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# Quality Engineer (Hardware & Manufacturing) at D-Fend Solutions

- **Company:** D-Fend Solutions
- **Location:** Raanana, Israel
- **Employment:** full-time
- **Work type:** onsite
- **Posted:** 2026-07-27
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-07
- **Apply:** https://jobs.lever.co/d-fendsolutions/0d303979-2039-4391-adb8-080ba4f1c97e

## Job description

Position Overview We are looking for an experienced Quality Assurance Engineer to lead and coordinate the company's quality activities across subcontractors and suppliers in Israel and internationally. The role is responsible for supplier qualification, continuous product and process improvement, and ensuring end-to-end product quality. This position includes close collaboration with local and global subcontractors, electronic and mechanical assembly lines, and ownership of implementing a strong quality culture throughout manufacturing and shipping operations. Responsibilities include ensuring workforce qualification at subcontractor sites (including work instructions, training, preventive and corrective actions, and audits), reviewing and approving production deviations, defining quality improvement KPIs and monitoring their implementation, supporting New Product Introduction (NPI) activities, monitoring engineering change implementation, ensuring the latest product revisions are used in manufacturing, participating in reliability and regulatory compliance activities, and generating quality performance reports for both operations and subcontractors. The role involves extensive cross-functional collaboration throughout the organization. If you have a systems-oriented mindset, deep understanding of manufacturing and assembly processes, and proven experience in high-tech or defense companies, we'd love to hear from you.

## Key Responsibilities

Manufacturing Quality Management

- Lead quality assurance activities across electronic and mechanical manufacturing and assembly lines.
- Define quality gates, inspection checkpoints, and manufacturing quality control processes.
- Drive implementation of quality standards throughout production.

Supplier & Contract Manufacturer Quality

- Lead, monitor, and audit electronic (EMS) and mechanical contract manufacturers.
- Qualify suppliers and subcontractors and approve manufacturing processes.
- Conduct supplier quality audits and drive continuous supplier performance improvement.

Failure Investigation & Root Cause Analysis

- Lead engineering investigations to identify root causes of manufacturing and product quality issues.
- Analyze quality data and failure trends.
- Define, implement, and monitor corrective and preventive actions (CAPA, 8D, 5-Why).

Continuous Improvement

- Initiate and lead process improvement projects.
- Reduce scrap rates and improve First Time Yield (FTY).
- Establish quality KPIs and monitor improvement initiatives.

New Product Introduction (NPI)

- Support product transfers from R&D to manufacturing.
- Define quality requirements during engineering documentation.
- Review and approve manufacturing documentation, assembly packages, and product release.
- Monitor engineering change implementation and ensure the latest revisions are used in production.

Additional Responsibilities

- Ensure personnel competency at subcontractor facilities through training programs, work instructions, audits, and preventive actions.
- Review, approve, and monitor production deviations and non-conformances.
- Participate in product reliability and regulatory compliance activities.
- Prepare and present quality performance reports for management, operations, and subcontractors.
- Collaborate closely with R&D, Manufacturing Engineering, Operations, Procurement, Supply Chain, and external suppliers.

## Requirements

Mandatory Qualifications

- At least 7 years of experience as a Quality Assurance Engineer in a hardware manufacturing environment.
- Extensive hands-on experience working with subcontractors and suppliers.
- Strong knowledge of quality management standards such as AS9100 and ISO 9001.
- Deep understanding of electronic manufacturing processes, including PCB, PCBA, SMT, and IPC standards.
- Strong understanding of mechanical manufacturing processes, including machining, sheet metal, enclosures, painting/coating, complex mechanical assemblies, tolerancing, and fits.
- Proven experience leading Root Cause Analysis and implementing corrective and preventive actions using methodologies such as CAPA, 8D, and 5-Why.

