Principal Guidance & Control Engineer – Flight Systems Lead

ADASI; Abu Dhabi; On-site; AED 480,000 - 600,000; Full time

Job summary

EDGE is seeking an experienced Principal Engineer - Guidance & Control to lead design, development, and verification of guidance algorithms and autopilot functions for advanced aerospace platforms. You will work with multidisciplinary teams to deliver safe, high-performance control systems in a fast-paced environment.

Based in Abu Dhabi, the role demands 10+ years in safety-critical control engineering, strong MATLAB/Simulink skills, and a proven ability to lead complex programs from concept

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in aerospace, Aeronautical, Electrical, Mechanical, Control Engineering, Robotics, Applied Mathematics, or a related discipline.
• 10+ years of relevant aerospace or safety-critical control-system engineering experience.
• Strong hands-on experience in control-law design, guidance systems, autopilot functions, or control allocation.
• Solid understanding of flight dynamics, control theory, stability, robustness, and nonlinear simulation.
• Practical experience with MATLAB/Simulink or equivalent engineering tools.
• Experience in control-system verification, simulation, and testing.
• Demonstrated ability to lead complex engineering activities independently.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design and development of guidance algorithms, control laws, autopilot functions, and control-allocation systems.
• Perform flight-dynamics modelling, stability analysis, robustness assessment, and nonlinear simulations.
• Develop and validate control solutions using MATLAB/Simulink and relevant engineering tools.
• Conduct verification and validation through simulation, SIL/PIL/HIL, ground testing, and flight testing.
• Investigate control-system anomalies, performance issues, and simulation-to-test discrepancies.
• Ensure requirements traceability, technical documentation, and compliance with applicable safety and airworthiness requirements.
• Lead technical work packages, conduct engineering reviews, and mentor other engineers.

Skills

Guidance & Control

Flight dynamics

MATLAB/Simulink

Control-law design

Autopilot

Leadership

Mentoring

Education

Bachelor's degree in aerospace or related discipline

Master's or PhD in Guidance/Control or aerospace

Tools

MATLAB/Simulink

Stateflow

Python

C/C++

Embedded real‑time systems

Job description

EDGE is seeking an experienced Principal Engineer - Guidance & Control to lead design, development, and verification of guidance algorithms and autopilot functions for advanced aerospace platforms. You will work with multidisciplinary teams to deliver safe, high-performance control systems in a fast-paced environment.

Based in Abu Dhabi, the role demands 10+ years in safety-critical control engineering, strong MATLAB/Simulink skills, and a proven ability to lead complex programs from concept