Principal Engineer (Mechanical)

About EDGE:

EDGE is an advanced technology group established to develop disruptive solutions for defense and beyond. Solving real world challenges, it is dedicated to bringing innovative technologies and services to market with greater speed and efficiency. Our people are at the core of our business, inspiring us to imagine a new world of endless possibilities. Leveraging advanced technologies such as autonomous capabilities, cyber-physical systems and directed energy to artificial intelligence, we recognize that changing the fundamentals of the defense industry will take real collaboration and creativity.

This is why we want you to be a part of our initiative Advanced Concepts. Join us today to enable a secure future.

Key Accountabilities

• Undertake mechanical design and support work throughout the life-cycle of the system under development, for all phases of conceptual design, preliminary design, detail design and development, manufacture, production, end-use support and phase-out/disposal.
• Establish processes and procedures to dictate the workflow required to develop, detail, and evaluate new concept designs as and when required.
• Establish processes and procedures to dictate the analysis and testing required to verify and validate new concept designs as and when required.
• Devise, organize and ensure engineering arrangements and revisions.
• Mentor and monitor mechanical engineers.
• Steer and support technical personnel reporting to your function to deliver on their responsibilities as designated by the Lead Engineer.
• Manage the establishment of an in-house mechanical design capability to support the various development programmes.
• Manage the performance of simulation analyses for concept studies, detail designs, evaluations, and testing as and when required in the Mechanical engineering field.
• Manage the performance of precise engineering calculations using theoretical methods as well as computational simulations.
• Manage the improvement designs based on analysis and interpretation of results.
• Manage the establishment of test specifications and procedures to ensure that all design requirements are met.
• Manage the evaluation of the performance of mechanical equipment against set performance requirements.
• Supervise the mentorship and monitoring of mechanical engineers.

Knowledge/Qualification & Experience

• Minimum 12 years with a Bachelor’s, 10 years with a Master’s, or 9 years with a PhD in Mechanical Engineering Design or Analysis preferably in an aerospace or military industry.
• Experience in UAE or Middle East is desirable.
• Excellent knowledge in the broad spectrum of mechanical engineering development and manufacturing.
• Knowledge in the application of CAE in the design process advantageous.
• Experience in the design, analysis, and manufacturing of lightweight and composite structures is advantageous.
• Bachelor’s, Master’s, or PhD degree in Mechanical or Aerospace Engineering, or other related fields
• Certification in mechanical Computer Aided Design (CAD) is advantageous.
• Certification in Computer Aided Engineering (CAE) is advantageous.
• Computer Aided Design (CAD).
• Computer Aided Engineering (CAE) experience is advantageous. 
• Computer based mathematical tool experience advantageous (Matlab, Python, etc.).
• Working knowledge of Military and Aerospace specific technical requirements e.g. best practice, legislation and regulation, methodologies, systems, third party providers.