System Engineer

Location: Ra'anana (IL)

Description

Cardo Systems, the global market leader in wireless communication systems for motorcycle, outdoor, and ORV helmets, is seeking a System Engineer to join our R&D team. This role is ideal for a system engineer with strong hardware and embedded expertise, coupled with deep knowledge of wireless and audio technologies.

* Full-time position in a hybrid model (from the company’s offices at Ra'anana/from home), reporting to the VP R&D.

What You’ll Do

System Architecture and End-to-End Ownership

• Define and maintain system architecture and technical solutions of the product, responsible for ensuring all components - Mechanical, Electrical, Firmware, Mobile, Backend, Audio, and Operations - work together as one coherent system
• Translate product requirements into clear system and hardware specifications
• Define interfaces between hardware, firmware, RF, audio components, and mobile SW
• Identify gaps, risks, and unclear areas in requirements, and lead POCs and technical investigations to validate solutions and ensure compliance

System Engineering Leadership

• Holistic System Oversight - Lead system design across multidisciplinary domains, ensuring optimal performance
• Work closely with hardware and RF engineers on component selection and board design, while aligning with software teams on system logic and architecture
• Ensure optimal performance in terms of connectivity, audio quality, robustness, and power consumption
• Drive system integration and lead the root cause analysis of complex system-level failures across all domains

Cross-Team Technical Leadership

• Serve as a technical focal point across hardware, firmware, mobile SW, audio, and product teams
• Coordinate technical activities to ensure system alignment and successful implementation
• Participate in design reviews and contribute to future product architecture

Requirements

What You Bring

Education & Experience

• B.Sc. in Electrical Engineering or Software Engineering/Computer Science. (Note: Candidates with a SW education must have extensive experience in embedded real-time products.)
• 7+ years of experience in system engineering of embedded products
• Strong experience with wireless systems, audio, and RF (Bluetooth – significant advantage)
• Solid understanding of hardware design and multidisciplinary system integration (HW, Mechanical, and SW)
• Deep understanding of embedded firmware
• Experience defining system requirements and driving technical validation
• Proven ability to root cause system-level failures across HW, FW, and SW boundaries
• Fluent English
• Experience with Bluetooth audio systems – advantage
• Experience with audio, acoustics, or DSP – advantage
• Experience with consumer electronic products – advantage

Profile

• Structured, proactive, and detail-oriented
• Able to identify issues early and drive solutions independently
• Strong informal leadership capabilities, with the ability to influence, guide, and enforce technical decisions across cross-functional teams

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate based on race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.