Principal Systems Engineer - Landing Gear

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Date: 29 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 Principal Systems Engineer - Landing Gear will provide technical leadership for the design, integration, verification and lifecycle management of landing gear systems for UAV/aerospace platforms.

The role combines systems engineering and deep landing gear expertise, covering system architecture, requirements, landing loads, mechanical/hydraulic/electrical interfaces, safety, verification and validation, certification and supplier technical management.

The successful candidate will work closely with structural, mechanical, avionics, flight controls, safety, manufacturing, testing and certification teams to ensure the landing gear system meets performance, safety, reliability, weight, integration and regulatory requirements throughout the development lifecycle.

• Lead the landing gear system architecture, design and integration.
• Define and manage system requirements, specifications and technical baselines.
• Develop and manage interfaces between landing gear, structure, hydraulics, avionics and control systems.
• Lead landing gear sizing and configuration trade-off studies based on mission and landing requirements.
• Manage requirements, traceability and verification using DOORS or equivalent tools.
• Support static loads, kinematic, dynamic, fatigue and landing-load analyses.
• Lead/support system safety activities including FHA, FMEA and PSSA/PSA.
• Develop and manage system verification and validation plans.
• Support ground and flight testing, including test requirements, instrumentation, data analysis and verification reports.
• Ensure compliance with applicable aerospace, defence, airworthiness and certification standards.
• Technically manage and monitor landing gear suppliers and subcontractors.
• Review supplier designs, technical deliverables, qualification evidence and verification results.
• Manage system-level technical risks, interfaces and integration issues.
• Support design reviews, certification activities, audits and customer technical reviews.
• Support maintainability, lifecycle management, obsolescence and Integrated Logistics Support (ILS).
• Provide technical leadership and coordinate multidisciplinary engineering teams.

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Systems Engineering or a related discipline.
• 15+ years of aerospace systems engineering experience, including at least 8 years of direct landing gear design and/or integration experience.
• Experience working on UAV, aircraft or rotorcraft programmes.
• Strong experience in safety-critical aerospace system development.
• Experience across the systems engineering lifecycle, including requirements, design, integration, verification and validation.
• Strong knowledge of landing gear systems, including struts, shock absorbers, wheels, actuators and retraction systems.
• Experience with mechanical, electrical and hydraulic system interfaces.
• Knowledge of V-model, MBSE, requirements management and system safety.
• Experience with tools such as CATIA/Solid Works, MATLAB/Simulink, ANSYS or ADAMS.
• Experience with DOORS or equivalent requirements-management tools.
• Experience managing or technically monitoring aerospace suppliers.
• Strong knowledge…