Firmware Test Engineer | San Francisco (Hybrid) | Up to $165,000

Join a growing communications business in San Francisco, who’s devices enable secure communications in the world’s harshest environment. They serve a range of customers including public safety, emergency services, and defense.

As a Firmware Test Engineer, you’ll join a small QA team to own the end-to-end testing process for Firmware that support the communication device. You’ll play a key role in supporting Embedded and Firmware Engineers to deliver high quality systems.

This position is hybrid, so you’ll need to be able to work for 2 days per week in the San Francisco office.

Due to government related projects, you’ll be required to be either a US citizen or Green Card holder to be considered for this position.

Skills/Technologies

• Experience in QA Engineering for either Firmware or Embedded Systems.
• Hardware-in-the-Loop (HIL)
• Automation Scripting (Python)
• Understanding on end-to-end QA processes

Director – Information Security

Lead cybersecurity across a major diversified Group

We are partnering with a major UAE organisation to appoint a senior Information Security leader who will play a critical role in protecting its technology and information estate across the Group and its subsidiaries.

This is a broad Group-level mandate spanning security strategy, governance, architecture, Security Operations, incident response, cyber resilience and regulatory assurance.

The opportunity

You will help establish a truly Group-wide security operating model, ensuring security is embedded into technology strategy, architecture and delivery from the outset.

You'll lead the Group Security Operations Centre and exercise functional authority across subsidiary security teams, while working closely with senior executives, Board-level stakeholders, regulators and strategic partners.

Key responsibilities

• Define and enforce Group-wide cybersecurity policies and standards
• Own the Group security posture across subsidiaries
• Lead the Security Operations Centre and incident response capability
• Oversee vulnerability management, penetration testing and application security
• Establish security-by-design across technology architecture and delivery
• Lead security architecture across cloud, infrastructure, network, endpoints and emerging technologies
• Own cyber resilience and disaster recovery planning
• Manage outsourced cyber security services
• Lead security audits, regulatory assurance and risk management
• Provide executive and Board-level reporting on cyber risk
• Build and lead the wider security organisation

What we're looking for

• 12–15+ years in information or cybersecurity leadership
• Experience within a large, complex and multi-entity organisation
• Previous CISO, Deputy CISO or equivalent senior-level accountability
• Strong experience across Security Operations, incident response and security architecture
• Experience with ISO 27001, data privacy and relevant regulatory frameworks
• Experience managing outsourced security services
• Comfortable operating through influence across teams that don't directly report to you
• Strong executive and Board-level communication skills
• CISSP, CISM or relevant certification strongly preferred
• Bachelor's degree required; Master's preferred

Experience within a listed company, multinational organisation or major diversified Group would be highly attractive.

Location: Abu Dhabi, UAE
Relocation: International candidates from Europe and APAC will be considered. 

Director – Technology Platforms & Operations

Build the technology backbone for a major diversified Group

We are supporting a major UAE organisation as it continues to modernise the technology foundations supporting its Group and subsidiaries.

We're looking for an experienced technology leader to take ownership of the Group's platforms, cloud, data, AI foundations, integration, automation, identity and technology operations.

This is much more than a traditional infrastructure or IT operations position.

The opportunity

You will define and evolve the technology platform strategy that enables business growth, digital transformation and innovation across the organisation.

You'll balance stability, scalability, security and cost efficiency with the need to modernise the technology estate and establish foundations capable of supporting data, AI and future digital initiatives.

Key responsibilities

• Define the Group technology platforms and operations roadmap
• Lead cloud, data, AI, integration, automation and identity platforms
• Drive platform standardisation, reuse and scalability
• Own cloud strategy, landing zones and FinOps
• Develop data and analytics platforms supporting AI initiatives
• Lead enterprise integration and API capabilities
• Oversee automation and workflow platforms
• Own Group-wide technology operations and service performance
• Manage strategic technology vendors and managed service providers
• Drive operational resilience, security and technical debt reduction
• Build high-performing platform and operations teams

What we're looking for

• 15+ years in senior technology leadership
• 6+ years in management
• Experience within a large, complex and matrixed organisation
• Enterprise-scale experience across cloud, platforms and technology operations
• Strong understanding of modern data, integration and engineering environments
• Experience managing large vendors and managed service ecosystems
• Strong financial and commercial understanding
• Able to balance operational excellence with innovation and modernisation
• Bachelor's degree required; Master's preferred

Experience within a listed, multinational or major diversified organisation is particularly desirable.

Location: Abu Dhabi, UAE
Relocation: International candidates from Europe & APAC will be considered. 

Director – Enterprise Solutions

Drive enterprise technology outcomes across multiple businesses

We are partnering with a major diversified UAE organisation to appoint a senior technology leader to oversee its enterprise solutions landscape.

This is an opportunity for an experienced enterprise technology executive who understands how to operate across large organisations, multiple business units and complex transformation programmes.

