Uae Field Engineer

Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

Job Description

To maintain the region's Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) (drone) fleet, provide field support remotely to the operations team and integrate new technologies into the UAV fleet to ensure the continued successful operation of the fleet. Conduct research and development to improve operational efficiency. Requirements Key Accountabilities:
  • Maintain the regions UAV Fleet
  • Identify aircraft defects
  • Provide engineered solutions for aircraft defects
  • Provide field support remotely to the operations team
  • Integrate new technologies into the UAV fleet
  • Integrate new UAVs into the regions fleet
  • Produce and update engineering documentation and procedures
  • Conduct Research and Development (R&D) with the R&D engineering team focusing on seeding improvements
  • Conduct R&D with the regions engineering team focusing on mapping improvements
  • Maintain the relevant base with sufficient engineering supplies
  • Aid with onboarding new engineering employees
  • Organise and setup new engineering workshops


Lives and Advocates the Dendra Values:
  • We’re Courageous
  • We’re Making It Happen
  • We’re Persistently Positive
  • We’re In This Together


People Excellence (internal/external customer engagement and relationship management):
  • To create an environment which is a great place to work for you and your colleagues through your dedication, enthusiasm, sharing of knowledge, honesty, and desire to support others.
  • To display excellent standards in all you do and inspire others to do the same, and that you operate within legislative/regulatory and company policies and procedures.
  • To display confidence, self-belief, and openness to new ideas, adapting and embracing challenges and opportunities with a determination to excel.
  • Continuously develop own skills by attending all required training courses and maintaining an up-to-date knowledge of products, services, systems and work processes.


Frameworks, boundaries, and decision-making authority:
  • Decisions made in this role often made collaboratively with others and rarely individually
  • The job holder must work with other UAV Field Engineers, the Field Engineering Manager, the flight operations team, and the engineering R&D team
  • The primary planning horizon is one to two weeks, with occasional planning required for up to a month or two in advance. Planning generally consists of ensuring the UAV engineers are geographically located where the UAV platforms are required to ensure routine maintenance can be conducted.
  • Additional planning includes, ensuring the right equipment and consumables have been purchased/acquired upfront so that future engineering tasks can be performed to meet the operations team’s timeline, and being operationally ready


Experience requirement:
  • Experienced with debugging mechatronics systems
  • Experience with unmanned systems
  • Proven experience of working both individually and with others
  • Experience with certain engineering tools such as soldering irons, heat guns, drills, 3D printers etc.
  • Experienced in reading and interpreting wiring diagrams
  • Proven strong research skills
  • Proven documentation skills
  • Experience with 3D design software


Qualification and Licences requirement:
  • Sub 25kg RePL Qualification in order to conduct UAV testing
  • AROC Qualification in order to conduct UAV testing
  • An engineering degree in either Mechanical, Electrical, Mechatronics or Aeronautics
  • Driver’s Licence

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Job Detail

  • Job Id
    JD1436237
  • Industry
    Not mentioned
  • Total Positions
    1
  • Job Type:
    Full Time
  • Salary:
    Not mentioned
  • Employment Status
    Permanent
  • Job Location
    Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
  • Education
    Not mentioned