Senior Defense Systems Engineer

SAAB; Village of East Syracuse (NY); On-site; USD 130,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

SAAB is seeking a Senior Staff Systems Engineer to lead defense manufacturing programs from concept through delivery. You will own system architecture, requirements, and integration using MBSE to align multidisciplinary teams across projects in the defense sector.

Responsibilities include decomposing customer needs, conducting trade studies, overseeing verification and validation, and ensuring compliance with safety, reliability, and defense standards.

Qualifications

• Responsibilities include ownership of system architecture and integration using MBSE.
• Decompose customer needs and perform trade studies.
• Oversee verification/validation and ensure defense safety and reliability standards.
• Mentor engineers and collaborate with global teams on mission-critical solutions.

Responsibilities

• Own system architecture, requirements, and integration using MBSE.
• Decompose customer needs and conduct trade studies.
• Oversee verification/validation and defense standards compliance.
• Mentor engineers and collaborate with global teams to deliver mission-critical solutions.

Job description

SAAB is seeking a Senior Staff Systems Engineer to lead complex defense manufacturing programs from concept through delivery. You will own system architecture, requirements, and integration for advanced air, land, and naval solutions, using MBSE to align multidisciplinary teams. Responsibilities include decomposing customer needs, conducting trade studies, overseeing verification/validation, and ensuring compliance with safety, reliability, and defense standards. You’ll mentor engineers, collaborate globally, and drive innovative, mission-critical solutions that enhance long-term security worldwide.