Hybrid Systems Engineer – Sensor Fusion AI & ThreatAI (AU) en DroneShield
DroneShield · Sydney, Australia · Hybrid
- Junior
- Oficina en Sydney
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.