Job Description
Introduction: Saab UK is part of Scandinavia''s largest defence company, bringing together the best of Swedish and British innovation. Saab offers world-leading solutions and services in defence, aviation, space, and civil security to keep people and society safe. Our UK presence has been growing at pace, meaning we can offer a wide range of opportunities for personal fulfilment and career growth. We currently employ over 600 people across eight sites in the UK, and our specialisations include software engineering, underwater robotics, radars, AI, and armed forces training.The Role: This role is part of our Blue Bear business unit in Bedford. As Senior UAV Concept Engineer, you will be the technical owner of new UAV concepts. You will turn customer requirements and CONOPS into sized, analysed and flight-tested air vehicles, and run several concept studies at once. This role is central to our conceptual design loop, by early exploring design trade space and rapidly iterating through geometry, aerodynamics, weights, propulsion, mission and stability. A defining part of this role is closing the loop between analysis and reality. You will lead the use of bench-test and flight-test data to calibrate our sizing methods and models, so each design iteration is grounded in evidence. You will also strengthen the tools and methods the whole team uses and help develop junior engineers. Working as part of the Concepts Engineering team, you will bring a proactive, collaborative approach ..... full job details .....