Electronics Engineer (Autonomous Drones)

Location: Petah Tikva, Israel

Company

hirify.global develops and manufactures autonomous drone systems combining hardware, software, and AI-driven technologies for large-scale operations, primarily serving defense, military, and law enforcement organizations worldwide.

What you will do

• Lead electronic design activities for airborne and ground-based autonomous drone systems.
• Design analog, digital, power, communication, and control circuits, including DC/DC converters, battery interfaces, charging, protection, and power distribution solutions.
• Define electrical requirements, interfaces, system constraints, and design specifications; create schematics, support PCB layout, review designs, and prepare production files.
• Perform board bring-up, debugging, design verification, validation, qualification, reliability testing, and root-cause analysis.
• Integrate electronics with flight controllers, payloads, sensors, motors, ESCs, communication modules, and embedded systems.
• Collaborate with mechanical, firmware, software, systems, integration, manufacturing, production, suppliers, PCB manufacturers, assembly houses, and component vendors.

Requirements

• B.Sc. in Electrical or Electronics Engineering from a recognized institution.
• At least 5 years of experience in electronic circuit design.
• Experience designing electronic systems for drones, UAVs, robotics, airborne systems, or multidisciplinary platforms.
• Strong knowledge of analog and digital circuit design, power electronics, power distribution, DC/DC converters, battery-powered systems, and protection circuits.
• Experience with schematic design and PCB design processes, including Altium Designer or similar tools.
• Ability to read, review, and create schematics, wiring diagrams, interface control documents, and technical documentation.
• Hands-on experience with board bring-up, debugging, testing, and troubleshooting using oscilloscopes, power supplies, multimeters, electronic loads, logic analyzers, and signal generators.
• Familiarity with UART, SPI, I2C, CAN, RS-485, Ethernet, USB, and other communication interfaces.
• Understanding of design for manufacturing, design for testing, component selection, and production support; ability to lead design tasks independently from concept to production.
• Strong teamwork, interpersonal communication, organization, self-learning, and ability to work under pressure.

Nice to have

• Experience with autonomous drone systems or UAV platforms, flight controllers, payload electronics, ESCs, motors, sensors, GNSS, telemetry, or communication systems.
• Experience with military, defense, aerospace, or ruggedized electronic systems.
• Familiarity with EMI/EMC, vibration, thermal, environmental, and qualification testing.
• Experience with high-current and high-voltage systems, battery systems, BMS, chargers, docking stations, or power management systems.
• Experience with RF systems, antennas, telemetry, or wireless communication equipment.
• Experience with embedded systems, firmware integration, or basic programming and scripting.
• Familiarity with electronic-system standards, safety requirements, and production processes.
• Experience working with subcontractors, manufacturing teams, production lines, and technical documentation such as test procedures, ATPs, and design verification reports.

Culture & Benefits

• Work within a multidisciplinary electronics engineering team developing autonomous drone platforms.
• Responsibilities span development, production, integration, and field troubleshooting.
• Collaboration with internal engineering and production groups as well as external suppliers and manufacturing partners.