Systems Engineer

About the role

DroneShield is seeking a Systems Engineer to join our innovative development team in Sydney. Reporting directly to the AI Systems Engineering Team 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 comprises stakeholder management, requirements gathering and management, design, verification/ validation, architecture maintenance, and documentation of various engineering projects and features.

These responsibilities are crucial for both the development of internal tools and the creation of customer-facing features. Ideal for a lifelong learner, this position encourages continuous personal and professional development and proactive engagement with the latest industry practices. Thrive in a supportive team environment that values autonomy and offers competitive remuneration. 

Responsibilities, Duties and Expectations 

• Engage with stakeholders across various departments, including Engineering, Product, Customer Support, to gather detailed requirements and understand the customer needs and market trends
• Serve as a liaison between technical teams and non-technical stakeholders, translating business needs into actionable engineering tasks and ensuring that requirements are clearly understood
• Overseeing software feature development and evolution at the technical level, ensuring completion within sprint timeframes
• Participate in product demonstrations and promotional events to gather feedback and understand user responses to existing and upcoming product features 
• Facilitate requirement gathering, review sessions, and workshops to address detailed business / customer needs and objectives from Product
• Decomposition of business and customer needs into system level requirements for developers to work against
• Collaborate closely with engineers and developers to refine system level requirements, ensuring technical feasibility and alignment with business goals 
• Support and deliver training sessions of product features
• Adjusting and refining requirements and tasks as projects evolve and new priorities are defined
• Documentation of software features and supporting artefacts, including requirements, feedback, user stories, acceptance criteria, business objectives, process flows, architecture, test cases, ensuring consistency and clarity across all documentation
• Support QA with verification and validation of software features
• Software architecture development and maintenance
• Establish and maintain strong, transparent communication channels with all stakeholders, providing regular updates on project status and developments 
• Contribute to continuous improvement initiatives by analysing the outcomes of projects and suggesting enhancements to streamline processes. 
• Respond to Request for Information (RFIs) in a timely manner
• Configuration of sensor fusion simulation scenarios for benchmarking AI model performance
• Assist data engineers in development of data collection plans for model training and development
• Assist data engineers with data collection activities and coordination
• Assist in triaging Sensor Fusion issues and feedback from product demonstrations and Field Service Engineers (FSEs) for timely resolution
• Maintain and manage SensorFusionAI sub-system architecture.

Qualifications, Experience and Skills 

• Bachelor's degree in relevant Engineering discipline (Communications, Computer, Electronics, Mechanical, Mechatronics or equivalent), similar technical field of study or equivalent practical experience 
• 2+ years proven experience as a Systems Engineer in a technology-driven Software environment
• Strong experience in requirements elicitation and maintenance
• Strong experience in architecture maintenance, system/sub-system development
• Demonstrated ability to communicate effectively with both technical and non-technical stakeholders 
• Experience in conducting and leading product demonstrations and feedback sessions.
• Experience in an agile systems engineering environment, involving fast time to market and high velocity development
• Excellent technical documentation skills
• Translation of technical concepts and features to business and product stakeholders
• Proficient in using tools such as Jira, Confluence, and other project management and documentation software 
• Ability to work effectively in dynamic, fast-paced environments and adapt to changing project needs and deadlines 
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with a detail-oriented mindset 
• Excellent organizational and communication skills, capable of managing multiple priorities while maintaining attention to detail. 

Nice to have

• Combining knowledge of AI with traditional systems engineering principles- Requirements elicitation for AI-based systems
• Familiarity with benchmarking pipelines and interpreting results and metrics
• Familiarity with programming and understanding high quality, complex code
• Prior experience in electronic warfare, artificial intelligence and/or machine learning software environments

Who You Are

• You are passionate about an evolving technical domain
• You enjoy liaising with multiple stakeholders to ensure timely completion of complex software features
• You are a self-driven learner, always seeking to improve and stay at the forefront of your field.
• You are comfortable working in a high-pressure, fast paced environment, and are motivated to help DroneShield scale globally
• You think 'out of the box' and adapt to changing business needs
• You employ strong systems engineering practices

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