What Elbit Systems does
Elbit Systems describes itself as a leading global defense technology company that develops, manufactures and integrates solutions across air, land, sea, cyber and space (checked 2 September 2026). Per the annual report it files with the US Securities and Exchange Commission, its principal customers are the Israeli Ministry of Defense, the US Department of Defense and other governmental bodies.
Headquarters is in Haifa, at its Advanced Technology Center. Its filings and subsidiaries point to a wide Israeli footprint — Rehovot (Elop), Netanya, Karmiel, Holon (Elisra) and Sderot — and its recruitment site also advertises Ramat HaSharon, Yavne and Be'er Sheva. The corporate contact page lists only Haifa.
How hiring at Elbit Systems works
There are two routes: the corporate careers page, and a separate Hebrew recruitment site through which Israeli roles run. Roles are posted on LinkedIn too (checked 2 September 2026). Note the company has two large LinkedIn pages — the global one and an "Elbit Systems Israel" one — easy to confuse.
Process stages: there is a page, but no list. The Israeli recruitment site publishes a page called "our recruitment process", which mostly says the process is set by the nature of the role and varies between roles. No stage breakdown appears.
Security clearance and citizenship: not published. We checked the corporate site, the recruitment site and the annual report: Elbit publishes no wording defining clearance or citizenship requirements for candidates in Israel. (Its filings do carry US clearance requirements for officers of its American subsidiary — a different thing entirely, from which we draw no conclusions about Israeli hiring.) Where a role carries such a requirement, it is in the posting.
Employee referral program: not published.
Students: Elbit recruits student roles continuously across its sites — information systems, budget control, operations and process improvement — typically asking for four remaining semesters and three days a week.
Why applying through the form is not enough
Elbit is an organisation of more than 21,000 people across dozens of sites. Practically, the word "Elbit" in a posting tells you almost nothing about who will read your resume — that depends on the division, the site and the programme. The form cannot explain it. A person can.
That is the point of the post on referrals: a referral does not skip stages — it changes the channel. A 2015 paper in the Quarterly Journal of Economics found referred applicants are hired at a higher rate even with similar skills. In an organisation this decentralised, someone on the team is also the only person who can tell you whether the role is really what you think it is.
The right way to apply to Elbit Systems
- Find the exact role, and note which site and division it sits in. The same job title in Haifa and in Netanya is sometimes a different job.
- Tailor the resume to it. Engineering postings name specific domains and tools; those need to appear in their words.
- Find one person inside, at that site and division. A LinkedIn search on the company plus the role title and city, and alumni of your degree or unit.
- One short message: who you are, which job, two pieces of evidence that you fit, and one request to pass your resume inside.
- One reminder after five to seven days, then the next person. Apply through the form in parallel.
Tagishoti is built for these steps: it finds roles that fit you, tailors the resume to each, uses your connected LinkedIn account to identify who at the company could put you forward, and drafts the message. Nothing is sent until you approve it, and no referral is promised.
FAQ: jobs at Elbit Systems
Do you need a security clearance to work at Elbit?
Elbit publishes no wording defining clearance or citizenship requirements for candidates in Israel, so we are not going to state them here. Where a specific role carries such a requirement, it is written in that role's posting.
Does Elbit hire students?
Yes, continuously and across sites — information systems, budget control, operations and process improvement. Those postings typically ask for four remaining semesters and availability three days a week (checked 2 September 2026).
Where are Elbit's sites in Israel?
Headquarters is in Haifa. Its filings and subsidiaries also point to Rehovot, Netanya, Karmiel, Holon and Sderot, and its recruitment site advertises Ramat HaSharon, Yavne and Be'er Sheva. The corporate contact page lists only Haifa, so a role's location is in its posting.
How long does the hiring process take?
Not published. The Israeli recruitment site says the process is determined by the nature of the position and varies between roles — no stage list, no timeline.