DroneShield is seeking to solve challenging technical problems in Electronic Warfare, Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning, RF sensing, Sensor Fusion and distributed systems to address the increasing use of drones for nefarious applications.
Requirements
- Strong grounding in large-scale system development, integration, and deployment
- Familiarity with C2 systems, sensor/effectors, RF integration, or defense-aligned environments is preferred
- Experience with Golang, Python, and/or JavaScript (React) preferred
- Strong knowledge of distributed systems, API-based integrations, and scalable infrastructure
Responsibilities
- Execute US Software Engineering Delivery: Drive execution of US-based C2 and RFAI software initiatives in direct alignment with the global technology roadmap.
- Platform Extension & Systems Integration: Lead technical implementation of integrations with US-based sensors, effectors, BMS platforms, and enterprise and DoD customer environments, in close collaboration with the global C2 architecture team.
- Technical Quality & Delivery Discipline: Uplift professional engineering standards. Implement rigorous development, testing, and deployment practices, ensuring system integrity and deployment predictability.
- Cross-Functional Coordination: Serve as the primary engineering interface for US-based customer programs, working with Sales, Operations, and Project Managers, while maintaining strong coordination with Australian VPs across Software, Product, Embedded Systems, Quality Engineering, Security, and Infrastructure.
- Engineering Culture & Practices: Instil a culture of ownership, continuous improvement, and transparency.
- Team Growth & Capability Building: Collaborate with Talent Acquisition to scale the US team in planned phases, prioritising cultural fit, technical strength, and the ability to operate within an integrated, globally aligned structure.
- Drive visibility and reporting practices that enable collective progress and maintain accountability across geographies.
Other
- Manage a small, high-impact US-based team (~7–30 engineers across phases), with a focus on incremental delivery and high accountability.
- Fostering highly collaborative engineering culture.
- Operate within a coupled model where engineering direction, architecture, and tech stack are tightly integrated.
- Build a high-trust relationship with these Australian leadership team and ensure full alignment on technical decisions.
- 10+ years in software engineering, with 5+ years in technical leadership roles
- Proven track record of delivering complex, integrated systems with real-world business and operational outcomes
- Experience working within a multi-region product organization, ideally under a matrix or dotted-line structure
- Demonstrated ability to build high-trust, collaborative teams that operate in fast-paced, ambiguous environments
- Cultural awareness and adaptability
- Clear communicator, equally confident engaging with engineers or executive stakeholders
