Graduate Engineer/ Electronics Engineer

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.

This Electronics Engineer position will work in the electronics design and prototyping department, performing key electronics designs in support of larger projects and guiding electronic engineers within the team.

This role is suited to a person with extensive experience in detailed electronic design, strong knowledge of safety- and mission-critical development environments, including DO-254 compliance and controlled design documentation processes.

• Own and drive electronics hardware designs for specific sub-systems or assemblies, implementing full design lifecycle from requirements capture through to production release.
• Perform detailed design activities for digital, mixed-signal, embedded systems.
• Contribute to the ongoing development of automated testing and DfM across PCBAs and wiring harnesses.

Design Standardisation & Quality Governance:

• Develop and produce detailed design documentation for electronics sub-assemblies.
• Maintain design assurance processes and verification traceability across safety-critical electronics developments.

Project & Stakeholder Coordination:

• Work cross-functionally with Systems Engineering, Software, Mechanical, Test, and Programme Management teams to ensure aligned delivery.
• Ensure your workloads, priorities, project risks, and dependencies are managed effectively to meet schedule commitments.

3-4 years experience in electronics hardware design across digital and mixed signal systems.

• Significant expertise in detailed electronics hardware design.
• Detailed understanding of the electronics manufacturing processes.
• Highly organised and able to work on multiple projects in a fast-paced environment.
• Experience of interfacing with subcontractors.

Experience writing VHDL or Verilog.

Experience writing embedded C and Python.

Subject to UK MoD security clearance vetting to a minimum SC level. As a National Security Vetting clearance is required for this role, applicants will be required to hold National Security Vetting clearance to SC level or have the ability to gain it.