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Senior Staff Systems Engineer

Saab, Inc.
United Statesfull_timeVerifiedPosted 6 Aug 2025
💰 $200,900/yr($154,600/yr$200,900/yr)

About the role

Job Description:

Saab Inc., Autonomous and Undersea Systems division is seeking an innovative and experienced Senior Staff Systems Engineer to lead others on technical teams through capturing, decomposing, analyzing, deriving, allocating, implementing, and verifying product and systems design requirements for autonomous Unmanned Surface/Underwater Vehicles (aUSVs/aUUVs, AUVs) and Remotely Operated Vehicles (ROVs).

Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

  • Decompose stakeholder needs and Concepts of Operation into system/sub-system level requirements. Perform functional analysis, derivation, and allocation to lower level system/sub-system elements.  Experience with Model Based System Engineering (MBSE) is a plus.
  • Apply fundamentals and best practices of system engineering to create innovative solutions and solve challenging problems.  Experience with Design for Manufacturability a plus.
  • Develop and execute system/sub-system integration and test activities; maintain Requirement Verification Test Matrix (RVTM) with System Integration and Test Engineering.
  • Conduct data modeling and analysis as needed; experience with control system modeling, analysis, and design is a plus
  • Conduct alternatives analyses and propose solutions in support of stakeholder change requests.
  • Present and discuss technical concepts, tradeoffs, analyses, designs, and performance estimates.
  • Interface with other disciplines to develop/define/implement customer requirements.
  • Follow through on full product lifecycle: development, prototyping, integration, verification, delivery, and support as required including operations and sea-testing.
  • Participate in technical reviews and status meetings.
  • Collaborate and communicate with internal and external stakeholders.
  • Follow company standard operating procedures and Quality System requirements.
  • Plan, organize, and estimate required effort for responsible tasks, including possibly writing Basis of Estimates (BOEs).
  • Work within a team environment to achieve goals.
  • Support mentoring and engineering staff development.

Compensation Range: $154,600 - $200,900

The compensation range provided is a general guideline. When extending an offer, Saab, Inc. considers factors including (but not limited to) the role and associated responsibilities, location, and market and business considerations, as well as the candidate's work experience, key skills, and education/training.

Skills and Experience:

Skills And Experience

  • Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Physics, Mathematics or related discipline, Master’s degree is a plus.

  • 8+ years of relevant experience in advanced system design with broad application and a fundamental understanding of the product development life cycle.

  • Ability to develop system architectures and configurations meeting or exceeding customer needs.

  • Ability to specify interfaces including physical/mechanical and electrical characteristics, and communication protocols.

  • Fundamental understanding of industry accepted design methods and practices, including design spaces/tradeoffs, test data analysis, and requirement/specification change processes.

  • Significant product development background demonstrating a strong engineering aptitude and good problem-solving skills.

  • Demonstrated ability to resolve issues during design, development and execution of system engineering activities.

  • Experience with CORE/Doors/Other requirements management tools, MatLab/MathCad/Ansys/Other analysis packages, MSOffice including (Excel, Word, Visio, PowerPoint, Outlook, etc.) to create drawings, documents, work products, and presentations. Experience with Cameo, MagicDraw, MSProject, SolidWorks, AutoCad, Creo, are pluses.

  • Familiarity with standard data collection, test, environmental (thermal, shock, vibe) and integration equipment, facilities, and test techniques.

  • Ability and willingness to support all phases of programs from concept development through final acceptance is required; this will often include on-site support for customer meetings, support equipment installation, configuration, integration, optimization, delivery and acceptance testing.

  • Strong written and verbal interpersonal and communication skills.

  • Proven contributor on project teams to accomplish objectives.

  • Proven contributor on project teams to accomplish objectives.

  • Effective contributor in a team environment, providing technical leadership where applicable.

  • Ability to work independently to achieve technical and program requirements.

  • Ability to work

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