Work with cutting edge technology, making the world a safer and more secure place. DroneShield (ASX:DRO) offers an opportunity to solve some of worlds 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 Pyrmont, Sydney. There are approximately 290 staff based in the 4,000sqm facility today, scheduled to grow to approximately 350 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 roleThe company is seeking a Senior Algorithm Engineer with relevant experience to join the development team in Sydney. The role is primarily focused on the development of DroneShields RfAI projects . It represents an exceptional opportunity for a result-driven individual in a new niche but exploding market.Responsibilities, Duties and ExpectationsResearch and develop algorithms and mathematical models to be deployed on edge computing platformsWork closely with other software engineers to Integrate and optimize algorithmic models to run efficiently into production software architecturesAssist the software development team to implement models and have input into how the output from this data is displayed to the user (GUI)Manage multi-domain data sets, data preparation and labellingDocument and maintain the code base supporting Sensor Fusion / Machine Learning applicationsAssist the software/hardware development teams to make informed decisions about the future direction of complex deployed system design.Who you areYou are comfortable researching and integrating state of the art algorithmic models to deliver commercial valueYou enjoy mentoring junior engineers to adopt industry standard practices in the algorithm development fieldFamiliar with Git workflowsYou are a lifelong learner. Youre self-taught and continuously learning. You are interested in keeping up with current best practices in your areas of expertiseYou are experienced working with modern infrastructure and toolsYou are comfortable running your software in Linux environmentsAn abundance of ambition and motivation to grow the company and compete with the big players in the industry.Qualifications, Experience and SkillsBS degree in Computer Science, Mathematics or similar technical field of study or equivalent practical experienceAbility to research, design and integrate complex algorithms and mathematical models into high-performance software, operating on sensor dataExperience with signal processing techniques, time-series analysis and sensor fusionExperience with RF signal analysis is highly favourableStrong ability in probability and statistics is highly favourableML/AI experience is favourable but not essentialFamiliarity with heterogeneous computing principles and CUDA programming is favourableAbility to translate business logic and objectives into briefs, executing on those ideas by generating well-functioning analytical modelsAbility to work in a multidisciplinary team, communicating effectively with engineers from non-software / data science backgrounds.Note for recruitment agencies: we do not accept floated candidates from external recruiters unless they were instructed to do so. #J-18808-Ljbffr
Job Title
Senior Algorithms Engineer (AU)