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PCB Designer at Saab Dynamics in Karlskoga
SAAB ABÖrebro län, Karlskoga
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Are you driven by seeing your ideas come to life?
Welcome to our exciting and technology-intensive world.
Your Role
Do you want to design the circuit boards of the future for advanced defense systems?
At Saab Dynamics in Karlskoga, we are now looking for a PCB designer with strong system understanding and experience in product-related development.
You will work with world-class technology, where reliability, innovation, and precision are in focus - and where your solutions make a difference.
As an innovative PCB designer in the Ground Combat business unit, you will be a key player in the development of advanced defense systems, sensor systems, and electronic modules with high security and performance requirements.
We would love for you to be part of our team and our creative work environment where competence and idea development are key to our success.
You will work in our layout team with complex physical layouts, both rigid and flex/rigid-flex, and develop solutions that can withstand extreme environments - both thermally and mechanically. The work takes place in close collaboration with mechanics, electronics, software, and production teams, in an environment where documentation and traceability are a natural part of everyday life.
In this position, we also see a concept monitoring role for our future designs as well as a coordinating role towards our own electronics development and our development partners.
Your main responsibilities:
- Designing advanced PCB solutions for Ground Combat's product range
- Integration - Understanding mechanical interfaces and assembly challenges
- Working for DFM/DFT and ensuring that design is tailored for manufacturing and testing
- Layout of complex rigid-flex in tight and protected spaces
- Concept monitoring - contributing to technical choices and driving PCB strategy within the company
- Collaborating with production, purchasing, and suppliers in qualification and industrialization work
Your Profile
We are looking for someone with a bachelor's or master's degree in electronics and at least 5 years of experience in PCB design in production-related environments.
You have:
- Good experience with Siemens EDA, Altium, or similar tools
- Experience designing robust, manufacturable boards
- Understanding of electronics in systems with high environmental and reliability requirements
- Experience collaborating with mechanics, software, and production
- Proficiency in Swedish and English, both spoken and written
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, this may, in some cases, entail requirements for certain citizenship.
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 aerospace, weapons, command and control systems, sensors, and underwater systems. Saab is headquartered in Sweden but has a global presence where Saab is part of many nations' defense capabilities.
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