Your Role
We are looking for a manager of the newly formed Fighter and UAEW Design Section Manager to join the ERIEYE and Sensors division within Business Unit Airborne Early Warning, BU AEW. The business unit is responsible for flying radar systems such as the Global Eye.
The newly formed section Fighter and UAEW Design, which is part of the Mechanical and Structural Engineering department, have three product focus design teams, with responsibility for mechanics and cabling design. Product teams are: Fighter Antenna, Fighter Backend and Unmanned Airborne Early Warning (UAEW) team. Each team is lead by a Mechanical Team Leader.
The section responsibilities are:
Design responsibility for Fighter and UAEW products
Mechanical engineering for airborne design, for Fighter and UAEW products
Break down customer and system requirements into achievable parts that balance different disciplines to achieve the best overall solution
To provide technical leadership throughout the design work
To support subsystem verification to prove compliance with environmental requirements
To perform the necessary analyses during both the design and verification phases
To preform studies of future capabilities, develop Roadmaps and strategies for future needs
To support, analyze and present actions necessary for handling repairs and production issues
To sustain and maintain our Fighter and UAEW products
As manager of Fighter and UAEW Design section, you will;
Lead and coach a fast-growing organization of about 11 employees
Develop and grow your groups’ future capabilities through competence development, recruitment, cooperation, sourcing and improved ways-of-working
Develop co-operations with other parts of departments of Saab as well as with our external suppliers
Promote creativity, new ideas, business thinking and team spirit
Develop roadmaps and strategies for the Unmanned and Fighter platforms
Collaborate closely with other sections in the department for example AEW Design section
Be an active part of the Mechanical & Structural Engineering Leadership Team in terms of strategy, budget work and roadmaps
You will also contribute to the overall development of BU AEW as well as the Surveillance design and implementation organizations. In this role you will have the opportunity to set the detailed organization and recruit team leaders and new personnel into our new teams.
Cooperation with technical product management as well as external suppliers and other organizations within Saab is also part of the daily work. This position offers great opportunities to travel nationally and/or internationally for both team work with colleagues, customer interactions and conferences.
Your profile
We are looking for someone with passion for our products and strong belief in the competence and commitment from our employees. You combine great leadership skills with a high interest and curiosity of technical areas.
You are a confident leader with the ability to drive change and progress. You set clear goals and expectations and at the same time coach your employees for their personal development as well as the development of your team leaders. Your communicative skills and ability to build relationships, share knowledge, inspire, motivate and empower the organization will be of outmost importance.
You have a strategic approach, yet result-orientated and take pride in keeping product and project commitments in the business context.
You are available for international business travel and are fluent in both spoken and written Swedish and English.
We also assume you have:
Appropriate professional or postgraduate qualification in technical discipline (e.g., M.Sc. in Engineering Physics, Applied Mechanics or Mechanical Engineering or similar)
Leadership experience and /or experience as first line manager in the applicable technical area
Skills to combine strategic thinking with operational actions
Strong business understanding and customer focus
Strong drive, creativity and ability to generate energy
Experience, understanding and ability to work in an international environment
Strong technical skills in mechanical and structural engineering
This position requires that you pass a security vetting based on the current regulations regarding security protection. For positions requiring security clearance additional obligations on citizenship may apply.
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