Component engineer standard components

Your role

You will be part of a component team committed to improvement and find additional value for Saab. You will be central figure within the organization, working with the business units, product development, design and production. Component Engineering responsibilities will be within Electronics or Harnesses at BU Surveillance.



Component Engineering is one competence area within our Surveillance Procurement organization. The section has technical responsibility for purchased standard components. We maintain a total of approximately 250,000 components from about 10,000 different manufacturers. We are also a Saab Competence Centre for standard components, which means that we provide other Saab companies with component competence. We are now looking for a new employee to meet the increased demand for our services as a competence centre.



As a component engineer of standard components, you will be involved in the work with all of the sections components. You run technical issues, perform continuous monitoring and have a close and good communication with our manufacturers. You will be part of a team within Surveillance Procurement meaning close work with design, sourcing and production.

The role is varied and includes work in development projects, where you have a close cooperation with designers within the entire Saab. You support by selecting the right components to optimize Saab's products.
Since we are a Center of Excellence for Saab AB and our manufacturers are located worldwide travels will be expected to some extent.



Your profile

We assume that you have a university degree or equivalent and that you have several years of experience in electronic analog microcircuits and converters and/or harnesses fiber optic hardware design. We are looking for a person with experience from working with components as a component engineer or equivalent. The person we are looking for has an open mind, is well organized and have a structured way of working. You should also be flexible and solutions oriented.



We are organized in different teams, which makes it very important to be comfortable in cooperation with different types of interfaces such as sourcing, design, project managers, manufacturers a.s.o.

You are familiar with databases and have experience from managing big amounts of data. It is also very beneficial to have experience and skills working with SQL-programming and advanced excel. You are fluent in Swedish and English.



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

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

Empowered by its 18,000 talented people, Saab constantly pushes the boundaries of technology to create a safer, more sustainable and more equitable world.



Business area Surveillance offers world-leading sensor technology in monitoring and decision support to protect against threats. The portfolio covers airborne, ground-based and naval radar, electronic warfare, C4I solutions, aviation systems and cyber security.
Operations are conducted in Sweden, the United States, the UK, Australia, Germany, South Africa, the United Arab Emirates, Denmark and Finland.



Surveillance Procurement is a division with approximately 130 employees where all of Surveillances sourcing activities are gathered in one organisational unit.

Saab is also a company with opportunities. A company where we see diversity as an asset and where you have both considerable responsibility and good opportunities for advancing in your career. But also a company that respects each person's needs for a rewarding life beyond work.



Kindly observe that this is an ongoing recruitment process and that the position might be filled before the closing date of the advertisement.



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