Integration Engineer

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 defence 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.

This role is in the DroneShield Sydney headquarters in Sydney CBD. There are approximately 400 staff based in the 4,000sqm facility today, scheduled to grow to approximately 500 staff by end of 2025. Overseas on the ground presence includes Virginia (USA), Denmark, Germany and Dubai, as well as distributors in over 70 countries globally.

About the role

Join DroneShield as an Integration Engineer, where you'll get hands-on with embedded software and hardware development, building practical tools to support our R&D and production teams. Be part of creating real-world solutions in cutting-edge defence technology.

Responsibilities, Duties and Expectations

• Design and implement new software tools and features for embedded Linux-based systems
• Collaborate with multi-disciplinary teams to deliver on user and business requirements
• Work with the broader engineering team to ensure reliable and robust end to end system operation
• Write and maintain internal documentation for implemented features and tools
• Maintain and support legacy tools and systems
• Provide technical guidance and mentorship to team members

Qualifications, Experience and Skills

• BS degree in Computer Science, Mechatronics, Electronic Engineer or similar technical field of study or equivalent practical experience
• Minimum 5-7 years' experience in related roles
• Comfortable on the command line in a Linux first environment
• Software development experience in Python (required), Golang, Modern C++
• Familiarity with developing under Linux (embedded Linux would be advantageous)
• Experience with development tools including Git, Jira, Confluence, GitLab CI/CD, Docker, Poetry
• Inter-device and inter-process communication using gRPC, REST, raw TCP/UDP, or other high performance messaging protocols
• Experience developing manufacturing systems and rigs for R&D and production
• Experienced in Python required
• Experience unit testing and use of CI/CD pipelines required
• Knowledge of the following would also be desirable:
• • DevOps experience, automated testing, and system monitoring
• Experience with VISA communications to instrumentation
• Experience in HW - RF equipment and testing (preferred)
• Application development with cross-cutting concerns (logging, persistence, security, configuration management, transactional behaviour)
• Microservice architecture
• API design
• Non-technical skills:
• • Excellent written and visual communication skills
• Experience writing instructional documentation
• Strong troubleshooting skills
• Excellent attention to detail
• Ability to work autonomously and as part of a fast-paced team
• Strong ability to multi-task, meet deadlines and handle pressure
• "Can do" attitude and willingness to help in variety of tasks, including occasional tasks unrelated to the core role

Note for recruitment agencies: we do not accept floated candidates from external recruiters unless they were instructed to do so.