Senior Actuation Systems Engineer – UAV Flight Control

EDGE; Abu Dhabi; On-site; AED 180,000 - 360,000; Full time

Job summary

EDGE in Abu Dhabi invites a Systems Engineer – Actuation Systems to join the UAV program. You will design, develop, integrate and validate actuation subsystems for flight control, landing gear, and payload deployment, ensuring performance, safety and regulatory compliance.

You will collaborate with control, avionics, airframe, and software teams, maintain ICDs, traceability matrices, and architecture diagrams, and drive lifecycle management per DO 4754.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Mechatronics, Aerospace, Mechanical or Systems Engineering.
• Master's degree in a related field or specialization in actuation systems, flight controls or robotics.
• Experience in design, development, integration and validation of actuation systems.

Responsibilities

• Define and manage system-level requirements and performance specifications for actuation systems (flight control, landing gear, payload deployment).
• Develop and ensure system safety analysis; maintain ICDs, requirement traceability matrices, and system diagrams.
• Prepare related design evidence documents including DDP.
• Ensure Design Life-Cycle management as per DO 4754.
• Coordinate with control systems, avionics, airframe and software teams to optimize actuator integration.

Skills

Systems engineering

Actuation systems

Requirements management

Cross-functional coordination

Education

Bachelor's degree in Mechatronics/Aerospace/Mechanical/Systems Engineering

Master's degree in related field or specialization in actuation systems, flight controls, or robotics

Job description

EDGE in Abu Dhabi invites a Systems Engineer – Actuation Systems to join the UAV program. You will design, develop, integrate and validate actuation subsystems for flight control, landing gear, and payload deployment, ensuring performance, safety and regulatory compliance.

You will collaborate with control, avionics, airframe, and software teams, maintain ICDs, traceability matrices, and architecture diagrams, and drive lifecycle management per DO 4754.