Senior Navigation Systems Architect (Autonomy)

Edge Group; Abu Dhabi; On-site; AED 350,000 - 700,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Tax-free salary

Family visa

Flight tickets

Medical insurance

Education allowances

Job summary

EDGE Group in the United Arab Emirates seeks a Principal Navigation Engineer to lead the development, integration, analysis and verification of advanced aerospace navigation systems. You will own navigation requirements, architectures, algorithms, sensor fusion, performance analysis and verification across the lifecycle, including GNSS‑denied conditions.

EDGE Group requires 10+ years in aerospace/defense with strong navigation experience, MATLAB/Simulink proficiency, and a proven leadership

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a relevant engineering discipline.
• 10+ years of experience in aerospace/defense or safety-critical engineering with navigation experience.
• Hands-on experience with inertial, GNSS, aided, alternative, or resilient navigation systems.
• Strong knowledge of navigation algorithms and estimation filters.
• Proficiency in MATLAB and Simulink.

Responsibilities

• Develop, integrate, tune, and verify navigation algorithms and sensor-fusion solutions.
• Define navigation requirements, architectures, error budgets, and verification criteria.
• Develop inertial mechanization, alignment, calibration, estimation, aiding, and fault-management functions.
• Analyze navigation accuracy, integrity, continuity, availability, latency, initialization, and drift.
• Perform Monte Carlo, covariance, observability, sensitivity, uncertainty, and robustness analyses.
• Support MIL, SIL, PIL, HIL, laboratory, ground, and flight-test activities.
• Analyze test data and investigate navigation anomalies, sensor disagreement, timing errors, and estimator divergence.
• Develop fault-detection, isolation, exclusion, reconfiguration, and recovery logic.
• Produce technical documentation, analysis reports, verification evidence, and lifecycle review inputs.
• Coordinate with GNC, Avionics, Software, RF, Simulation, Systems Engineering, Safety, Integration, and Flight Test teams.
• Mentor engineers and provide technical leadership and peer review.

Skills

Navigation algorithms

Sensor fusion

MATLAB & Simulink

Leadership

English proficiency

Education

Bachelor's degree in Aerospace, Electrical/Electronic, Control, Mechanical, Mechatronics, Robotics, Computer Engineering, Applied Mathematics, or related discipline

Tools

MATLAB

Simulink

Job description

EDGE Group in the United Arab Emirates seeks a Principal Navigation Engineer to lead the development, integration, analysis and verification of advanced aerospace navigation systems. You will own navigation requirements, architectures, algorithms, sensor fusion, performance analysis and verification across the lifecycle, including GNSS‑denied conditions.

EDGE Group requires 10+ years in aerospace/defense with strong navigation experience, MATLAB/Simulink proficiency, and a proven leadership