Head of Aerospace Communications & Datalink Assurance (Dubai)

Volantes Technical Recruitment Ltd; Dubai; On-site; AED 850,000 - 1,200,000; Full time

Job summary

Volantes Technical Recruitment Ltd. in Dubai, UAE, seeks a Chief Engineer - Communications & Link Assurance to lead the technical architecture, design assurance, certification and integration of mission-critical comms systems for a confidential eVTOL development.

You will act as the technical authority for the communications domain, guiding multi-disciplinary teams and coordinating with regulators and suppliers.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience in communications, RF, datalink or telecommunications systems engineering.
• Strong aerospace or safety-critical communications background.
• Proven track record as technical authority or senior engineering lead for complex systems.
• Experience designing architectures and link budgets.
• Knowledge of RF systems, spectrum management and regulatory licensing.
• Experience with carrier diversity, redundancy and system resilience.
• Experience supporting certification or regulatory approvals for communications systems.
• Understanding of communications security and protection against interference or cyber threats.
• Ability to lead multidisciplinary teams and make engineering decisions.
• Hands-on technical grounding with senior engineering judgement.

Responsibilities

• Act as technical design authority for communications, datalink and link assurance.
• Lead end-to-end communications architectures across airborne, ground and carrier networks.
• Oversee datalink performance, spectrum management and system resilience.
• Define certification, accreditation and verification strategies for safety-critical systems.
• Provide technical direction to specialist teams across datalink, airborne integration and ground systems.
• Support testing, validation and investigations.
• Evaluate suppliers and network operators.

Skills

Communications engineering

RF engineering

Datalink systems

Aerospace safety-critical experience

Technical leadership

Job description

Volantes Technical Recruitment Ltd. in Dubai, UAE, seeks a Chief Engineer - Communications & Link Assurance to lead the technical architecture, design assurance, certification and integration of mission-critical comms systems for a confidential eVTOL development.

You will act as the technical authority for the communications domain, guiding multi-disciplinary teams and coordinating with regulators and suppliers.