# Principal Engineer - Navigation Systems (SME)

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. ABOUT THE ROLE The Principal Navigation Engineer will provide technical leadership for the development, integration, analysis, and verification of advanced aerospace navigation systems. The role will own navigation requirements, architectures, algorithms, sensor fusion, performance analysis, and verification activities across the development lifecycle, including nominal, degraded, and GNSS-denied operating conditions. RESPONSIBILI

- **Id**: 3882111
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/edge-group-principal-engineer-navigation-systems-sme-2>
- **Role**: Industrial Engineering
- **Role family**: Industrial Engineering
- **Seniority**: lead
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
- **Countries**: AE
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Experience years min**: 10
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-11-06T18:30:11Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-11-06
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-10T23:12:56Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 4
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 6896
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Benefits**: Health insurance
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: C4ISR, Defense Manufacturing

## Company

- **Id**: 48610
- **Name**: EDGE Group
- **Domain**: edgegroup.ae
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/edge-group>
- **Size band**: 1001-5000
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: SuccessFactors

### Truth index

- **Grade**: A
- **Score**: 100
- **Open postings**: 15
- **Ghost share**: 0
- **Stale share**: 0.2
- **Repost share**: 0
- **Time to fill p50 days**: 19
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-11T05:49:22Z

## Technologies

- **MATLAB** — Optional: no
- **Sensor Fusion** — Optional: no
- **Simulink** — Optional: no
- **SLI/SLO/SLA** — Optional: no

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 4

## Requirements

- **Experience years min**: 10
- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

### Education

- **Level**: bachelor
- **Optional**: yes

### Languages

- Language: English; Level: Advanced (C1); Optional: no

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-06T18:30:11Z

## Liveness

- **Score**: 90
- **Band**: hot
- **Label**: Hiring now
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.903
- **P room**: 1
- **Age days**: 4
- **Expected fill days**: 19
- **Reasons**: conf:6, velocity, win:early, comp:brand
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-11T05:49:22Z

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