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Radar Engineer & Scientist

Booz Allen Hamilton

Dahlgren, VAFull-time$62–141K/yrPosted 1mo agoStill listed today

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Compensation
$62–141K/yr
Location
Dahlgren, VA
Schedule
Full-time
Work Authorization
US work authorization required

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Requirements

Credentials this posting asks for.

Secret clearance, required

Job overview

Booz Allen Hamilton seeks an electrical engineer to support radar system design, production, technology development, prototyping, demonstrations, and integration for defense and intelligence missions. The role involves radar system engineering, detailed analysis, specification review, and engineering work across radar and sensor projects. Candidates need a Secret clearance and a qualifying engineering, mathematics, computer science, or physics degree with DoD and radar systems experience.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Radar Systems Assessment, requiredSpecification Assessment, requiredSystem Integration, requiredComplex Calculations, requiredNavy Radars, nice to have

Qualifications

Secret Clearance, requiredBachelor's in Engineering, Mathematics, Computer Science, or Physics + 4+ Years DoD and Radar Systems or Master's in Engineering, Mathematics, Computer Science, or Physics + 2+ Years DoD and Radar Systems, required

Benefits

Medical Insurance
401(k) Match
Paid Time Off
Tuition Assistance

Full job description

Radar Engineer & ScientistThe Opportunity: As an electrical engineer, you understand the workings behind complex systems. That knowledge is key when it comes to leading radar system design and production, and supporting technology development, insertions, prototyping, and demonstrations for a mission-critical and highly visible program. We’re looking for an electrical engineer who can use their skills to help deliver advanced radar and sensor engineering that strengthens national security capabilities.

At Booz Allen, you’ll use your engineering skills to transform defense mission operations. Our team develops and integrates next-generation radar and sensor technologies. That’s why we need you, an electrical engineer with experience in radar systems engineering, system-level design, sensor software development, and the complex analysis needed to evaluate and integrate modern radar concepts, to help us design and develop radar and sensor components and systems.

On our team, you’ll perform radar system engineering, conduct detailed analyses, review specifications, support system integration, and carry out engineering tasks across radar and sensor projects. You’ll support technology development activities, early prototypes, and program demonstrations that drive mission-critical performance and program advancement. You’ll impact defense and intelligence missions by delivering high-performance radar capabilities that improve situational awareness, system reliability, and overall mission readiness. This is a chance to use your radar engineering and sensor development skills while gaining experience with emerging radar technologies and mission-focused innovation.

Take on exciting challenges in national defense with us as we advance mission-critical radar capabilities that support warfighters and operators around the world.

Join us. The world can’t wait.

You Have:

  • Knowledge of practices and principles necessary to assess advanced radar systems concepts, assess specifications, and perform system integration
  • Ability to perform detailed complex calculations
  • Secret clearance
  • Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Mathematics, Computer Science, or Physics and 4+ years of experience in the DoD and radar systems, OR Master's degree in Engineering, Mathematics, Computer Science, or Physics and 2+ years of experience in the DoD and radar systems

Nice If You Have:

  • Experience with Navy radars

Clearance: Applicants selected will be subject to a security investigation and may need to meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information; Secret clearance is required.

Compensation At Booz Allen, we celebrate your contributions, provide you with opportunities and choices, and support your total well-being. Our offerings include health, life, disability, financial, and retirement benefits, as well as paid leave, professional development, tuition assistance, work-life programs, and dependent care. Our recognition awards program acknowledges employees for exceptional performance and superior demonstration of our values. Full-time and part-time employees working at least 20 hours a week on a regular basis are eligible to participate in Booz Allen’s benefit programs. Individuals that do not meet the threshold are only eligible for select offerings, not inclusive of health benefits. We encourage you to learn more about our total benefits by visiting the Resource page on our Careers site and reviewing Our Employee Benefits page.

Salary at Booz Allen is determined by various factors, including but not limited to location, the individual’s particular combination of education, knowledge, skills, competencies, and experience, as well as contract-specific affordability and organizational requirements. The projected compensation range for this position is $61,900.00 to $141,000.00 (annualized USD). The estimate displayed represents the typical salary range for this position and is just one component of Booz Allen’s total compensation package for employees. This posting will close within 90 days from the Posting Date. Identity Statement As part of the hiring process, we will ask you to complete an identity verification process that leverages advanced biometrics and artificial intelligence to ensure authenticity and protect against identity fraud. You are expected to be on camera during interviews and assessments. We reserve the right to take your picture to verify your identity and prevent fraud.

Candidate AI Usage Policy AI is a part of our daily work at Booz Allen, and we are committed to the responsible and ethical use of AI tools. However, we want to ensure a fair candidate process based on your own skills and knowledge. As part of this commitment, the use of artificial intelligence (AI) or other tools to assist with responses during interviews (whether in-person or virtual) is prohibited unless permission is explicitly provided.

Work Model Our people-first culture prioritizes the benefits of collaboration. To support engagement and effective communication, employees working virtually are generally expected to have their cameras on during meetings.

  • Remote: If this position is listed as remote, there may still be occasions when you are required to work in person at a Booz Allen or customer facility.
  • Hybrid: If this position is listed as hybrid, you will be expected to work from a Booz Allen or customer facility, in alignment with your leadership's expectations and the needs of the role.
  • Onsite: If this position is listed as onsite, work will primarily be performed full-time at a customer facility, where employees will collaborate directly with colleagues and customers as required by the role.

Commitment to Non-Discrimination All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to disability, status as a protected veteran or any other status protected by applicable federal, state, local, or international law.

How this job compares

Set against the 10,352 open Electrical Engineer jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 10, 2026.

Pay
  • This posting$62–141K/yr
  • Virginia median$103–160K/yr299 salary ranges
  • US median$107–168K/yr6,769 salary ranges

This range's midpoint, $101K, is 22% below the Virginia median midpoint ($130K) — in the lowest quarter of Electrical Engineer salary ranges in Virginia.

Openings
Olive Jobs lists 378 open Electrical Engineer jobs in Virginia and 10,352 across the US. 3% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most in Virginia
Experience
This posting asks for at least 2 years of experience — less than three in four Electrical Engineer postings that state a minimum ask for (median 5 years, across 8,623 postings).
Education
6,634 of the 10,352 open Electrical Engineer jobs (64%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 10, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.

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