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 an approximately $1bn market capitalisation 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 Pyrmont, Sydney. There are approximately 200 staff based in the 4,000sqm facility today, scheduled to grow to approximately 300 staff by end of 2026.Overseas on the ground presence includes Virginia (USA), Denmark, Germany and Dubai, as well as distributors in over 70 countries globally.About the roleDroneShield is seeking a Senior RF Electronics Engineer with relevant experience to join the team in Sydney, Australia. The position will report to the Electronics Team lead in Embedded Hardware.The Embedded Hardware Team is focused on providing fully operational and qualified modular devices to enable new product development of high-end RF based sensors and effectors.These modules are re-used across various product configurations including man-portable, vehicle mounted and fixed site. Key technical challenges for the electronics aspect of these modules include the design of complex wide-band RF circuitry, high speed digital interface and high-power radio frequency output.DroneShield designs and builds the full signal chain from signal generation to antenna.Expectations of this role in the Electronics Team will be focussed on PCBA design and validation of various modules, with an overall objective of providing confidence in product integrations and delivery to the customer.This will include electronic component selection, SCH / PCB design for reliable manufacturing, validation test plan development and execution, manufacturing test procedure development and hardware issue root-cause analysis and resolution.Responsibilities, Duties and ExpectationsCollaborate with the team on the product Architecture and work on the core of Droneshield's technology for accuracy, performance stability and maintenance.Self-management of workload, methods and workflow to meet key business objectives.Schematic and PCB design using Altium, including maintenance of component database and document templates.Highly Proficient with test equipment for validation of high-speed digital and RF interfaces.Manufacturing test specification design and support for production setup & debugging.Hardware design validation planning and execution on both a modular and system level.Employing and developing sound industry practices for documentation and QC.Leading manufacturing test specification design and support for production setup & debugging.Mentoring and training of junior engineers.Qualifications, Experience and SkillsDegree in Electronics Engineering, similar technical field of study or equivalent practical experience.Minimum of 5-10 years experience in RF hardware design, test and production support.Practical experience using benchtop test equipment such as VNA's, spectrum analyser and signal generators.SCH and PCB design using Altium.RF hardware design theory and experience. Isolation, matching networks, filter specifications.Hardware design principles for battery power device applications.Theoretical and practical understanding of PCB layout techniques for high-speed digital and RF circuitry.Familiarity of applicable global and local radio standards for intentional radiators.Working knowledge of Antennas.Desirable experiences and skillsLeading projects or initiatives within a company environment.Antenna design.Hardware design with integrated antennas.Design for receiver sensitivity principles such as cascaded noise figure, dynamic range, noise floor degradation, etc.RF filter specification and selection. Design experience is desirable.RF power amplifier. Heat management principles.Transmitter RF front-end design up to 10 GHz and 100 W.Receiver RF front-end design up to 10 GHz including filter, diplexer, splitters, and LNA.Component specification for RF components such as power amplifiers, low-noise amplifiers, solid-state switches, power dividers / combiners, couplers.Software Defined Radio experience is highly desirable.Knowledge of mainstream RF modulation techniques.Multi-carrier combining.
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