Senior Systems Engineer - UAV Systems

Role summary

Systems engineering responsibilities

• Map the existing UAV development process and establish a lifecycle from stakeholder needs through design, integration, V&V, release, and operational feedback.
• Develop and maintain stakeholder, system, subsystem, interface, and derived requirements with bidirectional traceability.
• Develop functional, logical, and physical architectures; define system boundaries, functional decomposition, subsystem allocations, and interface definitions or ICDs.
• Maintain an RVTM linking requirements to verification methods, test cases, results, and evidence.
• Support integration and V&V from component and bench tests through SIL/HIL, ground testing, and flight testing.
• Establish configuration and change control, including baselines, change requests, impact analysis, and CCB support.
• Support trade studies, engineering decisions, FHA, FMEA/FMECA, FTA, technical risk identification, and safety-derived requirements.
• Create practical templates, naming conventions, identification schemes, review checklists, and engineering records.
• Implement and administer requirements, MBSE, and traceability tools; support migration of existing product information.
• Coordinate discipline engineers to keep requirements, architecture, interfaces, configurations, and verification evidence consistent.
• Support SRR, PDR, CDR, TRR, and FRR with tailored entry and exit criteria.
• Mentor the Junior Systems Engineer and develop reusable systems-engineering assets for future UAV platforms.

Required experience

• 5–8 years of Systems Engineering or multidisciplinary product-development experience.
• At least 3 years in aerospace, UAV, aircraft, robotics, autonomous systems, defense, or another safety-critical multidisciplinary product environment.
• Demonstrated experience in several of requirements traceability, architecture, interface management, integration, V&V, configuration/change management, and technical risk or safety analysis.
• Experience taking systems through multiple lifecycle stages, beyond requirements or documentation alone.
• Practical experience working with multidisciplinary hardware/software systems.
• Experience with MBSE or architecture-modelling tools such as Capella, Cameo/SysML, Enterprise Architect, or equivalent.
• Experience with requirements-management tools such as DOORS, Polarion, Jama, Tuleap, Reqtify, or equivalent.
• Working knowledge of Git/version control; familiarity with SIL/HIL and system-level testing is strongly preferred.

Technical knowledge

• Working knowledge of ISO/IEC/IEEE 15288 lifecycle principles; requirements development, decomposition, allocation, and traceability; architecture; and Interface Control Documents.
• Working knowledge of verification by analysis, inspection, demonstration, and test, plus configuration baselines and engineering change control.
• Knowledge of FHA/FMEA/FMECA/FTA concepts and UAV subsystems including avionics, flight control, navigation, C2/telemetry, electrical power, propulsion, payload, and ground control systems.
• PLM experience with Siemens Teamcenter, PTC Windchill, Aras Innovator, or equivalent is preferred for configuration, BOM, engineering change, and lifecycle traceability.
• Knowledge of ARP4754A, ARP4761, DO-178C, and DO-254 is desirable but not mandatory.

Education

• Required bachelor's degree in aerospace, aeronautical, electrical/electronics, mechanical, mechatronics, systems engineering, or a closely related engineering discipline.
• A master's degree in systems/aerospace engineering and/or INCOSE ASEP/CSEP or equivalent systems-engineering training is preferred.

Location and availability

• Role location is Abu Dhabi.
• The posting prefers candidates currently residing in the UAE and immediate joiners.