Radar Engineering Leader: Strategy, Architecture & Delivery

Edge Group; Abu Dhabi; On-site; AED 600,000 - 1,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Edge Group in Abu Dhabi seeks a seasoned Radar Engineering Leader responsible for design, simulation, integration and lifecycle support of radar systems. You will set the technical strategy, governance, and roadmap, while leading diverse engineering teams across RF, antenna, digital, and software domains.

You will mentor staff, manage budgets, and ensure program delivery with rigorous risk management and compliance to MIL-STD frameworks. Strong leadership and stakeholder engagement are essential.

Qualifications

• 12+ years in radar engineering with leadership experience
• Proven radar system design, simulation, integration, and delivery
• Hands-on radar test equipment experience (network/spectrum analyzers, oscilloscopes)
• Strong modeling/simulation background (MATLAB/Simulink, Python, ADS, CST)
• Experience with systems engineering processes, requirements traceability, verification/validation matrices
• Experience interfacing with customers, government authorities, and senior stakeholders
• Excellent communication, leadership, and decision-making at executive level
• Experience contributing to technology strategy or roadmap development

Responsibilities

• Lead and oversee the Radar Engineering function across design, simulation, integration, validation, and lifecycle support activities
• Define and govern radar system architecture across RF, antenna, digital, software, and systems engineering domains
• Establish department’s technical strategy, capability development plans, and radar technology roadmap
• Provide technical and organizational leadership to multidisciplinary teams including recruitment and mentorship
• Plan and manage engineering resources, budgets, priorities, and execution to meet program delivery
• Oversee simulation and performance assessment of radar metrics (range, Doppler, SNR, detection probability)
• Act as primary technical interface with executives, managers, customers, suppliers, and government reps
• Ensure compliance with MIL-STD-810, MIL-STD-461, AQAP and internal governance
• Lead technical risk management, mitigation strategies, and process improvements
• Drive strategic decisions on radar technologies, R&D investments, and partnerships
• Support business development with technical proposals and customer presentations
• Coordinate Radar Engineering with Systems, Software, Mechanical, Manufacturing, and QA departments

Skills

Radar engineering

Senior leadership

System architecture

Risk management

Customer interfacing

Budgeting & resourcing

R&D strategy

Interdepartmental coordination

Modeling and simulation

Programming tools

Tools

MATLAB/Simulink

Python

ADS

CST

Job description

Edge Group in Abu Dhabi seeks a seasoned Radar Engineering Leader responsible for design, simulation, integration and lifecycle support of radar systems. You will set the technical strategy, governance, and roadmap, while leading diverse engineering teams across RF, antenna, digital, and software domains.

You will mentor staff, manage budgets, and ensure program delivery with rigorous risk management and compliance to MIL-STD frameworks. Strong leadership and stakeholder engagement are essential.