Systems Engineer

DroneShield; Sydney; On-site; AUD 110,000 - 165,000; Full time

Job summary

DroneShield is seeking a Systems Engineer to join the Sydney-based product development team. You will work under the Systems Engineering Lead, performing requirements elicitation, analysis and management to help deliver current and future generation products with autonomy and accountability.

The role involves collaborating across engineering disciplines, product and project management, and documenting design, requirements and test strategies to ensure integrated subsystems meet the overall

Qualifications

• 2+ years of systems engineering in complex product development.
• Solid understanding of SE frameworks, principles and tools.
• Experience with requirements management for software/hardware products.
• Ability to work independently and in a team to deliver outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Define and deliver quality products and features across product lines.
• Conduct complex analysis and trade studies to guide system concepts.
• Collaborate with Product and Project Management on milestones and metrics.
• Document system design, requirements and test strategies, including integration testing.
• Communicate technical concepts and risks to senior stakeholders.
• Drive continual product and system interface alignment and improvements.
• Identify and manage technical, product and project risks.
• Support development of SE processes to improve efficiency and outcomes.

Skills

Systems engineering

Requirements management

Independent work

Team collaboration

Agile environment

Education

BEng/BSc or MSc in relevant engineering

Tools

Jira

Job description

Work withcutting-edgeAI technology that helps make the world a safer and more secure place. DroneShield (ASX:DRO) develops market-leading counter-drone solutions used by militaryorganisations, government agencies, airports, critical infrastructure operators, and law enforcementoperatingin some of the most challenging and high-stakes environments in the world. Employees work at the forefront of innovation, solving complex technical problems and delivering mission-critical capabilities where performance, reliability, and speed matter.

As an ASX200-listed company and the world’sonly publicly listed pure-play counter-drone business, DroneShield is experiencing rapid growth. Revenue increased from A$57 million in 2024 to more than A$217 million in 2025, supported by record profitability, a global sales pipeline exceeding A$2.5 billion, and annual R&D investment of over A$50 million.

Since 2017, DroneShield has grown from 11 employees to more than 550 globally, with operations across Australia, the United States, Europe, and the Middle East, supporting customers in over 70 countries.

The role is based at DroneShield’s Sydney headquarters, which houses corporate, commercial, engineering, and operational teams supporting the company’s global growth and customer base.

About the role

DroneShield is on the lookout for a Systems Engineer to join our innovative product development team in Sydney. Reporting directly to the Systems Engineering Lead, this role offers an exceptional opportunity for a results-driven professional to make a significant impact in a rapidly growing, niche market.

This role will see you contribute directly to the development of current and future generation products through effective requirements elicitation, analysis, and management through collaboration with the engineering development teams. If you’re someone who has a passion for product development, building complex systems through a deep understanding of stakeholder needs and empowering engineering teams to work towards common development goals while being afforded a high degree of autonomy and responsibility for these outcomes, we’d love to talk more.

Responsibilities, Duties and Expectations

• Work with multiple engineering disciplines to define and deliver quality products, features and capabilities for our existing and next generation product lines.
• Perform complex analysis and trade studies to guide system concept selection, ensuring system architecture and design align with business objectives.
• Partner with Product and Project Management to support project deliverables and timelines by keeping development teams informed of key milestones and performance metrics.
• Manage the documentation for system design, requirements and test strategies, specifically focusing on integration testing to ensure that subsystems work together to meet the overall system needs.
• Collaborate with senior stakeholders to communicate technical concepts and risks, resolve problems, ensure alignment and influence decision-making on technical issues.
• Ensure continual improvement of the products and seamless integration of systems elements and interfaces, driving alignment to achieve desired system outcomes.
• Identify, assess and manage risks at a technical, product and project level.
• Support the development and introduction of systems engineering processes that promote best practices and provide a framework for product development, seeking to increase efficiency and improve project outcomes.

Qualifications, Experience and Skills

• BEng/BSc or Masters degree in relevant engineering discipline (Systems Engineering, Mechatronics Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Computer Science), or similar technical field of study or equivalent practical experience.
• 2+ years of experience performing systems engineering responsibilities within complex product development environments.
• Sound understanding of the application of systems engineering frameworks, principles and tools across the entire product development lifecycle.
• Experience with requirements management for complex software and hardware products or features.
• Demonstrated ability to work independently and within a team environment on work packages and deliverables to achieve project outcomes.
• Excel in a high empowerment, fast paced, agile environment, surrounded by likeminded, high achieving people.

Nice to have

• Experience developing and testing hardware and software systems relating to Electronic Warfare, Command and Control, Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning, RF sensing, Sensor Fusion and distributed systems is desirable.
• Familiarity with benchmarking pipelines and interpreting results and metrics
• An understanding of cybersecurity practices in systems engineering to ensure the integrity and security of systems is desirable.
• You are comfortable working within the Atlassian ecosystem and have experience or exposure to managing project deliverables using Jira or other project management tools.

Note for recruitment agencies: We do not accept unsolicited candidates from external recruiters unless specifically instructed.

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