{"id":816244,"url":"https://alion.io/job/ubiqaerospace-experienced-radar-signal-processing-engineer-sar","title":"Experienced Radar Signal Processing Engineer (SAR)","company":{"id":692263,"name":"Ubiq Aerospace","domain":"ubiqaerospace.com","url":"https://alion.io/company/ubiqaerospace","size_band":"11-50","is_staffing_agency":false,"is_intermediary":false,"ats_vendor":"Teamtailor","truth_index":null},"role":"Hardware","role_family":"Hardware","seniority":"senior","employment_type":"full_time","work_mode":"on_site","remote_scope":null,"hiring_geo_confidence":"structured","locations":["Trondheim, Norway"],"countries":["NO"],"hiring_countries":[],"hiring_countries_total":0,"salary":null,"salary_estimate":{"min_usd":69000,"max_usd":148000,"period":"year","method":"global_role_cell_scaled_by_country","sample_n":978},"experience_years_min":5,"visa_sponsorship":false,"relocation_package":false,"has_equity":false,"technologies":[{"name":"Agile","optional":false},{"name":"C++","optional":false},{"name":"MATLAB","optional":false},{"name":"Python","optional":false},{"name":"Verilog","optional":false},{"name":"VHDL","optional":false}],"status":"live","first_seen_at":"2026-07-07T07:49:20Z","employer_posted_date":"2026-07-07","last_verified_at":"2026-09-21T19:13:19Z","board_verified":false,"closed_at":null,"days_open":78,"trust":{"level":"ok","repost_count":null,"flags":[],"days_open":78},"description":"We are looking for an experienced Radar Signal Processing Engineer to play a key technical role in the development of our nano synthetic aperture radar (nSAR) for small unmanned aircraft. You'll develop the algorithms that turn raw radar data into usable imagery and help bring a new airborne radar system from development to flight. If you enjoy taking a hard signal processing problem from theory to something that works on noisy, real-world data, this is a rare opportunity to make a real impact.\nWhat you'll do\nYou'll be responsible for the signal processing chain from raw IQ samples through to focused, calibrated imagery, working closely with the wider radar team throughout the development process. The role spans the full development cycle, from algorithm design and simulation through validation on flight-test data.\nYou'll work closely with our RF Hardware Engineer, an experienced external RF consultant, and colleagues across electronics, embedded software, mechanical engineering, and aerospace. You'll also collaborate with external experts when needed. Building on the first prototype, you'll work with the team to evolve the processing chain into a flight-proven capability. You'll work with real flight data early and see your algorithms fly on real aircraft within months, not years.\nAs our radar capabilities grow, you'll help shape our technical direction and engineering approach.\nDeveloping SAR image formation algorithms (range-Doppler, backprojection, chirp scaling or similar)\n\nMotion compensation and autofocus for a small, agile airborne platform\n\nRange and azimuth compression, pulse compression, and Doppler processing\n\nDetection and estimation where relevant (CFAR, and moving-target or change-detection methods over time)\n\nRadiometric and geometric calibration of the processing chain\n\nWorking closely with the RF hardware team to define the performance the algorithms need, and to make sense of what the hardware actually delivers\n\nPrototyping in Python, then working with the embedded and software teams to bring the chain toward real-time onboard processing\n\nField testing on aircraft and iterating the processing based on real data\n\nOur technical environment\nRadar architectures for synthetic aperture imaging\n\nCompact airborne payloads with weight- and power-constraints\n\nWideband C-band radar\n\nAlgorithm development and prototyping in Python\n\nReal-time and onboard processing on FPGA and embedded targets (STM32 microcontrollers and FPGA digital backends)\n\nRapid in-house prototyping with electronics and mechanical workshops\n\nWe believe the right person is someone who\nHas strong radar signal processing fundamentals and the intuition to tell a real signal from an artefact\n\nIs both analytical and practical, as comfortable developing an algorithm as debugging why it falls apart on real data\n\nCan take technical responsibility of the processing chain end to end and drive it to a tested, working result\n\nIs open-minded and values discussions and feedback\n\nEnjoys collaborating across technical disciplines, especially