Drone Technology Research Lead

Regulus is an agile defense-tech startup tackling the most complex challenges in counter-drone and unscrewed defense. With hundreds of combat-proven systems deployed by the IDF and global partners, we are now engineering the next generation of C-UxS (Counter-Uncrewed Systems). We leverage advanced electronic warfare and kinetic measures to detect and neutralize hostile threats. If you want to push technological boundaries while safeguarding Israel and our allies, join us at this pivotal stage of our growth.

This is a unique opportunity to join a company at a pivotal growth stage and help shape its products, culture, and future.

We are seeking a highly experienced and hands-on Drone Technology Researcher to lead a specialized, agile research team. This role is critical to our mission of staying ahead of emerging drone threats. Your team will focus strictly on the electronic and signal aspects of drones—specifically communication protocols, flight controllers, and GNSS systems—rather than their electro-mechanical or aerodynamic properties.

Your primary objective will be to deconstruct, study, and understand modern drone technologies to empower our Electronic Warfare (EW) R&D team with actionable insights for drone detection, jamming, and spoofing. You will manage daily operations, track progress, build non-standard test platforms, and maintain a priority-based threat intelligence matrix.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and mentor a small team of junior researchers. Assign tasks, manage ongoing lab/field activities, and track research progress to ensure milestones are met efficiently.

• Build non-standard drones using custom or off-the-shelf components. Conduct rigorous lab and field tests to study their electronic behavior under various conditions.

• Perform deep dives into drone communication protocols (RF links, Wi-Fi, proprietary telemetry), flight controller firmware, and GNSS navigation systems to identify vulnerabilities and operational mechanics.

• Translate technical findings into practical, actionable insights for the EW R&D team to improve our counter-drone capabilities (detection, RF jamming, and GPS/GNSS spoofing).

• Continuously monitor the internet, forums, dark webs, and tech spaces for emerging drone technologies, DIY trends, and evolving tactics.

• Maintain a continuously updated, priority-based "drone threat list." Create detailed, evidence-based reports on new technologies with clearly cited sources, and confidently present these findings across the company.

Requirements

• No formal academic degree is required. However, deep, provable hands-on experience and familiarity with the drone/sUAS ecosystem is absolutely mandatory.

• Intimate knowledge of drone electronics, flight controllers (e.g., Betaflight, ArduPilot, PX4), communication links (e.g., ExpressLRS, Crossfire, DJI OcuSync), GNSS modules, SDR and RF Experience.

• Proven ability to manage projects, track tasks, and guide a small technical team in a highly dynamic R&D environment.

• Strong ability to connect how a drone communicates and navigates to how it can be detected, disrupted, or spoofed.

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills to author clear, sourced reports and brief R&D engineering teams.