Production Engineer - Thunder Emirati Talent

About Edge

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.

The Production Engineer 1 supports production engineering activities, assembly execution, and shop-floor operations to ensure safe, efficient, and compliant production. The role provides technical support for production readiness, data-pack reviews, engineering changes, discrepancy resolution, process improvements, and production performance monitoring while working closely with Engineering, Quality, Planning, Stores, Maintenance, and other stakeholders.

• Support production lines, assembly areas, and projects to ensure execution of approved production plans, orders, work instructions, drawings, specifications, and procedures.
• Maintain regular shop-floor presence to verify workstation readiness, material availability, tooling, fixtures, testers, documentation, and production progress.
• Review engineering and manufacturing documentation to identify discrepancies, execution risks, missing information, and opportunities for improvement.
• Track and coordinate resolution of discrepancies between engineering data, manufacturing data, work instructions, routings, SAP/MES records, and shop-floor execution.
• Conduct DFMA/DFM/DFA reviews to improve manufacturability, assembly efficiency, safety, quality, and production flow.
• Support production readiness activities by ensuring availability of materials, equipment, tools, testers, fixtures, consumables, PPE, and quality requirements.
• Assist with implementation of approved engineering changes and monitor shop-floor impact.
• Investigate production issues, collect field data, verify root causes, document findings, and support corrective actions.
• Collect and analyze production data including output, downtime, defects, rework, test failures, manpower utilization, routing status, and process interruptions.
• Support KPI improvement initiatives related to safety, quality, delivery, cost, productivity, OEE/OLE, and process stability.
• Develop and recommend practical improvements in processes, material flow, workstation layout, tooling, fixtures, documentation, error-proofing, and 5S practices.
• Support SAP/MES data visibility by reviewing production order status, routing progress, labor bookings, material consumption, WIP, traceability, and closure records.
• Prepare reports, technical summaries, action trackers, discrepancy logs, production-impact assessments, and improvement recommendations.
• Support prototype builds, pilot runs, industrialization activities, production transfers, process-improvement projects, and recovery plans.
• Ensure compliance with quality standards, HSE requirements, ISO standards, company procedures, and audit-readiness requirements.

• Bachelor's degree in Industrial, Manufacturing, Mechanical, Mechatronics, Aerospace, Electrical Engineering, or a related engineering discipline.
• 0-3 years of experience in production, manufacturing, operations, engineering, or technical environments.
• Knowledge of production processes, shop-floor operations, technical documentation, and manufacturing principles.
• Exposure to ERP systems, SAP/MES, production orders, routing management, quality systems, and continuous improvement methodologies is preferred.
• Understanding of OEE/OLE, HSE requirements, ISO standards, audit readiness, and production performance monitoring is preferred.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications, particularly Excel and Word.

• Manufacturing, aerospace, defense, engineering, industrial, or other regulated production environments.

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…