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Do you imagine a career that constantly stretches your capabilities and offer you an opportunity to work with the technologies of the future? We offer an exciting opportunity to join a global company with a mission to keep people and society safe.
We are looking for the new Head of Systems Engineering High Frequency Functions to lead and coach our highly skilled, multidisciplinary design team in their important activities forward.
The market for radar and electronic warfare sensors is moving towards pushing the digital domain closer to the antenna aperture. With digital antenna arrays the systems must be able to handle extreme data throughput. Today it is a challenge to develop this technology, to realize when to use it and how to implement it in a cost-effective way. The department Antenna Core Platform is responsible for developing expertise and solutions to support Surveillance in this challenge of becoming more modular, enabling faster time to market and achieve a more efficient development.
Today we are developing a platform that addresses these challenges. The department Antenna Core Platform will continue developing this platform but will also work proactively in defining new ones.
The department Antenna Core Platform also work directly with customer specific needs within customer contracts.
Your role
As Head of Systems Engineering High Frequency Functions, you will report to the Head of Antenna Core Platform and you will be a part of the management team of the department.
Together with your team, consisting of 10-15 highly skilled people of different engineering disciplines, you will be responsible for:
Requirements, architecture, development and verification of modularized high frequency functions for sensors within Surveillance product portfolio. This includes software as well as hardware. Detailed design will be performed by peer groups that you and your team cooperate with closely
Manage platform products according to tailorized development process, including compliance towards relevant standards
Challenge and develop ways of working, development processes and tools to continuously increase efficiency in the organization
Active participation in all work related to the Antenna Core Platform Management Team
All with the main purpose to secure efficient and timely product development, quality and customer satisfaction.
Your profile
To be successful in this position you need a genuine interest in complex and advanced electronics product development aiming at scalable, cost-effective solutions.
You are a skilled communicator with the ability to motivate and to create and maintain a broad contact network and close cooperation.
We also like you to have:
Strong customer focus and product development experience
Experience from advanced electronics and/or software systems development
Staff or technical leading experience from a product development organization preferably in the field of high frequency or antenna development
Proven ability and interest in leading, coaching, developing teams and individuals
Strong drive, perseverance and ability to generate energy
Ability to build cross functional relationships with mainly internal stakeholders
Appropriate professional or postgraduate qualification in a technical discipline
Passion for innovation, both regarding technology and business models
Interest in development of ways of working, development processes and tools to continuously increase efficiency in the organization
You communicate fluently in Swedish and English, verbal and written.
Last but not least, you have the ability to support and boost a collaborative work environment with transparency, respect and trust.
This position requires that you pass a security vetting based on the current regulations around/of security protection. For positions requiring security clearance additional obligations on citizenship may apply.
What you will be a part of
Behind our innovations stand the people who make them possible. Brave pioneers and curious minds. Everyday heroes and inventive troubleshooters. Those who share deep knowledge and those who explore sky-high. And everyone in between.
Joining us means making an impact together, contributing in our own unique ways. From crafting complex code and building impressive defence and security solutions to simply sharing a coffee with a colleague, every action counts. We encourage you to take on challenges, to create smart inventions and grow in our friendly and tech-savvy workspace. We have a solid mission to keep people and society safe.
Saab is a leading defence and security company with an enduring mission, to help nations keep their people and society safe. Empowered by its 25,500 talented people, Saab constantly pushes the boundaries of technology to create a safer and more sustainable world.
Saab designs, manufactures and maintains advanced systems in aeronautics, weapons, command and control, sensors and underwater systems. Saab is headquartered in Sweden. It has major operations all over the world and is part of the domestic defence capability of several nations. Read more about us here
