Senior System Engineer
Raanana, Israel
R&D – System /
Full-time /
On-site
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:
D-Fend Solutions is a successful, fast-growing, startup located in Ra’anana. 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.
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Responsibilities:
- Lead features and platforms from ideas to releases.
- Guide and participate in the research and analysis of both proprietary and standard radio communication protocols.
- Define requirements and guide multi-disciplinary teams (SW, Algorithms, DSP, and FPGA) through implementation and debugging.
- Analyze and define complex system behaviors, state machines, algorithms, and event-response logic, including radio link budget considerations.
- Perform independent, hands-on debugging and optimization for system problem-solving using tools like MATLAB, Python, Excel, and other log analysis software.
- Create and maintain comprehensive system-level documentation.
- Gain a deep understanding of the full system to guide and support testing and validation teams, helping define methodologies, tools, and coverage strategies.
Requirements:
- B.Sc/M.Sc degree in Electrical Engineering or Computer Science from a recognized university.
- A minimum of 5 years of experience in radio-based systems, with at least 2 years in a role such as a communication systems engineer, communication algorithms engineer, RF engineer, or a firmware engineer focused on system-level issues.
- Hands-on experience in research and development of communication protocols, such as operating RF test equipment, activating sniffers and analyzing their LOGs, analyzing system LOGs.
- Hands-on experience in a scripting language, like Python, JavaScript or MATLAB.
- Deep understanding of multidisciplinary communication systems.
- Team player with excellent communication skills, ability to lead tasks within the company and the desire to take on diverse challenges.
- Advantage: Knowledge in common wireless protocols.
