Senior Hardware Design Engineer

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At EDGE bold ideas are engineered into technologies that protect, improve and save lives.

Headquartered in the United Arab Emirates, EDGE is a leading advanced technology group working at the forefront of defence and emerging technologies. Spanning more than 35 specialised companies and multiple centres of excellence, we are purpose-built to move fast. Free from heavy legacy processes, we give our people the autonomy, accountability, and agility to bring breakthrough technologies from concept to reality.

Based in Abu Dhabi, a globally connected hub at the crossroads of Europe, Asia, Africa, and the Middle East, EDGE is home to a truly multicultural community where bold ideas thrive, and the future is shaped.

Together, we are shaping the future.

About POWERTECH

POWERTECH is a center of excellence for propulsion technologies, specializing in the design, engineering, and manufacturing of combustion engines, expendable turbojet engines, and turbofan engines for a wide range of aerospace, defence, and autonomous applications, including fixed- and rotary-wing UAVs and other advanced platforms.

• Develop hardware architectures for Engine Control Units (ECUs).
• Design analog, digital, and mixed-signal control hardware circuits.
• Design DSP-, MCU-, and MPU-based control boards.
• Design low-power supply and voltage regulation circuits.
• Define and manage interfaces between system components, sensors, and actuators.
• Perform schematic design and PCB layout activities.
• Perform simulation, analysis, and design verification activities.
• Perform hardware low-level, functional, and integration testing.
• Analyze test results and prepare technical test reports.
• Design hardware in accordance with EMC/EMI and environmental qualification requirements.
• Plan and support environmental qualification testing activities.
• Develop and maintain hardware development and certification processes.
• Work in coordination with systems, software, test, quality, and certification teams.
• Support debugging, troubleshooting, and continuous improvement activities throughout prototype and product development phases.

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Electrical Engineering, Electronics Engineering, or a related field.
• Minimum 5 years of hands‑on experience in embedded and/or control hardware design.
• Strong knowledge of analog, digital, and mixed‑signal circuit design.
• Experience with DSP-, MCU-, and MPU-based board design.
• Experience with schematic design and PCB layout tools such as Altium Designer, Mentor PADS, or equivalent.
• Experience with EMC/EMI‑aware hardware design practices.
• Familiarity with environmental and electromagnetic qualification standards such as MIL-STD-461, MIL-STD-810, MIL-STD-704, RTCA/DO-160
• Knowledge of RTCA/DO-254 and requirements traceability practices.

• Experience with power electronics and motor‑drive hardware, including inverter/bridge stages and gate drivers.
• Experience designing hardware for electrical machines such as PMSM, BLDC, and brushed DC (BDC) motors.
• Familiarity with electrical power‑generation systems, including generator and Generator Control Unit (GCU) hardware.
• Experience with current and voltage sensing, signal conditioning, and isolation techniques.
• Knowledge of thermal design, power dissipation analysis, and component derating for power electronic circuits.

Launched in November 2019, the UAE's EDGE is one of the world's leading advanced technology groups, established to develop agile, bold and disruptive solutions for defence and beyond, and to be a catalyst for change and transformation. It is dedicated to bringing breakthrough innovations, products, and services to market…