Lead Aerospace Special Processes Engineer

Edge Group; Abu Dhabi; On-site; AED 240,000 - 360,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Tax-free salaries

Family visas

Medical insurance for dependents

Education allowances for children

Annual flight tickets

Job summary

Edge Group in Abu Dhabi is seeking a Senior Engineer for Special Processes to lead development, qualification, and industrialization of critical aerospace processes for propulsion components and engine modules.

You will mentor a team, drive NPI from prototype to production readiness, and collaborate with design, quality, and supply chain partners to ensure manufacturability and certification alignment.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of aerospace manufacturing experience focusing on special process development and industrialization.
• Hands-on expertise in at least two aerospace special processes: shot peening, thermal spray coatings, heat treatment, brazing, chemical processing.
• Experience with NPI, industrialization, qualification, and ramp-up activities.
• Experience developing process specifications, qualification plans, control plans, and validation documentation.
• Knowledge of aerospace materials including titanium alloys, nickel-based superalloys, stainless steels, aluminum alloys, and high-temperature materials.
• Familiarity with aerospace quality systems, process qualification methodologies, and special process accreditation requirements.
• Experience leading technical activities, mentoring engineers, and providing day-to-day technical guidance.

Responsibilities

• Lead development, qualification, and continuous improvement of aerospace special processes for rotating, structural, and hot-section engine components.
• Provide technical leadership in processes including shot peening, thermal spray coatings, heat treatment, brazing, chemical processing.
• Define and review manufacturing routings, process specifications, work instructions, control plans, and acceptance criteria.
• Establish process capability requirements and statistical monitoring methods to ensure stable and repeatable production performance.
• Lead process validation activities including First Article Inspection (FAI), industrial qualification, capability studies, and production readiness reviews.
• Support establishment of in-house special process capabilities, including facility layout, equipment specification, supplier selection, commissioning, and process qualification.
• Coordinate technology transfer activities from external partners and suppliers into Powertech manufacturing operations.
• Lead NPI activities from prototype development through production readiness.
• Support make-versus-buy evaluations and phased capability development strategies aligned with product roadmaps.
• Mentor and guide engineers and technicians within the special processes team.

Skills

Special processes

NPI experience

Process qualification

Process validation

Leadership

Shot peening

Thermal spray coatings

Heat treatment

Aerospace materials

Concurr Eng

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s in Mechanical/Materials/Aerospace/Manufacturing

Master’s degree (preferred)

Tools

Statistical methods

Quality systems (AS9100)

Process capability

Job description

Edge Group in Abu Dhabi is seeking a Senior Engineer for Special Processes to lead development, qualification, and industrialization of critical aerospace processes for propulsion components and engine modules.

You will mentor a team, drive NPI from prototype to production readiness, and collaborate with design, quality, and supply chain partners to ensure manufacturability and certification alignment.