## Preferred Qualifications & Skills

- Bachelor's degree in Industrial Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Quality Engineering, or a related field.
- Strong leadership skills with the ability to drive cross-functional initiatives independently.
- Experience working with multiple stakeholders, including R&D, Engineering, Procurement, Manufacturing, and suppliers.
- Experience with ERP and PLM systems.
- Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Office, particularly Excel.
- Strong understanding of operational and logistics processes.
- Ability to work effectively under pressure in a fast-paced environment.
- Self-motivated, proactive, and highly organized.
- Excellent interpersonal, communication, and customer-oriented skills.
- Professional assertiveness and strong problem-solving abilities.
- Fluent English, both written and spoken (mandatory).

## About D-Fend Solutions

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: D-Fend Solutions is the leading provider of RF cyber-driven, non-kinetic, AI-enhanced counter-drone takeover technology that detects, takes over, and safely lands rogue drones in sensitive environments.
- **Entity Type**: Private (Series C funded)
- **Headquarters**: Ra'anana, Israel (with presence in the US, UK, and Japan)
- **Founded**: 2017
- **Founders**: Not publicly available

## Core Business
- **Primary industry**: Counter-drone / Counter-Unmanned Aircraft Systems (C-UAS) defense technology; classified under Defense and Space Manufacturing
- **Target customers**: B2G and B2B — military, homeland security, law enforcement, airports, prisons, critical infrastructure operators, and major event organizers
- **Mission**: "To lead in providing the most advanced technology and solutions to overcome rogue drone threats in our customers' most sensitive environments and airspace, in a controlled manner that enables continuity." [d-fendsolutions.com](https://d-fendsolutions.com/about-us/)

## Products & Services
- **EnforceAir**: Core counter-drone system that autonomously executes RF cyber-takeovers of rogue drones. It detects, locates, and identifies threats in protected airspace, then neutralizes them via non-kinetic, non-jamming RF takeover for safe landings and controlled outcomes. Deployable as a standalone, multilayer, or integrated system, and enhanced with AI capabilities. [d-fendsolutions.com](https://d-fendsolutions.com/)

## Market Standing
- **Valuation**: Not disclosed (private company)
- **Key Metric**: Total funding of $65M across 4 rounds — Seed (Nov 2017), Series A ($6M, May 2018), Series B ($28M, Sep 2019), and Series C ($31M, Dec 2024)
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: Israel Growth Partners (led Series C), Claridge Israel (led Series B); LinkedIn company data lists Motorola Solutions, Inc. as parent company
- **Growth Signals**: Headcount of 193 employees (+25.1% YoY, +45 people); workforce distributed across 8 countries including Israel, US, Canada, Netherlands, and Singapore; hundreds of deployments worldwide; designated best-in-class and deployed by top-tier U.S. and international government agencies, major international airports, and large-scale events [linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/company/d-fend-solutions)

## Competitive Advantages
- **Category pioneer**: Creator of the RF Cyber Takeover counter-drone category — a non-kinetic, non-jamming approach that avoids collateral damage and operational disruption, unlike kinetic or jamming alternatives
- **Field-proven credibility**: Chosen as best-in-class by military, federal law enforcement, and homeland security units, plus major international airports and VIP protection details
- **AI-enhanced detection**: Combines RF cyber technology with AI to autonomously detect, prioritize, and mitigate drone threats
- **Multi-disciplinary R&D**: Engineering team includes personnel from elite military intelligence technology units, enabling deep expertise in both cyber and drone domains [d-fendsolutions.com](https://d-fendsolutions.com/about-us/)

## Strategic Focus
- **Staying ahead of emerging threats**: Continuously innovating to counter next-generation drone technologies and evolving tactics
- **Sector expansion**: Growing across military, public safety, airport, prison, major event, and critical infrastructure markets
- **Next-generation development**: Proactively building capabilities for future drone threats, with a risk-based approach that analyzes drone prevalence, payload capacity, and range [d-fendsolutions.com](https://d-fendsolutions.com/)

## Why Work Here
- **Mission-driven work**: Directly protect sensitive environments — from forward-operating bases and borders to stadiums and airports — from rogue drone threats
- **Elite technical culture**: R&D team draws from elite military intelligence technology units, with specialized expertise across RF, hardware, system engineering, and drone operations
- **Global reach**: Distributed team across 8 countries, with an on-site presence in Ra'anana, Israel, and offices in the US, UK, and Japan
- **Current openings** (27 total

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