Principal Engineer - Navigation Systems (SME)

About the role

EDGE, an advanced technology group headquartered in the UAE, is looking for a Principal Navigation Engineer in Abu Dhabi. The role provides technical leadership for the development, integration, analysis and verification of advanced aerospace navigation systems, owning requirements, architectures, algorithms, sensor fusion, performance analysis and verification across the full lifecycle, including nominal, degraded and GNSS-denied conditions.

Key responsibilities

• Develop, integrate, tune and verify navigation algorithms and sensor-fusion solutions.
• Define navigation requirements, architectures, error budgets and verification criteria.
• Develop inertial mechanization, alignment, calibration, estimation, aiding and fault-management functions.
• Analyze navigation accuracy, integrity, continuity, availability, latency, initialization and drift.
• Perform Monte Carlo, covariance, observability, sensitivity, uncertainty and robustness analyses.
• Support MIL, SIL, PIL, HIL, laboratory, ground and flight-test activities, and investigate anomalies, sensor disagreement, timing errors and estimator divergence.
• Develop fault-detection, isolation, exclusion, reconfiguration and recovery logic.
• Produce technical documentation, analysis reports, verification evidence and lifecycle review inputs.
• Coordinate with GNC, avionics, software, RF, simulation, systems engineering, safety, integration and flight-test teams, and mentor engineers.

Required profile

• Bachelor's degree in aerospace, electrical/electronic, control, mechanical, mechatronics, robotics, computer engineering, applied mathematics or a related field.
• 10+ years of experience in aerospace, defence, robotics, autonomous systems or safety-critical engineering, with substantial navigation experience.
• Demonstrated ability to lead navigation functions, algorithms, subsystems or technical work packages.
• Professional proficiency in written and spoken English.

Required skills

• Hands-on experience with inertial, GNSS, aided, alternative or resilient navigation systems.
• Navigation algorithms, estimation filters, sensor-error modelling, calibration, alignment, integrity monitoring and fault detection.
• Proficiency in MATLAB and Simulink.
• Preferred: Master's or PhD, advanced Kalman filter knowledge, resilience/navigation integrity, six-degree-of-freedom simulation, and experience with lifecycle and flight-readiness reviews.

What we offer

• Tax-free salaries and highly competitive pay.
• Benefits that may include family visas, annual flight tickets, medical insurance for you and your dependents, and education allowances for children.
• A learning academy and digital learning platforms, career support and collaboration with global talent.