Senior Systems Engineer - UAV Ground Control Station; GCS

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Date: 28 Sept 2026

Company: EDGE Group PJSC

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.

Together, we are shaping the future.

The Senior Systems Engineer - UAV Ground Control Station (GCS) will lead the architecture, design, integration, verification, and lifecycle support of secure and mission-critical UAV GCS systems. The role will work across GCS hardware, networking, RF communications, C2, telemetry, rugged computing, and ground-to-air system integration, while collaborating with multidisciplinary engineering teams.

• Lead GCS system architecture, design, and integration.
• Define system requirements, interfaces, ICDs, network topology, and data flows.
• Integrate RF, SATCOM, LTE/5G, Wi-Fi, modems, and UAV datalinks.
• Lead integration of computing, networking, power, HMI, and ruggedized hardware.
• Ensure seamless ground-to-air, hardware-software, C2, telemetry, and video integration.
• Lead verification, validation, environmental, RF, and EMI/EMC testing.
• Conduct hardware bring-up, debugging, troubleshooting, and performance optimization.
• Support SRR, PDR, CDR, and TRR and manage technical risks.
• Prepare system specifications, network diagrams, BOMs, test reports, and technical documentation.
• Provide technical leadership and mentoring to multidisciplinary engineering teams.

• 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, and related communication interfaces.
• Experience integrating RF systems, UAV datalinks, SATCOM, modems, antennas, and communication systems.
• Experience with rugged computing platforms, power systems, operator consoles, and hardware integration.
• Understanding of HMI for mission-control applications.
• Experience with system integration, verification, validation, debugging, and field testing.
• Familiarity with DOORS/Jama or similar requirements management tools.

• 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, and DO-254.
• Experience with EMI/EMC, environmental qualification, thermal and reliability testing.
• Familiarity with STANAG/NATO interoperability standards, particularly STANAG 4586.
• Experience with defence-grade RF/SATCOM and UAV communication systems.
• Knowledge of cybersecurity requirements for mission-critical systems.

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 with greater speed and efficiency, to position the UAE as a leading global hub for future industries, and to creating clear paths…