the growth of our culture. We are a hyper-collaborative, dynamically hierarchical organization united by a passion for what we do, how we do it, who we do it with, and who we do it for.

AAP/EEO Statement:

Metrea Advanced Signals (MAS) is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status or other characteristics protected by law.

Position Type and Expected Hours of Work:

This is a full-time exempt position with typical working hours of Monday through Friday inside of standard business hours.

Work Location:

Victor, NY Work Environment:

Office and Lab Physical Demands:

This is a largely sedentary role; however, some physical abilities may be required

Travel:

<5%

Reasonable Accommodations Statement:

To perform this role successfully, an individual must be able to perform the responsibilities outlined in this job description to a satisfactory standard. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with additional needs to perform the essential functions.