Want to influence the bigger picture? At Saab, you can realize amazing innovations that keep people and societies safe. Together, we can truly make an impact – and your part matters.
Your role
We are looking for Systems engineer to join us at Digital Defense at the Digital Battlespace Solutions Business Unit.
In this role, you will be designing, developing and maintaining systems to support our vulnerability research.
You’ll be working in a team of researchers and systems engineers to build automated AI-powered systems that empowers and enhances our abilities. As a team you’ll be create working systems, not just code, PoC’s and PowerPoints.
Your key responsibilities will be to:
Design & Build AI-Augmented Systems: Design and build end-to-end software systems.
Architect, coder and tester: Engineer complete software systems in cloud environments.
Own the Full Development Lifecycle: Build, deploy, monitor and improve systems continuously.
Problem solver: Together with the team identify and implement solutions to enhance the research.
Your profile
You are highly motivated, analytical and technically skilled systems engineer who goes beyond coding to design, build, and run modern, AI-powered software systems.
Your skill set includes:
Strong system design & architecture skills (distributed systems, APIs, data flows)
Proficiency in at least one modern programming language (e.g. Python, Go, Java, or TypeScript)
Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, or Azure) and containerization (Docker, Kubernetes)
Experience with data engineering or machine learning systems
Familiarity with AI-assisted development tools and workflows
Experience with CI/CD pipelines, testing, and observability tools
Ability to debug complex systems and evaluate trade-offs
Strong problem framing and decomposition skills
Knowledge of vulnerability research
We value the following traits and experiences:
- As a systems engineer you see the bigger picture, not just components.
- You take responsibility from idea to production
- You learn fast and embrace new tools and approaches
- You question assumptions and validate outcomes
- You handle ambiguity and changing requirements with confidence
- As a team member, you’re social, easygoing, helpful and like to share your knowledge.
- As a person, you’re mature, reliable and behaved.
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
Behind our innovations stand the people who make them possible. Brave pioneers and curious minds. Everyday heroes and inventive troubleshooters. Those who share deep knowledge and those who explore sky-high. And everyone in between.
Joining us means making an impact together, contributing in our own unique ways. From crafting complex code and building impressive defense and security solutions to simply sharing a coffee with a colleague, every action counts. We encourage you to take on challenges, to create smart inventions and grow in our friendly and tech-savvy workspace. We have a solid mission to keep people and society safe.
Saab is a leading defense and security company with an enduring mission, to help nations keep their people and society safe. Empowered by its 26,100 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 defense capability of several nations. Read more about us here
Kindly observe that this is an ongoing recruitment process and that the position might be filled before the closing date of the advertisement.