Senior Advanced Aerodynamics & Propulsion Engineer

Edge Group; Abu Dhabi; On-site; AED 250,000 - 450,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Family visas

Annual flight tickets

Medical insurance for you and dependTS

Education allowances for your children

Job summary

EDGE Group PJSC is seeking an Engineer – Advanced Aerodynamics & Propulsion to drive aerodynamic, thermodynamic, and architectural development of next-generation propulsion systems across high-speed configurations and novel engine architectures.

You will translate aerodynamic insights into system-level decisions, support feasibility studies, and help define design trade-offs crucial to innovative propulsion concepts.

Qualifications

• Master’s or PhD in Mechanical or Aerospace Engineering, or related field with focus on aerodynamics or propulsion.
• 7+ years of experience in aerospace or advanced propulsion systems.
• Hands-on experience with Python for modeling, simulation automation, and data processing.

Responsibilities

• Develop and evaluate new propulsion concepts using physics-based modeling.
• Lead preliminary cycle analyses and trade studies (thrust, SFC, weight, thermal and operability limits).
• Generate conceptual engine layouts, flow path definitions, and preliminary aerodynamic sizing and parametric studies.
• Build and improve tools for early-stage architecture assessment.
• Translate flow analyses into system-level impacts on thrust, cycle limits, efficiency, and operability.

Skills

Compressible-flow theory

Python modeling

Education

Master’s or PhD in Mechanical or Aerospace Engineering with focus on aerodynamics or propulsion

Tools

AMESIM

AxStream

Siemens Studio

CFD

CAD

Job description

EDGE Group PJSC is seeking an Engineer – Advanced Aerodynamics & Propulsion to drive aerodynamic, thermodynamic, and architectural development of next-generation propulsion systems across high-speed configurations and novel engine architectures.

You will translate aerodynamic insights into system-level decisions, support feasibility studies, and help define design trade-offs crucial to innovative propulsion concepts.