Principal Engineer - Networks (AE)

EDGE Group
Abu Dhabi
Workplace: OnsiteFull timeFunction: SalesSkills: ["Analytical","Problem-solving","Technical communication"]

Design and develop secure, resilient, high-performance networking solutions for defence and mission-critical systems. Focus on tactical MANETs, fixed networks, satellite links, and distributed communications, combining research with modelling, simulation, and prototyping. Build and enhance routing protocols (e.g., OSPF/BGP/IS-IS/OLSR/AODV), evaluate performance under mobility and contested conditions, and collaborate across systems, RF, cybersecurity, and defence engineering teams to deliver technical documentation and prototypes.

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Principal Engineer - Networks (AE)

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Job Summary

Design and develop secure, resilient, high-performance networking solutions for defence and mission-critical systems. Focus on tactical MANETs, fixed networks, satellite links, and distributed communications, combining research with modelling, simulation, and prototyping. Build and enhance routing protocols (e.g., OSPF/BGP/IS-IS/OLSR/AODV), evaluate performance under mobility and contested conditions, and collaborate across systems, RF, cybersecurity, and defence engineering teams to deliver technical documentation and prototypes.
Location: Abu Dhabi
Workplace: Onsite
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Sales
Seniority: Mid level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Research and develop next-generation communication and routing protocols for tactical environments.
  • •Design and enhance routing protocols including OSPF, BGP, IS-IS, OLSR, and AODV.
  • •Model, simulate, and evaluate heterogeneous networks such as MANETs, wired, and satellite networks under mobility, interference, node loss, limited bandwidth, and intermittent connectivity.
  • •Develop adaptive, self-organising, resilient network solutions and investigate secure routing with encryption and cybersecurity integration.
  • •Evaluate routing performance metrics (latency, throughput, convergence, routing overhead, survivability) and produce technical documentation, research outputs, and prototype designs in collaboration with systems, RF, cybersecurity, and defence engineering teams.

Pay and Benefits

Perks:Family VisasFlight TicketsHealth InsuranceEducation Allowances

Key Requirements

  • •Bachelor’s degree in Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Telecommunications, or a related discipline.
  • •Strong understanding of data communications, networking architectures, and protocol stacks.
  • •Proven knowledge of routing protocols and distributed network algorithms.
  • •Experience designing, modelling, simulating, or analysing communication protocols and distributed networks.
  • •Experience with defence communications, secure networking, or mission-critical systems, including wired networking (Ethernet, MPLS, optical transport) and MANET/ad-hoc protocols (OLSR, AODV).
Experience:Defence communicationsMission-critical systemsSecure networking
Skills:AnalyticalProblem-solvingTechnical communication
Languages:English
Tech Stack:OSPFBGPIS-ISOLSRAODVMANETEthernetMPLSOptical transportNS-3OMNeT++MininetPythonC/C++IETFNATO/STANAGDTNSDNEncryptionCybersecurity

Company Brief

EDGE Group
EDGE Group PJSC is an Abu Dhabi–based advanced technology and defence conglomerate (launched Nov 2019) developing autonomous systems, electronic warfare, precision weapons, cyber and naval/aerospace solutions for military and dual-use markets.
Industry: Defense Technology
Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)
Growth: Government & Public Sector
Funding: Government Funded
Headquarters: Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Founded: 2019
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