Principal Guidance & Flight-Control Engineer

EDGE; Abu Dhabi; On-site; AED 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

EDGE is seeking a Principal Engineer - Guidance & Control to lead the design, development, and verification of guidance algorithms, flight-control laws, and autopilot functions for advanced aerospace and defence platforms in Abu Dhabi.

The role requires deep expertise in flight dynamics, control theory, and MATLAB/Simulink, with a track record of leading complex engineering activities and mentoring junior engineers across multidisciplinary teams.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Aerospace, Aeronautical, Electrical, Mechanical, Control Engineering, Robotics, Applied Mathematics, or related discipline.
• Typically 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

Control-law design

Guidance systems

Autopilot functions

Control allocation

Flight dynamics

Robustness analysis

Nonlinear simulation

MATLAB/Simulink

Python

C/C++

Leadership

Mentoring

Education

Bachelor's degree in Aerospace/Engineering

Master’s degree or PhD in Guidance/Control Systems

Tools

Stateflow

Embedded real-time systems

Job description

EDGE is seeking a Principal Engineer - Guidance & Control to lead the design, development, and verification of guidance algorithms, flight-control laws, and autopilot functions for advanced aerospace and defence platforms in Abu Dhabi.

The role requires deep expertise in flight dynamics, control theory, and MATLAB/Simulink, with a track record of leading complex engineering activities and mentoring junior engineers across multidisciplinary teams.