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Here you contribute to creating safety for people and communities. What you do matters.

Your Role

We are looking for section managers for our new electronics sections in Karlskoga. The section you will lead is responsible for product development within the exciting missile projects conducted in Karlskoga. Your team’s work consists of new development, production support, and product care.

Saab is in a period of growth where we are expanding, an exciting journey where you as a section manager have the opportunity to make a real difference!

We offer good development opportunities for both leaders who are at the beginning of their careers and those with more experience.

In the role of section manager, you will also be an important part of the management team for Electronics Engineering within Saab Dynamics' business unit Missile Systems and represent the area in dialogue with our development projects, production, steering groups, and other stakeholders.

In addition to providing support and acting as a coach to your team members, a significant part of your responsibility will also revolve around growth and helping the team to develop. Your skills in recruitment and networking will be important tools for us to continue our growth.

Your main responsibilities:

• Be a good role model for Saab's values: Drive, Trust & Expertise
• Ensure that your team members have the right focus, skills, and conditions to deliver according to our commitments
• Contribute to expanding the section with new team members and achieving a balanced staffing
• Take responsibility for and have good insight into the section's deliveries
• Drive the electronics section together with other electronics sections within Saab Dynamics Missile Systems
• Lead by example and coach the section's employees to develop
• Break down and follow up on the area's operational plan
• Be responsible for resource allocation in our projects through planning and ongoing communication with project managers
• Participate in continuous improvements within the area's processes, methods & tools

Your Profile

You share Saab's vision: It’s a human right to feel safe. You engage and inspire your colleagues with clear goals, promote innovation, and work for a motivating work climate. To thrive in this role, you are a curious, structured, and independent person with good communication skills.

As our products are technically complex and world-leading in many of their areas, you need to have a technical understanding and be able to grasp challenges related to electronic systems.

We are looking for someone with an engineering degree or equivalent technical education and who has leadership experience, preferably from a previous managerial role. We also prefer that you have experience and knowledge in product development and electronics development.

Travel is required in this position, and a B driver's license is a requirement.

The position requires you to undergo and be approved according to the applicable security protection regulations. For positions where Saab has requirements for security classification, there may be requirements for certain citizenship.

Questions about the position can be answered by: Jesper Bäckstedt, [email protected] (mailto:[email protected])

All forms of contact that do not concern questions about the position, e.g., from recruitment agencies/staffing companies/ad salespeople, are discouraged.

Please note that we work with ongoing selection, and the position may be filled before the application deadline has expired.

What you will be a part of

Discover endless opportunities. Take on challenges, create smart innovations, and upgrade your skills. This is a place for clever thinkers, brave pioneers, and everyone in between. Together we achieve the extraordinary, each bringing their unique perspective. Every contribution counts.

Saab is a leading defense and security company with a mission to help nations protect their populations and contribute to the safety of people and communities. With 26,100 talented employees, Saab develops technology and solutions for a safer and more sustainable world.

Saab develops, manufactures, and maintains advanced systems in aviation, weapons, command systems, sensors, and underwater systems. Saab is headquartered in Sweden but operates globally, being part of many nations' defense capabilities.