Defense electronics · Electronic warfare · Training simulators · Aerospace· Haifa (HQ) · Holon · Yokneam · multi-site·~21,000 globally · ~14,000 in Israel
Elbit Systems is the largest Israeli-listed defense electronics company — ~21,000 globally, ~14,000 in Israel. Verified February 2026 student postings include AI & GPGPU Embedded Software Engineer (modern C++, NVIDIA CUDA, deep-learning inference on edge targets) and Control & Navigation roles. Citizenship + clearance required for nearly all positions. The Israeli technological-unit alumni pipeline (8200, 81, Talpiot) is a published preference, not just an unwritten signal.
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Programs
AI & GPGPU Embedded Software Student Engineer
Performance-critical embedded real-time software for advanced multi-sensor data-processing systems on multi-core x86/ARM CPUs and NVIDIA GPUs (Linux + Windows). Work covers modern C++ (multi-threaded, multi-core), deep-learning inference pipelines with edge-target latency / memory / throughput constraints, and CUDA-based GPGPU acceleration. Verified February 2026 LHH posting confirms this is an active hire.
Eligibility
EE / CS / CE students with hands-on modern C++ + Linux. CUDA exposure is a major differentiator (academic course or personal project counts). Citizenship required. Hebrew required.
Aerospace-EE student engineering on guidance, navigation, and control loops for Elbit's UAV / missile / sensor-platform programs. High demand from EE-aerospace students at the Technion + Ben-Gurion, low supply nationally — one of Elbit's hardest-to-fill student tracks.
Eligibility
EE / aerospace students with control-theory and signal-processing coursework. MATLAB/Simulink fluency expected. Citizenship + clearance required. Strong preference for IDF technological-unit alumni (8200, 81, Talpiot).
Schedule
Part-time semester · full-time on breaks · multi-year typical · Haifa or Yokneam sites.
Elbit's student-engineer cohort skews heavily EE and aerospace, with growing demand for AI / embedded / GPGPU engineers post-2025. The Technion (EE / aerospace), Ben-Gurion (EE / mechanical), Tel Aviv University (EE), and Bar-Ilan (CS-with-systems track) dominate. IDF technological-unit alumni — 8200, 81, Talpiot, signal corps, naval EW — are explicitly preferred for cleared positions, and this preference is published in postings rather than handled implicitly via referrals. Hebrew is mandatory; English is used for international customer-facing specs and for Elbit America integration. Religious-Zionist and traditional candidates are well-represented; the workforce reflects the demographics of the cleared-defense pipeline.
The process
Pipeline runs through Elbit's in-house ATS at elbitsystems.com/careers, with parallel feeds to devjobs.co.il and lhh.co.il for student-track postings (the LHH AKT board is where the verified February 2026 AI / GPGPU posting lives). After CV screen — typically 14–28 days because clearance prequalification runs in parallel — successful candidates hit a domain-specific technical interview (modern C++ + CUDA for the AI / GPGPU track; control theory + signal processing + MATLAB for the navigation track). The clearance application begins immediately after the technical-interview pass; clearance status is typically resolved before the formal offer. Total time from CV to offer is 8–14 weeks. Like IAI, the right cadence is spring-application for fall-semester start.
Elbit Systems CV — what to include
For the AI / GPGPU track, list any CUDA project (academic or personal) explicitly. The track is supply-constrained because few IL juniors carry CUDA on the CV — having it converts.
List specific defense-relevant coursework — radar / signal processing / control / RF / EW basics. CS-only CVs route slowly at Elbit; systems-engineering signaling helps.
Mention IDF unit experience explicitly when relevant (Mamram, 8200, Talpiot, naval EW, signal corps). Elbit's hiring profile is built around these pipelines.
Modern C++ depth (RAII, smart pointers, templates, concurrency primitives) — show a real project, not just "familiar with C++". The bar at Elbit is concrete.
If you've worked on edge-deployment of ML models (TFLite, TensorRT, ONNX Runtime on embedded targets), surface it. Edge-AI is exactly Elbit's gap right now.
Apply early in the academic year. Clearance is a 3–6 month process, identical to IAI — late applications miss cohorts.
Common mistakes that get you filtered
Applying without Israeli citizenship. The screening rejects this immediately; international students should look at Elbit America (Texas / Florida / NH operations) instead.
Generic AI/ML framing without edge-deployment experience. The AI / GPGPU track is specifically about resource-constrained inference on embedded hardware, not cloud training.
CS-only CV without any C++ or CUDA. The track is C++ first, Python second.
Hiding 8200 / 81 / Talpiot experience. Elbit explicitly publishes the unit-alumni preference; mentioning the unit accelerates the cycle.
Underestimating the clearance timeline. Identical to IAI — applying in spring for a same-summer start consistently misses the cohort.
Insights that aren't on the company's careers page
The AI & GPGPU Embedded Software Student Engineer role posted in February 2026 is a verified active hire — modern C++ + NVIDIA CUDA + deep-learning inference pipelines on edge x86/ARM hardware. This signals where Elbit's R&D investment is concentrated post-2025: edge AI for sensor-fusion and autonomous platforms, not generic ML / cloud training.
Citizenship + clearance is published as a hard requirement on the postings — unlike commercial Israeli tech, where these requirements are sometimes flexed. Elbit's hiring is structurally constrained to Israeli citizens, and the workforce composition reflects this.
IDF technological-unit alumni — 8200, 81, Talpiot, signal corps, naval EW — are an explicitly published preference, not just an unwritten signal. Most other Israeli tech employers handle this implicitly via referrals; Elbit names the units in postings.
Multi-site operations: Haifa (HQ + main R&D), Holon, Yokneam, plus several other sites. Site assignment is project-driven; candidates often don't know their final location until the second-round interview. Plan accordingly when accepting.
Elbit America (Texas / Florida / New Hampshire) is a separate legal entity hiring US citizens. Israeli students cannot transfer between Elbit Systems Ltd. and Elbit America without re-applying — the two are independent for hiring purposes.
The Israeli stock listing (TASE: ESLT, NASDAQ: ESLT) means RSU grants are a real component of senior-engineer compensation, but student-track positions are typically salaried-only. Don't expect equity in the student track.
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