UAV Concept Engineer: Rapid Sizing & Trade Studies

Saab UK; Bedford; Sur place; GBP 65 000 - 90 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

30 days leave

8% pension

Private medical

Death in service

Share matching

Parental leave

Many more

Résumé du poste

Saab UK is seeking a UAV Concept Engineer to help size and mature next-generation air vehicle platforms. You will turn requirements and CONOPS into sized, analysable concepts and drive the design loop with rapid trades, geometry, aerodynamics, and propulsion considerations.

Join a multidisciplinary team, synthesize flight-test data to calibrate models, and build tools that accelerate iteration while maintaining safety and engineering rigor within a defence-focused environment.

Qualifications

• Hands-on experience in aircraft sizing, concept-design tooling, and synthesis of flight-test data to improve models.
• Demonstrable experience in aircraft/UAV conceptual design and sizing, constraint analysis, weight and mission/energy sizing, closing a design point.
• Experience with OpenVSP, RCAIDE, AVL, XFLR5, Datcom or equivalent tools.
• Sound applied aerodynamics knowledge, drag build-up, lift curves and interpretation for design decisions.
• Experience synthesising flight logs/telemetry/test data to validate analytical models.
• Strong Python scripting for automation, data processing and tool-building.
• Understanding of the full conceptual design loop: geometry, aerodynamics, weights, propulsion, mission performance and stability & control.
• Ability to work iteratively with fast, defensible estimates and communicate uncertainties.

Responsabilités

• Perform aircraft conceptual sizing and constraint analysis to define feasible design points for new UAV concepts.
• Develop and morph parametric air vehicle geometry and outer mould line through analysis loop.
• Produce core conceptual outputs: drag polars, lift curves, weight breakdowns, mission energy/endurance, static margin, trim and control authority.
• Run trade studies and design-space exploration for rapid iteration across designs.
• Synthesize flight-test and bench-test data to validate and improve models and sizing methods.
• Select and shape propulsion concepts and integrate into mission and energy-network analysis.
• Maintain and improve concept-design toolchain and automation for rapid iteration.

Connaissances

Aircraft sizing

Concept tooling

Flight-test data

Python scripting

OpenVSP

RCAIDE

AVL

XFLR5

Datcom

Aerodynamics

Telemetry data

SC Clearance

Outils

OpenVSP

RCAIDE

AVL

XFLR5

Datcom

Description du poste

Saab UK is seeking a UAV Concept Engineer to help size and mature next-generation air vehicle platforms. You will turn requirements and CONOPS into sized, analysable concepts and drive the design loop with rapid trades, geometry, aerodynamics, and propulsion considerations.

Join a multidisciplinary team, synthesize flight-test data to calibrate models, and build tools that accelerate iteration while maintaining safety and engineering rigor within a defence-focused environment.