Radar Engineering Intern

About Leidos

Leidos delivers innovative solutions through the work of diverse, talented people who are committed to our customers' success. We empower our teams, support our communities, and operate sustainably. Our Mission, Vision, and Values guide how we do business.

The Role

Leidos Defense Systems is looking for a Radar Engineer Intern to join a diverse team in Summer 2027. You will help create solutions for complex sensor and radar problems. Leidos has offices across the United States working in defense, space, cyber, and commercial fields, delivering responsive, cost-effective engineering, scientific, and IT solutions.

The Defense Systems Sector offers a broad portfolio of systems, solutions, and services across land, sea, air, space, and cyberspace for customers worldwide. Defense work includes enterprise and mission IT, large-scale intelligence systems, command and control, geospatial and data analytics, cybersecurity, logistics, training, and intelligence analysis. The team addresses demanding security challenges with mission-critical requirements.

Primary Responsibilities

You will support advanced radar programs, including development of radar signal processors, radar tracking algorithms, and advanced sensors in electronic warfare (EW) environments. Other work covers radar system simulation, field testing of RF sensors and systems, and deployment of advanced sensor systems.

You will work alongside experienced engineers as they examine existing algorithms for improvements in performance and processing latency. You will also review newer algorithms from the literature to determine whether they can improve the radar programs.