Test Engineer for Unmanned Aerial Systems

We are looking for a test engineer who wants to help drive our work with unmanned aerial systems forward. With us, you will have the opportunity to use your skills where they truly make a difference. Together with an experienced team, you will create solutions that leave an impact – both today and in the future.

About the Position

As a test engineer, you will plan, conduct, and report tests. The test assignments will be within unmanned aerial systems. You will lead the test team for the assignment in close collaboration with colleagues at FMV such as test pilots, chief test engineers, designers, and collaborate with the Armed Forces and industry.

You will be responsible for planning the testing activities, developing test programs, and leading the execution. The execution of the testing activities includes, among other things, ordering resources, briefing and debriefing test pilots, and analyzing data. You are also responsible for reporting on the testing activities, post-analysis of data, and compiling the test results through the preparation of test reports. In this role, you are expected to fly the unmanned aerial vehicles during the testing process. Additionally, you will support FMV project management in concept and requirement specification work for test objects and reviews.

The work is largely goal-oriented, emphasizing the importance of understanding the whole and being able to take personal responsibility for achieving results. Therefore, it is important that you enjoy collaborating in a team to solve tasks.

The work involves conducting tests in locations that may be in uninhabited terrain. This entails regular movements on foot outdoors, sometimes in hilly environments and under varying weather conditions.

The position is located in Linköping. The role will include business travel both domestically and internationally.

About You

We are looking for someone who is educated as a civil engineer or military engineer with a relevant technical focus or equivalent knowledge acquired in another way that we consider equivalent. You have experience working in the technical area of unmanned aerial systems (UAS). To succeed in this role, it is essential that you can express yourself well in both spoken and written Swedish and English. A basic requirement is that you have a B driver's license.

We would like you to have experience flying unmanned aerial vehicles, conducting testing activities, and working in project form. If you also have experience leading others in work contexts, we see that as a positive. We appreciate if you have knowledge of operational use and analysis of functions of unmanned aerial systems.

Personal qualities are of great importance to us. We welcome applicants with diverse backgrounds and experiences and are looking for someone who enjoys collaborating with others, is attentive, and solves problems constructively. We also see that you are self-driven and have the ability to plan and organize your work. You have good problem-solving analytical skills and can break down problems into their components.

FMV – Swedish Defence Materiel Administration

At FMV, you contribute to making Sweden and the world safer. We are tasked with providing the Swedish Armed Forces with the latest technology and knowledge so that they can defend our country and our allies. Together with competent and engaged colleagues, you will be involved in developing and procuring what sometimes does not yet exist. You drive the development, all the way from need to delivery. From idea to reality.

You will work in our area of operations, Test and Evaluation (T&E), which is responsible for verifying and validating the material that FMV delivers to the Armed Forces. This means checking that FMV has received what was ordered and that the system can be used as intended.

T&E Air operates within the aviation arena. We work with verification and validation of aviation-related products, primarily on military platforms such as Gripen and helicopters. The goal of our operations is to support other FMV units with subject-specific expertise and lead activities within verification and validation.

At FMV, you are offered a secure employment with good benefits:

• Professional development and career opportunities
• Flexible working hours and the possibility of remote work as far as the work allows
• Occupational pension and wellness allowance

Read more about FMV as an employer and the benefits we offer on our website: Work at FMV.

Do you want to help develop the defense of the future? Welcome with your application by 2026-01-19.

Good to Know

• You apply by attaching your CV, grades, and certificates in Swedish. In your CV, clearly describe how you meet the requested qualifications and merits. For a more inclusive recruitment process, we do not accept any personal letters.
• We recruit based on competence and assess candidates based on the role's requirements for experience, skills, and personal qualities.
• Our union representatives are SACO Johan Källsand, OFR/S Åsa Guldstrand, OFR/O Jonas Andersson, and SEKO Peter Andersson. All can be reached via FMV's switchboard: 08-782 4000.
• If you have questions about the position, you can contact Malin Norman via FMV's switchboard: 08-782 4000. Contact Lovisa Karlsson, [email protected] for questions about the recruitment process.

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To work with us, you need to be a Swedish citizen and undergo a security review in accordance with the Security Protection Act. We apply a probationary employment and as an employee, you will be assigned based on the needs of total defense. Applications for the position are only accepted via FMV's website or registry. We have made our choice of media and therefore decline sales of advertising and recruitment services.