Senior Systems Engineer – VTOL Cargo UAV Systems Lead

Uncrewed Engineering Jobs; Abu Dhabi; On-site; AED 280,000 - 460,000; Full time

Job summary

Uncrewed Engineering Jobs seeks a Senior Systems Engineer to own the Cargo 200 and 400 VTOL programmes, translating mission and regulatory needs into system requirements and architecture. You will lead interface management, budgets and verification and drive cross-functional teams across mechanical, avionics and software engineering.

VP R&D reports to you. The role requires a degree in aerospace/related field, 7+ years of engineering, and Abu Dhabi residency or relocation.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Aerospace, Mechanical, Electrical, Mechatronics or Systems Engineering.
• Minimum 7 years of engineering experience, including at least 3 years in a systems engineering role on an aircraft, UAV or similar product.
• Experience taking at least one programme from concept through flight test or deployment.
• Strong understanding of INCOSE and ISO/IEC/IEEE 15288 processes along with requirements management.
• Experience with system architecture definition, interface control, verification and validation, and configuration management.
• Fluent English and willingness to relocate to Abu Dhabi, UAE.

Responsibilities

• Own and manage the system requirements set, including mission, customer and regulatory requirements.
• Decompose requirements into system, subsystem and interface requirements that are traceable and verifiable.
• Lead system architecture definition and technical trade studies.
• Evaluate propulsion and energy architectures, including electric, hybrid-electric and heavy-fuel solutions.
• Evaluate VTOL configuration, redundancy, cargo-handling and ground-support concepts.
• Define and control internal and external system interfaces (ICDs).
• Maintain system-level technical documentation and configuration baselines.
• Establish and manage mass, centre-of-gravity, electrical power and energy budgets across payloads up to 200/400 kg.
• Monitor system-level performance and coordinate with mechanical, avionics and software teams.
• Lead safety, verification and validation activities including FHA/FMEA/FTA and flight testing.
• Coordinate with regulators and customers on airworthiness and technical coordination.
• Maintain risk registers and participate in design reviews (SRR, PDR, CDR, TRR).
• Act as system-level flight test engineer and review test data for anomaly resolution.

Skills

Systems engineering processes

System architecture

V&V strategy

Requirements management

Interface control

Configuration management

FHA/FMEA/FTA

VTOL performance & mass properties

Flight test engineering

Airworthiness standards

Technical design reviews

MBSE / SysML

Hybrid-electric propulsion integration

Python/MATLAB for data analysis

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Aerospace, Mechanical, Electrical, Mechatronics or Systems Engineering

Tools

DOORS

Jama

Polarion

Job description

Uncrewed Engineering Jobs seeks a Senior Systems Engineer to own the Cargo 200 and 400 VTOL programmes, translating mission and regulatory needs into system requirements and architecture. You will lead interface management, budgets and verification and drive cross-functional teams across mechanical, avionics and software engineering.

VP R&D reports to you. The role requires a degree in aerospace/related field, 7+ years of engineering, and Abu Dhabi residency or relocation.