Senior Radar Systems Engineer, Surveillance Tech

Saab; Town of Waterloo (NY); On-site; USD 116,000 - 151,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, vision, and dental insurance

401(k) with employer contributions

Tuition assistance and student loan))*

Wellness and employee assistance

Employee stock purchase opportunities

Short-term and long-term disability

Job summary

Saab, Inc. seeks a Senior Systems Engineer to join our East Syracuse, NY team and lead design for radar-based surveillance products delivered to both commercial and government customers.

You will guide technical investigations, develop specifications, and coordinate with management to meet technical, cost, and schedule targets while managing risk. The role requires 7+ years in safety-critical industries and U.S. citizenship or eligible status.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Physics, Mathematics, or equivalent.
• 7+ years of relevant experience in safety-critical industries (e.g., aerospace, defense/military, medical, nuclear).
• Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to form productive relationships within a team.
• Demonstrated proficiency with electromechanical and/or embedded software systems.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook).
• Experience with requirements management, system design, and system integration.
• Excellent written and oral communication and collaboration skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead technical investigation and top-level design for new feature development and change requests from both internal and external stakeholders.
• Lead development of primary and secondary radar products which provide safety-critical surveillance throughout the world.
• Develop and maintain specifications and technical documentation to support customer deliverables and internal systems engineering processes.
• Balance competing interests from multiple stakeholder groups.
• Coordinate with product development management to ensure technical, cost, and schedule objectives are achieved while maintaining acceptable levels of risk.
• Develop and propose new technologies and capabilities to enhance product performance.
• Support technical and cost proposal preparation for future programs.

Skills

Electromechanical systems

Embedded software systems

Requirements management

System design

System integration

Interpersonal skills

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Physics, Mathematics, or equivalent

Tools

Microsoft Office Suite

MATLAB

Job description

Saab, Inc. seeks a Senior Systems Engineer to join our East Syracuse, NY team and lead design for radar-based surveillance products delivered to both commercial and government customers.

You will guide technical investigations, develop specifications, and coordinate with management to meet technical, cost, and schedule targets while managing risk. The role requires 7+ years in safety-critical industries and U.S. citizenship or eligible status.