Chief Engineer Operations Centre & Fleet

Volantes Technical Recruitment Ltd Verified

United Arab Emirates

Space

Air & Space Operations Specialist (Aerospace Systems)

Onsite

Full time

3 days ago

Chief Engineer – Operations Centre & Fleet

Location: Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Industry: Aerospace | Defence | Advanced Air Mobility | Autonomous Systems

Employment Type: Permanent, Full-Time

The Opportunity

Volantes Technical Recruitment is supporting an ambitious next-generation aerospace programme in Dubai and is seeking an experienced Chief Engineer – Operations Centre & Fleet to lead the technical architecture, development and integration of advanced operational control and fleet management systems.

This is a senior technical leadership opportunity within a pioneering aerospace programme, focused on developing sophisticated Operations Control Centre (OCC) capabilities supporting autonomous aircraft operations, mission management, fleet coordination and operational readiness.

The successful candidate will play a critical role in defining the engineering strategy and technical architecture required to support safe, secure and scalable aircraft and fleet operations.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the technical design, architecture and integration of Operations Control Centre (OCC) and fleet management systems.
• Define system-level requirements and engineering strategies for mission planning, aircraft monitoring, fleet coordination and operational control.
• Oversee the integration of Command & Control (C2), communications, telemetry, mission software and operational support systems.
• Develop technical solutions supporting autonomous and remotely piloted aircraft operations.
• Establish scalable architectures for multi-aircraft and fleet-level operational management.
• Lead systems engineering activities, including requirements definition, interface management, verification and validation.
• Ensure operational systems meet applicable aviation safety, cybersecurity, reliability and regulatory requirements.
• Work closely with aircraft systems, software, communications, flight operations and systems integration teams.
• Provide technical leadership across multidisciplinary engineering teams and external technology partners.
• Support system qualification, operational readiness assessments and the transition from development into operational deployment.

Candidate Requirements

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Aerospace Engineering, Systems Engineering, Software Engineering, Electrical Engineering or a related discipline.
• Extensive experience in complex aerospace, defence, autonomous systems or mission-critical operational environments.
• Proven technical leadership experience at Chief Engineer, Principal Engineer, Systems Architect or equivalent level.
• Strong understanding of Operations Control Centres, fleet management systems, mission management or Command & Control architectures.
• Experience developing and integrating complex software-intensive and networked systems.
• Strong knowledge of systems engineering principles, requirements management, system architecture and verification and validation.
• Experience leading multidisciplinary engineering teams on complex development programmes.
• Understanding of secure communications, telemetry, data integration and operational system interoperability.
• Ability to translate operational requirements into robust engineering architectures and technical solutions.

Highly Desirable

• Experience with UAV/UAS, autonomous aircraft, advanced air mobility or defence aviation programmes.
• Knowledge of Ground Control Stations (GCS), Operations Control Centres (OCC) or mission control systems.
• Experience with multi-vehicle operations, fleet orchestration and autonomous mission management.
• Familiarity with MBSE, SysML and model-based systems architecture.
• Understanding of UTM/U-space integration, airspace coordination and autonomous flight operations.
• Experience with C4ISR, defence mission systems or distributed command-and-control architectures.
• Familiarity with aviation certification, safety assurance and cybersecurity requirements.

Why Apply?

This opportunity offers the chance to take a senior technical leadership position within an innovative aerospace development programme in the UAE.

You will help shape the engineering architecture and operational capabilities of a next-generation aircraft and fleet management ecosystem, working alongside highly experienced international engineering specialists.

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