You'll become a senior technology partner to business leadership, translating commercial and operational priorities into scalable technology solutions.

The opportunity

You will own the vision, evolution and lifecycle of major enterprise and line-of-business platforms across the Group.

This includes areas such as ERP, CRM, HCM, finance, property, hospitality and education systems, working across both the Group and its subsidiaries.

The role combines strategic leadership with execution, ensuring technology investments deliver measurable business outcomes rather than simply completing projects.

Key responsibilities

• Define the Group's enterprise solutions vision and roadmap
• Lead major enterprise and line-of-business platforms
• Partner directly with senior business executives across the Group
• Translate business priorities into technology roadmaps and transformation programmes
• Drive value realisation from technology investments
• Oversee delivery across multiple portfolios and subsidiaries
• Lead platform modernisation and product-oriented lifecycle management
• Manage strategic software vendors and systems integrators
• Ensure solutions align with architecture, security and governance standards
• Build and develop high-performing enterprise solutions teams

What we're looking for

• 15+ years within enterprise technology leadership
• 6+ years in senior management
• Experience operating within large, diversified and complex organisations
• Strong enterprise platform experience across ERP, CRM, HCM or similar
• Experience partnering with senior business executives
• Strong vendor and systems integrator management experience
• Commercially astute with strong strategic judgement
• Comfortable balancing Group-level standards with subsidiary autonomy
• Bachelor's degree required; Master's preferred

Candidates from listed companies, multinational organisations or diversified regional groups are particularly encouraged.

Location: Abu Dhabi, UAE
Relocation: International candidates from Europe & APAC will be considered. 

Vice President – Enterprise Architecture

Shape the technology architecture of a diversified Group

We are supporting a major UAE-based organisation undergoing significant evolution across its technology landscape.

We are looking for an experienced Enterprise Architecture leader who can operate at Group level, translating business strategy into practical technology architectures and long-term roadmaps across multiple businesses and subsidiaries.

This is a high-impact role where Enterprise Architecture is being positioned as an enabler of transformation and delivery, rather than simply a governance or review function.

The opportunity

You will lead Enterprise Architecture across the Group, shaping standards, reference architectures and technology blueprints across applications, platforms, integrations, data and digital products.

You'll work closely with senior business and technology stakeholders to ensure architecture is considered early in strategic and portfolio decisions, while maintaining the flexibility and pace required by modern digital delivery.

Key responsibilities

• Define and enforce Group-wide enterprise and solution architecture standards
• Translate business strategy into target architectures and multi-year roadmaps
• Develop and mature business architecture and process intelligence
• Provide architecture input into technology portfolios and major initiatives
• Chair architecture governance forums and resolve cross-functional trade-offs
• Drive greater standardisation and reduce duplication and technical debt
• Provide architectural oversight of vendors and third-party solutions
• Partner with Digital, Technology, Security and Platforms leadership
• Build Enterprise Architecture capability across the organisation

What we're looking for

• 12+ years in Enterprise or Solution Architecture leadership
• Experience within a large, diversified and matrixed organisation
• Strong experience across applications, platforms, integration, data and digital
• Experience establishing or maturing an Enterprise Architecture function
• Strong understanding of enterprise systems and modern agile delivery
• Executive-level communication skills combined with genuine technical credibility
• Pragmatic approach to balancing architecture, speed, cost and business value
• TOGAF or equivalent experience preferred
• Bachelor's degree required; Master's preferred

Experience from a listed, multinational or major regional organisation is particularly attractive.

Location: Abu Dhabi, UAE
Relocation: International candidates from Europe & APAC happy to be considered. 

Senior Vice President – Strategic Planning & Governance

Lead technology strategy at Group level

Location: Abu Dhabi, UAE
Relocation: International candidates from Europe or APAC will certainly be considered. 

We are supporting a major, diversified UAE organisation as it continues to transform and strengthen its Group Technology function.

This is a senior leadership opportunity for an experienced technology strategy and governance professional who can operate across a large, complex and highly matrixed organisation, bringing together multiple business units, subsidiaries and technology functions under a clear strategic framework.

You will act as a senior counterpart to the Executive Director of Group Technology, providing leadership across technology strategy, portfolio prioritisation, investment governance, financial oversight, risk, PMO and service performance.

The opportunity

You will own the Group Technology strategy and roadmap, ensuring technology initiatives across the Group are appropriately planned, prioritised, funded, governed and measured.

A major part of the role will be bringing together strong technology leaders across different verticals and businesses, resolving competing priorities and creating greater consistency across the wider technology portfolio.

