Principal Systems Engineer - Guidance & Control
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ADASI is the regional leader in autonomous systems and services, dedicated to offering holistic solutions – from the development and production of unmanned systems to joint mission analysis and careful equipment acquisition.
ADASI manufactures, operates and maintains next-generation autonomous solutions for air, land and sea – capable of performing in a diverse range of demanding environments.
Leveraging advanced technologies to comply with the tactical demands of the future, ADASI aims to be a world leader in building the next generation of autonomous capabilities.
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About EDGE and ADASI
EDGE is a UAE advanced technology group focused on defence and emerging technologies.
ADASI develops, produces, operates, and maintains autonomous systems for air, land, and sea missions.
Guidance and Control Responsibilities
- Derive system requirements and define control-law, guidance, autopilot, control-allocation, architecture, and interface requirements.
- Design stabilization, guidance, gain-scheduling, command-shaping, feedback, envelope-protection, and degraded-mode functions.
- Develop control-oriented models and perform modal, eigenvalue, time-domain, frequency-domain, nonlinear, and robustness analyses.
- Define verification cases and conduct linear, nonlinear, Monte Carlo, worst-case, failure-case, and sensitivity analyses.
- Support SIL, PIL, HIL, pilot-in-the-loop, ground, and flight testing, including troubleshooting and evidence correlation.
- Produce design descriptions, guidance reports, robustness assessments, verification reports, release notes, and limitation statements.
- Support technical reviews, maintain configuration records, mentor engineers, and conduct peer reviews.
Basic Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in aerospace, aeronautical, electrical, mechanical, control, robotics, applied mathematics, or a closely related discipline.
- Typically 10+ years of relevant aerospace or comparable safety-critical control-system experience.
- Professional proficiency in written and spoken English.
- Ability to lead significant Guidance and Control work packages with limited supervision.
Preferred Qualification
- A Master’s degree or PhD in flight control, guidance, control systems, aerospace engineering, autonomous systems, robotics, or a related field is preferred.
Benefits and Compensation
- Salaries are described as competitive and tax-free.
- Depending on role and seniority, benefits may include family visas, annual flight tickets, medical insurance, and education allowances.
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