# Principal Engineer - Mechanical Design — LevelUP HCS

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Location: Abu Dhabi, UAE
Type: full_time · Level: lead
Monthly salary: AED 35,000 to 55,000 per month (estimated, not employer-stated) (UAE salaries are tax-free)
Posted: 2026-09-22
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## Description

Lead mechanical design, structural-integrity assessment, simulation and physical validation for missiles, guided munitions and unmanned aerial vehicles.

Key Responsibilities

• Ensure structures and functioning subcomponents meet defined load and design requirements.

• Approve simulation methods, validation strategies, test setups, instrumentation and safety protocols.

• Provide structural-compliance sign-off before launch or flight.

• Apply credible modelling standards using Creo, CATIA, SolidWorks or similar tools, supported by traceable verification and validation.

• Oversee shock, pyroshock, vibration and high-g setback testing; lead failure investigation and corrective action.

• Identify structural risks and support preliminary and critical design reviews.

• Provide technical recommendations on structural trade-offs.

• Mentor engineers, contribute to performance feedback and support investment planning for laboratories, equipment and software.

Cross-Functional and Operational Support

• Support propulsion, aerodynamics, guidance and control, warhead and system-integration teams.

• Provide technical input for bids, validation cost estimates and customer presentations.

• Improve pre-processing, post-processing and reporting workflows; optimize simulation and laboratory throughput.

• Support management of analysis and test budgets, software licences and laboratory costs.

• Promote knowledge sharing, lessons learned and talent development.

• Coordinate interdisciplinary work across teams and organizational entities, including oversight of four to six employees.

• Manage scopes of work for special equipment with subcontractors and procurement.

Required Experience and Qualifications

• Master’s degree or PhD in Mechanical Engineering or Mechatronics Engineering is preferred.

• At least eight years of engineering and CAD/computer-aided engineering (CAE) experience on missiles, guided munitions or comparable weapon systems.

• At least five years of physical testing and validation experience on these systems.

• Strong foundations in precision mechanics, manufacturing, measurement, geometric dimensioning and tolerancing (GD&T), kinematics, dynamics and conventional control theory.

Technical Skills

• Weapon-system mechanical design and design for manufacture.

• Structural failure analysis, test design, instrumentation and simulation-to-test correlation.

• Mathematical modelling of electromechanical, electrohydraulic, electropneumatic or hybrid systems using MATLAB or similar tools.

• Hardware-in-the-loop (HWIL), real-time control and data acquisition (DAQ).

• Technical drawing interpretation, precise-part manufacture and assembly, statistical process control and ruggedization for high-g and high-spin environments.

• Working knowledge of power electronics for cross-functional specification and integration.

Core Competencies

• Systems thinking and sound engineering judgment.

• Risk-based decisions, analytical rigor and ethical responsibility.

• Mentorship and technical standards.

• Clear communication, collaboration, resilience and continuous improvement.

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## Requirements

Required Experience and Qualifications
- Master’s degree or PhD in Mechanical Engineering or Mechatronics Engineering is preferred.
- At least eight years of engineering and CAD/computer-aided engineering (CAE) experience on missiles, guided munitions or comparable weapon systems.
- At least five years of physical testing and validation experience on these systems.
- Strong foundations in precision mechanics, manufacturing, measurement, geometric dimensioning and tolerancing (GD&T), kinematics, dynamics and conventional control theory.

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