Senior Systems Engineer

Introduction: Saab UK is part of Scandinavia's largest defence company, bringing together the best of Swedish and British innovation. Saab offers world-leading solutions and services in defence, aviation, space, and civil security to keep people and society safe.

Our UK presence has been growing at pace, meaning we can offer a wide range of opportunities for personal fulfilment and career growth. We currently employ over 600 people across eight sites in the UK, and our specialisations include software engineering, underwater robotics, radars, AI, and armed forces training.

The Role

This role is part of our Saab Seaeye business unit in Fareham. As part of the Systems Engineering team, you will be a technical lead on complex development projects for undersea robotics solutions. The projects will vary from customer-customisation of existing products through to blue-sky R&D of underwater robotics platforms, tooling and equipment.

Using your engineering skills and systems engineering knowledge to bridge mechanical, electrical, electronic and software domains to deliver complex products on-time and on-budget. This role requires a broad spread of engineering knowledge coupled with excellent communication skills, leadership and an eye for the bigger picture whilst supporting the engineering team on the detail.

Owns the technical solutions and system design, Responsible for turning requirements into practical, integrated, deliverable systems.

Key Responsibilities

Lead development of the systems/sub-system architecture and technical solution Translate customer needs into engineering systematic solutions via the use of Requirements Capture, Use-Cases and Systems architecture design.

Define system functionality, performance interfaces and behaviours Make technical decisions and manage design compromises Maintain the systems architecture design through complex multi-disciplinary product development teams.

Provide cradle-to-grave systems support throughout the entire project lifecycle: from definition and design through to testing and delivery. To proactively manage change throughout the development lifecycle To provide technical representation externally to both customers and sub-contractors Design and development of robust system architectures which encompass electrical, mechanical and software interfaces and interactions.

Modelling and simulation as needed to define the scope of an R&D product. Qualifications and

skills

Essential

Bachelor's Degree, Graduate Certificate or Diploma in Engineering Extensive experience in system related role Knowledge of system engineering principles and requirements capture UML/SysML desig...

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