Senior Materials Engineer

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

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.

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.

The Material Engineer is responsible for selection, qualification and overseeing of all materials used in the turbofan propulsion system (intake-engine-exhaust), ensuring compliance with performance, durability and certification requirements.

• Organize materials database knowledge and strategy
• Support the Product engineering teams regards to material behavior laws and characteristics in the design and validation of components and systems
• Support the Industrialization team and Engineering Manufacturing department even Supply Chain related to production aspect, from raw materials to production delivery
• Define and approve materials selection for compressor rotors/stators, turbine disks/blisks/blades, Combustion chamber, casings, shafts, bearings, intake, exhaust, taking into account technical and contractual requirement
• Manage risk, identify material criticality and define what-if scenario regarding the turbofan performance (LLP for instance) and during manufacturing processes (casting, forging, AM…)
• Define as necessary material qualification and testing (creep, LCF/HCF, corrosion, …)
• Investigate root causes analysis, metallurgical investigations if needed, material non-conformance assessments
• Support suppliers’ qualification and audit
• Prepare deliverables and compliance documentation related to the field

• Minimum 8 years of experience within turbofan propulsion, aerospace, or other complex engineered systems
• Material expertise:
  Nickel superalloys, Titanium alloys, CMC, single-crystal, stainless steels, Ceramic coatings, TBC, composite.
• Material testing and behavior laws parameters and characterization knowledge
• Solid understanding of turbofan architectures (sub-systems and their integration constraints), performance drivers and technology interfaces (sensors, equipment…)
• Experience / exposed to manufacturing/machining processes and production, FAI, Validation and Qualification
• ASTM, ISO, AMS

• Engineering degree / MSc or PhD in Materials Science or equivalent
• Ability to analyze and structure complex information into actionable product decision under pressure with a sense of urgency
• Ability to work in a multicultural environment, across engineering, manufacturing, supply chain and commercial teams
• Excellent communication skills, team player

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…