with the hardware people whose data they depend on\n\nExperience and qualifications\nRequired experience\n5+ years of hands-on radar or digital signal processing experience (a strong PhD in the area can count toward this)\n\nMSc or PhD in Signal Processing, Electronics, Physics, or a related field\n\nSolid grasp of radar signal processing fundamentals: matched filtering, pulse compression, Doppler processing, and detection\n\nProficiency in Python, the language our radar processing is built in (MATLAB is common in this field and welcome, but the day-to-day work is in Python)\n\nThe ability to own an algorithm from theory to a tested, working result on real data\n\nAdditional experience we’d value\nDirect SAR experience: image formation, motion compensation, autofocus\n\nExperience with wideband microwave radar (e.g. C-band)\n\nReal-time or embedded implementation: C/C++, FPGA (VHDL, Verilog or HLS), or GPU\n\nExperience with airborne or other SWaP-constrained radar systems\n\nDetection and estimation beyond the basics: CFAR, GMTI, interferometry, or change detection\n\nExperience working with raw radar data from real field campaigns\n\nWhy join Ubiq Aerospace?\nAt Ubiq, you'll work on advanced aerospace products in a small, highly capable team where engineers have a direct influence on both technology and product direction. You'll collaborate across disciplines, from electronics and software to signal processing and aerospace engineering, and see your work contribute to systems that operate in some of the world's most demanding environments.\nAs a growing company, you'll have the opportunity to take on meaningful technical responsibility, move quickly from idea to implementation, and help shape how we build products and grow our engineering capabilities.\nOur HQ is in Trondheim which is where most of our team is based too. We do have some team members in Oslo and are open to discuss if building out the team there makes sense. Our culture rooted in Scandinavian values: trust, humility, autonomy, and meaningful impact and we believe great engineering comes from talented people who are given responsibility, support, and the freedom to do their best work.\nIf you think this could be an exciting next challenge for you we would love to hear from you, even if you don't feel you tick all the boxes. Click the apply button, tell us a bit about yourself and why you think this could be a match, and add your CV (or LinkedIn profile).\nIf you have questions about the position you can reach out to Victoria our Head of People via email .\nPlease note: This role requires eligibility for security clearance and security suitability. Accordingly, relevant background checks and a security assessment can be conducted for relevant candidates. As part of the interview process, candidates must be prepared to answer security-related questions.\n**********************\nUbiq Aerospace is a Trondheim-based deep tech startup on an ambitious growth journey. We develop next-generation ice protection systems, smart aerostructures, and sensing systems for aircraft operating in the world’s harshest environments. Our products are built for the emerging European drone and defense market, where autonomous systems need to fly and sense in conditions and conflicts where GPS and conventional sensors fall short.","description_format":"text","description_chars":6388,"description_truncated":false,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":5,"management_years_min":null,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":{"level":"phd","optional":false},"security_clearance":false,"languages":[]},"benefits":[],"hiring_locations":[],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":false,"industries":[],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-09-12T11:18:38Z"}],"liveness":{"score":11,"band":"cold","label":"Long shot","p_open":1,"p_active":0.309,"p_room":0.35,"age_days":77,"expected_fill_days":30,"reasons":["conf:34","win:tail"],"computed_at":"2026-09-23T05:45:00Z"},"pay":null,"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/ubiqaerospace-experienced-radar-signal-processing-engineer-sar","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/ubiqaerospace-experienced-radar-signal-processing-engineer-sar.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-09-23T20:07:39Z","cache_seconds":300,"methodology":"https://alion.io/methodology","terms":"https://alion.io/terms","contact":"https://alion.io/contact","api":"https://alion.io/developers"}}