Mechanical Engineer Designer

Are you up for a new challenge? Are you our next Mechanical Engineer Designer?



Your role

We are looking for a Mechanical Engineer Designer for our laser product unit. Your role will be to develop new mechanics solutions and improve and maintain already existing solutions.



The work includes theoretical calculations, practical testing and verification, documentation of work and production support. You shall be able to design from a requirement specification and understand how these requirements affect the mechanical design.



To achieve the above you are integrated in a team with purchasing, sales, system-, mechanical-, electrical-, optical- and transmitter-designers. Therefore you need to be able to co-operate and express yourself in writing and speech.



The work is in close contact with the customer it is therefore important that you understand the customer and end-user needs of the products. There will also be close work with the manufacturers and it is therefore a need to understand the process of manufacturing and to communicate requirements and expectations on deliveries.



You also need yo keep yourself updated with the latest mechanical standards.



Your profile

We are looking for a person with strong personal drive and are result oriented. You shall perform your tasks with profound investigations and have the ability to independently gather information from all possible sources. Your working method shall be systematic with written documentation as a normal standard.



Your personal skills are:

* Structured with drive and quality awareness
* Communicative and accurate
* See solution to complex problems
* Bachelor or Master of Science degree in mechanics or corresponding education
* Experience from mechanical design is a merit
* Experience in 3D CAD e.g. PTC Creo, SolidWorks or CATIA is a merit
* Education in optics is a merit but not required



What you will be a part of

The laser product unit is an effective team of ~ 15 people located in Gothenburg in Sweden where engineering competence for laser range finders and other laser products is gathered. The group contains engineering, sales, and project leaders.

The laser product unit has close contact with purchasing and production.



The Laser product unit is a part of the business unit Airborne Surveillance system which is a part of the business area Surveillance.



Saab is a global defence and security company operating in the fields of air, land and naval defence, civil security and commercial aeronautics. We number 17,000 employees and have operations on all continents. Technologically we are leaders in many areas, and one-fifth of our earnings are spent on research and development



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 respect each person's needs for a rewarding life beyond work.



Saabs culture is expressed in the words Drive, Trust, Expertise and Diversity



If you are interested in Saab work-life you can read our: People Philosophy



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



If you have any questions about the job, don´t hesitate to contact

Stefan Horrdin, recruiting manager +46 734 18 65 03



This position requires that you will be approved in a security screening in accordance with the Swedish Protective Security Act.



If you aspire to help create and innovate whilst developing yourself in a challenging setting, Saab may well have the 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.