Senior Systems Engineer - UAV Ground Control Station (GCS)

About EDGE

About the role

Responsibilities

• Lead GCS architecture, design, and integration; define requirements, interfaces, ICDs, network topology, and data flows.
• Integrate RF, SATCOM, LTE/5G, Wi-Fi, modems, and UAV datalinks, along with computing, networking, power, HMI, and rugged hardware.
• Ensure ground-to-air, hardware-software, C2, telemetry, and video integration.
• Lead verification, validation, environmental, RF, and EMI/EMC testing; perform hardware bring-up, debugging, troubleshooting, and optimization.
• Support SRR, PDR, CDR, and TRR; manage technical risks.
• Prepare specifications, network diagrams, BOMs, test reports, and technical documents; mentor multidisciplinary teams.

Basic qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical, Electronics, Computer, Systems, Aerospace Engineering, or a related discipline.
• 7–12+ years of relevant experience in aerospace, defence, UAV/UAS, robotics, or mission-critical systems.
• Strong experience in GCS hardware architecture, embedded systems, networking, RF communications, and system integration.
• Experience with Ethernet/IP, CAN, UART, SPI, or related communication interfaces, and integration of RF, UAV datalinks, SATCOM, modems, antennas, and communication systems.
• Experience with rugged computing, power systems, operator consoles, hardware integration, system verification and validation, debugging, and field testing.
• Understanding of HMI for mission-control applications; familiarity with DOORS/Jama or similar requirements management tools.

Preferred qualifications

• Master's degree in Aerospace/System Engineering or a related discipline.
• Experience with tactical communications, secure networking, multi-link aggregation, and BVLOS operations; knowledge of secure C2 architectures and MBSE.
• Experience with MIL-STD-810, MIL-STD-461, DO-160, DO-254, EMI/EMC, environmental qualification, thermal and reliability testing.
• Familiarity with STANAG/NATO interoperability standards, particularly STANAG 4586; defence-grade RF/SATCOM, UAV communications, or mission-critical cybersecurity.

Language

• EDGE states that English proficiency is required for roles unless otherwise stated.

Benefits and development

• The employer describes competitive, tax-free salaries and possible benefits including family visas, annual flight tickets, medical insurance, and education allowances, depending on role and seniority.
• Employees have access to learning resources and career development opportunities.

Candidate information

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