Principal System and Sub System Engineer (UAEN)

Senior UAE National role with full technical authority over end-to-end UAV systems engineering — covering architecture, subsystem integration, verification, and national capability development.

Key Responsibilities

• Define and own UAV system architectures across airborne platforms, payloads, datalinks, and GCS.
• Act as final authority on trade studies and architectural decisions, ensuring compliance with GCAA, EASA, FAA, MIL-STD/STANAG standards.
• Lead integration of hardware, software, mechanical, electrical, and RF subsystems, ensuring performance, safety, SWaP, and reliability targets are met.
• Mentor systems, software, avionics, and mechanical engineers; lead SRR, PDR, CDR, TRR, PRR reviews.
• Define V&V strategies across lab, ground, and flight testing; ensure full requirements-to-acceptance traceability.

Qualifications

• UAE National
• Bachelor's or Master's in Aerospace, Systems, or Electrical Engineering (or related)
• 5+ years of hands-on UAV systems engineering experience — flight control, autonomy, sensor fusion
• Proven track record in system architecture, integration, verification, and flight testing
• Deep knowledge of UAV subsystems: avionics, propulsion, sensors, comms, payloads
• Proficiency in SysML/MBSE, MATLAB/Simulink, DOORS or equivalent tools
• Experience leading multi-disciplinary teams across military and commercial UAV programs
• High-level technical writing ability