Principal System Engineer – Integration Product Support

About the role

ADASI is looking for a Principal System Engineer to lead integration product support for its UAV systems. You will act as the bridge between design engineering and long‑term sustainment, ensuring reliability, maintainability and mission readiness throughout the product lifecycle.

Key responsibilities

• Participate in design reviews (SRR, PDR, CDR) and advise on maintainability and supportability.
• Analyse designs against Integrated Logistics Support (ILS) and RM&S principles.
• Conduct supportability analyses such as FMECA, MTA, LORA and RCM.
• Develop and maintain maintenance manuals, provisioning data and bill of materials.
• Manage PLM, configuration control and obsolescence activities.
• Support system integration and validation testing with a focus on field maintainability.
• Create operator/maintainer training content and technical publications.
• Coordinate with design, production and logistics teams to align support strategies.

Required profile

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical, Systems or Aerospace Engineering (required); Master’s in Systems or Support Engineering (preferred).
• 10+ years of experience in aerospace, UAV or defence sectors.
• Proven experience in product integration, lifecycle sustainment and ILS implementation.
• Strong cross‑functional communication and leadership abilities.

Required skills

• PLM tools: DOORS, Teamcenter, Windchill.
• Support analysis methods: FMECA, RCM, MTA, LORA.
• Reliability modelling: Relex, Reliasoft.
• Technical publications standard: S1000D.
• Standards knowledge: MIL‑STD‑1388, DEF‑STAN, GEIA‑STD‑0007.
• Ability to read and interpret engineering drawings and schematics.

What we offer

• Opportunity to work with leading experts in defence and aerospace.
• Collaborative, high‑performance culture that encourages innovation.