Regent Radar Signal Processing Intern at REGENT develops and tests radar signal processing algorithms for the Seaglider sensor suite. The role includes prototyping, implementation, and validation with real or simulated data.
Responsibilities
REGENT is building Seagliders to reinvent coastal transportation, and getting that right starts with the ability to sense the world around the vehicle accurately and reliably. As a Radar Signal Processing Engineering Intern on the perception team, you'll help stand up a brand-new radar capability within REGENT's broader sensor suite. You'll dig into the fundamentals of the system, then work on designing or identifying a signal processing algorithm suited to it, with the chance to carry that work through implementation and testing against simulation or real data before your term wraps up.
This is a genuinely new project, not a slice of ongoing work handed off to an intern, and it's scoped that way on purpose. You'll be paired closely with a mentor on the perception team who will help keep the problem concrete and the output useful, with regular check-ins along the way and the chance to validate your work against real recorded data with the team that owns it. If you're curious about radar, energized by open-ended technical problems, and want your internship to end with something real that you designed and tested, we'd love to have you on the team.
Study the System: You'll start by digging into how radar fits into REGENT's broader sensor suite and what the perception team needs it to accomplish.
Design the Algorithm: You'll design or identify a signal processing algorithm suited to the problem, grounding your approach in core radar concepts like range, Doppler, and angle estimation.
Prototype Hands-On: You'll use tools like MATLAB or Python to prototype your approach and analyze how it performs on real signals.
Test Against Data: You'll implement and test your algorithm against simulation or, where available, real radar data to see how it holds up.
Work Closely With a Mentor: You'll be paired with a dedicated mentor on the perception team for regular check-ins, keeping your project focused and your output genuinely usable.
Share What You Find: You'll communicate your progress and results clearly to the team, turning exploratory work into something others can build on.
What You'll Bring
Signal Processing Fundamentals: You have a solid foundation in digital signal processing, including sampling, filtering, spectral analysis, and FFTs.
Radar Curiosity and Context: You're familiar with radar basics like range, Doppler, and angle estimation, or have worked with related sensing or communications signal processing through coursework or projects.
Comfort Prototyping in Code: You're comfortable using a programming or simulation tool like MATLAB or Python to prototype and analyze signals hands-on.
