Experienced System Engineer for Flight Autonomy
Are you driven by seeing your ideas become reality? Welcome to our exciting and technology-intensive world.
Do you want to work with the combat aircraft of the future? The Flight Autonomy section within Business Unit Advanced Programs Engineering needs to be strengthened with a number of employees to be able to take the step towards next-generation flight systems. This is an opportunity for you who want to take on interesting and challenging tasks where you get to collaborate with a wonderful team.
Your role
Our section is responsible for flight autonomy, and as a system engineer with us, you will participate in developing safety-critical solutions for autonomous flight for both manned and unmanned aircraft. Autonomous flight, autonomous takeoff and landing, contingency management, and collision avoidance are examples of safety-critical system capabilities that you will work with.
The main tasks are:
Develop and analyze system requirements
Define system architecture and design including algorithm development
System integration (simulators, test rigs, flying platforms)
Develop flight autonomous functions and work with algorithm development
Define verification and validation strategy at the system level
Verification and validation activities at the system level
Follow up on requirement coverage, test results, and flight tests for our projects
Your profile
We are looking for you who is proactive and used to influencing and taking great personal responsibility. You have a strong analytical interest and are structured and meticulous. You have great commitment and are a team player who likes to spread knowledge and share experiences. As the role may also involve contact with companies in other countries, you are proficient in English in both speech and writing.
In addition to personal qualities, we believe you have:
A Master's degree in engineering in, for example, engineering physics, aerospace engineering, or computational mathematics.
A few years of experience working as a system engineer or with system development.
An interest in flight dynamics, mathematics, and algorithm development.
Experience in software architecture and programming is meritorious but not a requirement.
Please note that we work with continuous selection and the position may be filled before the application deadline has expired.
The position requires that you undergo and be approved according to the security protection regulations in force at any given time. For positions where Saab has requirements for security clearance classification, this may, where applicable, involve requirements for certain citizenship.
What you will become a part of
Discover infinite possibilities. Embrace challenges, create smart innovations, and upgrade your abilities. This is a place for clever thinkers, brave pioneers, and everyone in between. Together we achieve the extraordinary, each bringing their unique perspective. Every contribution counts.
Saab is a leading defense and security company with the purpose of helping nations protect their populations and contributing to the security of people and societies. With 28,000 talented employees, Saab develops technology and solutions for a safer and more sustainable world.
Saab develops, manufactures, and maintains advanced systems within aeronautics, weapons, command and control systems, sensors, and underwater systems. Saab is headquartered in Sweden but has global operations where Saab is part of many nations' defense capabilities. Read more about us here.
Welcome with your application - we look forward to meeting you!