Key responsibilities

• Define and execute the Group Technology strategy and multi-year roadmap
• Lead Group-level technology investment planning and prioritisation
• Establish and enforce portfolio and governance frameworks across multiple businesses
• Drive alignment between Group Technology, Digital and subsidiary technology teams
• Oversee technology financial governance, budgeting and investment decisions
• Lead technology audit, risk and compliance activities
• Establish consistent PMO, change management and service performance standards
• Build and lead the Strategic Planning & Governance function
• Influence senior technology and business stakeholders across the Group

What we're looking for

• 12–15+ years within technology strategy, governance, portfolio or transformation leadership
• Experience within a large, complex and matrixed organisation
• Strong experience operating across multiple entities, business units or geographies
• Background in Group-level investment governance and portfolio management
• Strong commercial and financial understanding
• Experience with technology risk, audit and compliance
• Executive presence with the ability to influence senior stakeholders without direct reporting authority
• Bachelor's degree required; Master's preferred

Experience gained within a listed company, multinational organisation or major diversified group would be highly attractive.

Edison Smart is partnered with a fast-growing AI technology business in the UAE that is looking to hire an AI Product Engineer to support the continued development and delivery of AI-powered products.

The AI Product Engineer will be responsible for:

• Building and deploying production-ready AI-powered products and features
• Developing applications leveraging LLMs and modern generative AI technologies
• Designing and integrating APIs, backend services and AI workflows
• Taking new AI concepts from rapid prototype through to production
• Working closely with product and engineering teams to solve complex customer problems
• Contributing to technical architecture and product direction as the platform scales

The AI Product Engineer will possess:

• Strong software engineering experience with Python
• Hands-on experience building products using LLMs and generative AI
• Experience with AI agents, RAG or similar LLM architectures
• Strong knowledge of APIs, backend systems and application development
• Experience taking AI applications from prototype into production

This is an opportunity to join a rapidly growing technology business where AI sits at the core of the product. You’ll have significant ownership, work on challenging real-world problems and play an important role in shaping products as the company continues to scale.

PLC Programmer / Commissioning Engineer – Automotive EV Automation

Location: Germany
Start Date: September 2026
Duration: Until approximately mid/end 2027
Contract: Contract
Language: English-speaking candidates welcome
Expenses: Travel, accommodation and project-related expenses covered

The Role

We are looking for experienced PLC Programmers / Commissioning Engineers to support a major automation project within the automotive EV sector in Germany.

The client designs, manufactures and commissions large-scale automated machinery before shipping and installing the systems into automotive manufacturing facilities.

The current programme includes 50+ machines, including individual systems extending up to 250 metres in length, supporting EV battery, storage and material-handling applications.

This is a hands-on role combining PLC programming, controls integration, commissioning and troubleshooting.

Key Responsibilities

• PLC programming and software development using Siemens TIA Portal.
• Commissioning and troubleshooting PROFINET bus systems.
• Commissioning and optimisation of SINAMICS S120 servo drives.
• Developing and commissioning motion control applications using S7-1500T/TF.
• Supporting machine commissioning from initial testing through to final customer acceptance.
• Troubleshooting electrical, controls and automation systems during commissioning.
• Working closely with electrical, mechanical and commissioning teams.
• Supporting the integration and validation of large-scale automated machinery.
• Travelling to customer sites as required for installation and commissioning.

Essential Experience

• Strong hands-on experience with Siemens PLCs and TIA Portal.
• Proven commissioning experience within industrial automation.
• Experience with PROFINET commissioning and troubleshooting.
• Experience with SINAMICS S120 servo drives.
• Experience with S7-1500T / S7-1500TF Motion Control.
• Comfortable working on complex machinery and automation systems.
• Strong troubleshooting and problem-solving skills.
• Good English communication skills.

Ideal Background

Automotive experience is highly desirable, particularly engineers who have worked across multiple automotive automation standards and applications.

The client is specifically looking for diverse automation experience rather than candidates who have spent their career working within one narrow area.

Experience across areas such as:

• EV / battery manufacturing
• Conveyors
• Storage systems
• Picking systems
• Sortation
• Palletising
• Material handling
• Gantry systems
• Pick-and-place automation
• Automotive production equipment

Engineers who have worked across several different automotive standards and environments are particularly attractive, as the client can quickly train engineers on their specific standards and systems.

Important: Candidates with experience limited exclusively to one area such as BIW may not be suitable. Broader automation and commissioning experience is preferred.

Project Environment

The machinery is primarily based around the client's own gantry and pick-and-place technology, with limited or no traditional robotics.

The systems are being designed and manufactured in Germany before being shipped to automotive manufacturing facilities.

The project is heavily focused on the EV sector, including battery and storage applications.

What’s on Offer

• Long-term contract through to approximately mid/end 2027.
• Start in September 2026.
• Major automotive EV automation project.
• Large-scale machinery and technically challenging commissioning environment.
• Travel, accommodation and project-related expenses covered by the customer.
• English-speaking working environment.

Candidates with strong Siemens/TIA Portal commissioning experience who have worked across multiple automation environments are encouraged to apply.