Work with cutting edge technology, making the world a safer and more secure place. DroneShield (ASX:DRO) offers an opportunity to solve some of world’s most challenging technical problems in the Electronic Warfare, Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning, RF sensing, Sensor Fusion and distributed systems. Working with high profile customers across militaries, government agencies, airports, critical infrastructure, law enforcement and many others.
With one of the largest listed defense company market capitalisations in Australia and having raised approximately $250m in 2024 alone, DroneShield is undergoing hypergrowth stage, fuelled by rapidly increasing use of drones for nefarious applications, from battlefield, to terrorism, to contraband delivery and commercial espionage.
About the role
DroneShield is seeking a Systems Engineer with relevant experience to join the product development team in Virginia, US. The position will report to the Director of Engineering based in USA with a dotted reporting line to the VP of Quality Engineering based in Sydney, Australia. The role is focused on driving all systems engineering activities, collaborate with stakeholders to understand embedded product requirements, decompose these into technical specifications and overseeing the development and integration of subsystems into a cohesive product that aligns with business expectations.
Responsibilities, Duties and Expectations
- Drive all Systems Engineering activities within the Counter-UxS space, providing technical guidance and support ensuring alignment between the team’s objective and broader organisation’s goals.
- Introduce systems engineering processes and tools and provide a framework for product development, seeking to increase efficiency and improve project outcomes.
- Own the documentation for system design, requirements and testing ensuring accuracy and completeness.
- Facilitate engagement between internal and external project stakeholders to ensure alignment, communicating risks and technical information to senior management.
- Conduct engineering investigation and analysis to ensure continual improvement of the products and take ownership over bugs and technical issues, coordinating solutions with cross-functional teams.
- Support project tracking and timelines keeping development teams informed of key milestones and performance metrics.
- Work with a cross-functional team of designers, developers and engineers to continuously improve the product by acting as the voice of the customer within the development teams.
- Apply best systems engineering practices to decompose the system into a structured hierarchy of requirements and well-defined interfaces.
- Own and enforce best risk management practices across the product development process
Qualifications, Experience and Skills
- BS or Master’s degree in relevant engineering discipline (Systems Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Software/Firmware Engineering, Embedded Systems), or similar technical field of study or equivalent practical experience.
- 3+ years of experience performing systems engineering responsibilities within complex project environments.
- Demonstrated experience in the successful development and delivery of products comprised of complex embedded system architecture.
- Experience developing and testing AI-incorporated systems, radio frequency (RF) hardware and software is desirable.
- Experience across the entire product development lifecycle from product discovery and inception to delivery and sustainment.
- Exposure to Electronic Warfare, Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning, RF sensing, Sensor Fusion and distributed systems is desirable.
- Understanding of cybersecurity practices in systems engineering to ensure the integrity and security of systems is desirable.
- Skilled in systems integration, testing frameworks, and troubleshooting, with a systematic approach to problem-solving.
- You are comfortable working within the Atlassian ecosystem and have experience managing project deliverables using Jira or other project management tools.
- Experience working with a Requirement Management Software such as Doors or Jama
- You would excel in a high empowerment, fast paced, environment, surrounded by likeminded, high achieving people.
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