Excon Application Engineer - HW Configuration focus

Do you want to work with the world-leading supplier of simulated military training? Are you looking for an interesting development environment and great variety in everyday work-life? Join the expanding Saab AB, Training & Simulation´s Application department.



Your role

The Exercise Control system (Excon) is a SAAB developed system that runs on Windows Computers and Andriod tablets. The main purpose of the system is to monitor and record every player event during a military exercise. Typical players can be tanks, troop carrying vehicles, anti-tank weapons and soldiers. The system can also be used by the exercise leaders to plant artificial mine fields, simulate mortar and artillery fire in order to make the exercise even more realistic.

When the military exercise is completed, the recordings made by the Excon system is used to analyse and evaluate the performance of each player in order to improve for the next exercise.

Watch the video to get a better understanding on how the SAAB Training & Simulation system works:

https://youtu.be/WTVa5s84Shk



As an Excon Application Engineer, your main responsibilities will be:

* Take part during tender phases and in projects to analyse the computer and tablet requirements.
* Verify and test all associated standard components included in the customer deliveries
* Travel to customer exercise areas in order to examine and understand customer circumstances.
* Establish design specifications and other documentation for final customer configuration.
* Act in close cooperation with your colleagues from other departments
* Build development & delivery structures in product breakdown structure system
* Document all deliveries in a Configuration Control Design Document (CCDD)





Your profile

To thrive in this role, you are proactive and take full responsibility for allocated tasks. You can easily create trust within the organisation and are used to efficiently collaborate with team members and customer representatives

Required skills:

* Documented experience in testing and documentation
* Ability to learn complex systems
* Good understanding of network, telecom and communication solutions
* Good understanding of configuration and general fault investigations of Windows computers and Andriod devices
* Good communication skills in Swedish and English, verbal and written
* Structured in your work with high attension to detail
* Show drive, be pro-active and have ability for self-management



Desired skills:

* Experience from similar role
* Experience in radio and 4G communication
* Other language skills other than Swedish and English
* Driving License



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.

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





What you will be a part of

You will collaborate with experienced engineers and professionals in an environment that fosters career development and personal growth. You will be part of the Training & Simulation unit who develops and manufactures training systems mainly for military users. The team you will join consists primarily of Application, Software and test engineers based in Huskvarna and has a large part in developing our cutting edge products. Training and Simulation is part of the Business Area Dynamics .


Observe that you can send us your application in either Swedish or English.


If you aspire to help create and innovate whilst developing yourself in a challenging team setting, Saab may well have the perfect conditions for you to grow. We pride ourselves on a nurturing environment, where everyone is different yet we share the same goal - to help protect people.