Principal Integration / Interop and UTM Engineer

Volantes Technical Recruitment Ltd Verified

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Aerospace Engineers

Integrated Support Engineer

Onsite

Full time

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Principal Integration / Interop and UTM Engineer

Location: Dubai, UAE

Employment: Permanent | Full-Time | On-Site

Volantes Technical Recruitment is seeking an experienced Principal Integration, Interoperability & UTM Engineer for a confidential, next-generation aviation programme based in Dubai.

This is a senior engineering position focused on integrating aviation systems with the wider airspace environment, including air traffic management, unmanned traffic management, surveillance systems and external aviation stakeholders.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the integration of aviation systems with external airspace and operational systems.
• Own external technical interfaces through implementation and into live operational use.
• Support integration with UTM/U-space and air traffic services, including flight authorisation and conformance monitoring.
• Manage integration with external surveillance and traffic data sources.
• Establish and maintain interface configuration control.
• Develop solutions to maintain interoperability in degraded operational environments.
• Lead and support live integration trials involving air navigation service providers and emergency services.
• Work with external aviation stakeholders to support system interoperability.
• Contribute to relevant aviation standards and industry working groups.
• Support the integration of systems and services across the wider aviation ecosystem.

Essential Requirements

• Significant experience in airspace, air traffic management, aviation systems integration or interoperability engineering.
• Proven ownership of external technical interfaces through to live operational use.
• Experience with UTM/U-space or air traffic services integration.
• Understanding of flight authorisation and conformance monitoring.
• Experience integrating external surveillance and traffic data.
• Experience with interface configuration control.
• Understanding of interoperability in degraded operational environments.
• Experience supporting live trials with ANSPs or emergency services.
• Experience contributing to technical standards or industry working groups.

Desirable Experience

• Detect-and-Avoid (DAA) systems.
• Emergency Medical Services (EMS) or air ambulance operations.
• Geospatial, terrain and obstacle data.
• Vertiport or aerodrome integration.
• Emerging aviation regulations.
• Clinical or hospital integration.
• Sovereign operational environments.