# Senior System Engineer

Scope: D-Fend Solutions is a successful, fast-growing, startup located in Ra’anana. We are looking for an experienced system engineer to participate and lead the development of a radio-based drone detection and mitigation system as part of the company products. Responsibilities: Lead features and platforms from ideas to releases. Guide and participate in the research and analysis of both proprietary and standard radio communication protocols. Define requirements and guide multi-disciplinary teams (SW, Algorithms, DSP, and FPGA) through implementation and debugging. Analyze and define complex system behaviors, state machines, algorithms, and event-response logic, including radio link budget considerations. Perform independent, hands-on debugging and optimization for system problem-solving using tools like MATLAB, Python, Excel, and other log analysis software. Create and maintain comprehensive system-level documentation. Gain a deep understanding of the full system to guide and support testing and validation teams, helping define methodologies, tools, and coverage strategies. Requirements: B.Sc / M.Sc degree in Electrical Engineering or Computer Science from a recognized university.

- **Id**: 4011162
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/d-fend-solutions-senior-system-engineer>
- **Role**: DevOps
- **Role family**: DevOps
- **Seniority**: senior
- **Employment type**: full_time
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Ra'anana, Israel
- **Countries**: IL
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Experience years min**: 5
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-11-10T09:43:35Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-11-10
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-11T22:09:34Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 1
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 1948
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Air Defense, Electronic Warfare, Homeland Security

## Company

- **Id**: 3468
- **Name**: D-Fend Solutions
- **Domain**: dfendsolutions.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/dfendsolutions>
- **Size band**: 201-500
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Lever

### Truth index

- **Grade**: A
- **Score**: 92
- **Open postings**: 16
- **Ghost share**: 0
- **Stale share**: 0.125
- **Repost share**: 0
- **Time to fill p50 days**: 88
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-11T05:49:22Z

## Technologies

- **JavaScript** — Optional: no
- **MATLAB** — Optional: no
- **Python** — Optional: no

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 1

## Requirements

- **Experience years min**: 5
- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

### Education

- **Level**: bachelor
- **Optional**: no

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-10T10:15:53Z

## Liveness

- **Score**: 86
- **Band**: hot
- **Label**: Hiring now
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.86
- **P room**: 1
- **Age days**: 0
- **Expected fill days**: 88
- **Reasons**: conf:3, win:early
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-11T05:49:22Z

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