Senior SW System Engineer
D-Fend Solutions
Ra'anana, Israel
Posted on Jan 2, 2025
D-Fend Solutions values its employees as our greatest asset. Our professionals and subject matter experts, including personnel from elite military intelligence technology units, provide the best possible solutions to our leading customers around the world. We are proud of our impressive presence across different environments and industries, as well as the results we have helped our customers achieve in contending with their counter-drone challenges.
In addition to professional expertise, D-Fend Solutions seeks candidates who will thrive in a fast-moving, innovative and collaborative culture. It helps if you enjoy having fun – our “D-Fenders” are a light-hearted bunch who have stashed rubber ducks all around our headquarters.
Are you interested in working with the world’s leading cyber-takeover counter-drone technology provider?
Join D-Fend Solutions in helping to make the world a safer place by addressing emerging challenges in the dynamic and exciting counter-drone arena!
Scope:
We are looking for an experienced system engineer to participate and lead the development of a radio-based drone detection and mitigation system as part of the company products.
This role requires a combination of technical expertise, hands-on experience, and strong teamwork and leadership abilities to develop and manage complex systems for drone protection.
The system engineer position requires the combination of several elements and key responsibilities:
- Take a concept and lead it through all stages of development, from design to implementation, testing, and final release. Understanding of product lifecycle management, release management, and version control systems.
- Development of Sensor Solutions: Participate in the development of both single-sensor and multiple-sensor solutions aimed at protecting against advanced drone threats.
- System Level Design: Define system-level designs for complex systems.
- Guiding Multi-Discipline Teams: Define and guide software (SW) and testing teams for implementing and debugging multi-discipline solutions.
- System Behavior Analysis: Define and analyze system behaviors, decision-making processes, and system responses to events.
- Independent Debugging and Optimization: Perform independent debugging and problem-solving for system issues, using tools like Excel, Python, and MATLAB.
- Testing and Validation Support: Guide and support testing and validation teams for testing methodologies, tools, and identifying conceptual coverage holes.
- Feature and Platform Development: Bring features and platforms from conceptualization through to release.
Requirements:
- B.Sc. /M.Sc./Ph.D. from a known university in EE or CS.
- At least 5 years of design, development, architecture or system experience with multi-sensor systems, military multi-site systems, system of systems or other complex distributed systems.
- Hands-On Software Development Skills: Proficiency in languages such as Python, C++, or Java. Experience with real-time systems, embedded software, and multi-threaded applications.
- Strong background in system architecture and design, including the ability to work with hardware and software to define functional requirements.
- Hands-On System Integration: Experience in integrating software with hardware.
- Problem-Solving & Debugging: Strong analytical and troubleshooting skills for diagnosing complex system issues.
- Data Analysis: Advanced skills in using tools like MATLAB, Python and Excel for system performance analysis, data processing, and algorithm development.
- Sensor Technologies: Knowledge of sensor systems (e.g., radar, RF sensors) and their integration into larger systems.
- Modeling & Simulation: Familiarity with modeling and simulation tools for system-level analysis and testing.
- System Optimization: A deep understanding of system optimization, including performance tuning and resource management.
- Team player, Leadership and excellent communication skills. Ability to lead tasks within the company and the desire to take on diverse challenges and to coordinate between cross-functional teams, including hardware engineers, software developers, and testing teams. Experience with Agile or similar methodologies would be beneficial.