Senior Electronics 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.

What you will be part of

Saab is a leading defence and security company with an enduring purpose, to help nations keep their people and society safe.

Empowered by its 28,000 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.

The Role:

This role is part of our Saab Seaeye business unit in Fareham.

As part of the Electronics team you will create design solutions for electronic/electrical products in underwater vehicles in line with the company’s business needs through innovation, creativity and professionalism.

Our systems are complex, requiring a wide range of technology developed, from Power conversion to high speed communication.

You may be required to lead projects, this will require you to direct and co-ordinate project activities within the Engineering Department and other areas of the business such as Purchasing, Operations, Sales and Logistics.

Key Responsibilities:

• Design and development of new Electronics designs

• Comfortable with novel designs with quantified acceptable risks

• Design for LVD/EMC Compliance

• Development of requirements specifications and test procedures

• System level integration and testing

• To work with minimal supervision either on your own or within project teams

Skills and Experience:

• Bachelor's degree from an accredited college in a related discipline, or equivalent experience/combined education, with extensive professional experience.

• Experience of full-lifecycle design and development with change management applied: from concept to end of life

• Experience in DC to DC converters

• Mixed signal electronic design

• Microprocessor system design

• Board layout principles

• Interface buses and protocols including I2C, SPI, RS485, CAN and Ethernet

By submitting an application to Saab UK you consent to undertaking workforce screening activities that may include but are not limited to: Baseline Personnel Security checks, National Security Vetting, reference checks, verification of working rights and in all circumstances preferred candidates will be placed through a security interview.