Introduction
Saab UK is part of Scandinavia’s largest defence company, bringing together the best of Swedish and British innovation. Saab offers world‑leading solutions and services in defence, aviation, space and civil security to keep people and society safe. Our UK presence is growing rapidly, providing a wide range of opportunities for personal fulfilment and career growth. We employ over 600 people across eight sites in the UK. Our specialisations include software engineering, underwater robotics, radars, AI and armed forces training.
What You Will Be Part Of
Saab is a leading defence and security company with an enduring purpose—to help nations keep their people and society safe. Empowered by 28,000 talented people, Saab pushes the boundaries of technology to create a safer and more sustainable world. Saab designs, manufactures and maintains advanced systems in aeronautics, weapons, command and control, sensors and underwater systems. Saab is headquartered in Sweden, with major operations worldwide and contributes to the domestic defence capability of several nations.
The Role
This role is part of Saab BlueBear in Bedfordshire. You will work as part of the Air Combat Simulation team supporting customers in modelling and simulation of aircraft and associated systems, including the development and V&V of models and analysis tools.
Key Responsibilities
* Work collaboratively as an integral part of a small team delivering a customer‑focused, task‑based modelling and simulation support service.
* Develop requirements from the initial customer brief.
* Build models and analysis tools to meet the customer requirements.
* Update, debug and V&V models and simulation tools.
* Analyse results from model integration and simulation development to provide understanding of component models’ performance and their interactions.
* Develop and maintain tools for translation of data files between formats used within the community.
* Develop Simulink models of aircraft and aerospace systems and auto‑code to C/C++ and DLL.
* Integrate models (Simulink and DLL) into System‑of‑Systems models.
* Undertake simulation development, testing and application with results analysis to provide understanding of component models and their interactions.
* Develop and test models for integration into Distributed Simulations.
* Extend Distributed Simulation capabilities and functionality.
* Sanity‑check model performance and simulation results through cross‑checking with other sources of information and engineering estimates.
* Validate and verify model performance and simulation results against requirements.
* Review documentation for accurate technical content and quality to ensure it meets high standards.
* Investigate modelling and simulation tools to support new customer requirements.
* Generate documentation (User Guides, Interface Control Documents, Delivery Notes, Verification and Validation reports) for models, simulations and applications developed by the team at an appropriate level for the expected end‑user’s technical ability.
* Report on technical issues encountered with third‑party provided models and simulations, covering the issues, significance and potential resolutions.
Qualifications and Skills
* UK National required.
* Degree‑educated – an engineering degree in a relevant subject.
* Proficiency in Matlab, Simulink (and Stateflow), auto‑coding to C/C++ and DLL.
* Programming languages – preferably C++, C#, Delphi.
* Knowledge of flight dynamics and aircraft performance modelling.
* Experience with pilot modelling.
* Experience modelling sensors and signatures (RF and EO/IR).
* Knowledge of Earth coordinate systems (flat, spherical, WGS‑84).
* Experience with Distributed Simulation (DIS, HLA).
* Experience with source control (Git).
* Ability to solve optimisation problems.
* Experience with model integration into system‑of‑systems models and distributed simulations.
* Experience with aerospace vehicle and system models including flight performance, multiple degree‑of‑freedom equations of motion, transformations between multiple frames of reference (Euler angles and quaternions), sensors and signatures, optimisation problems, and troubleshooting of Simulink model development.
As a National Security Vetting clearance is required for this role, applicants must hold National Security Vetting clearance to SC level, or have the ability to gain it.
By submitting an application to Saab UK you consent to workforce screening activities that may include baseline personnel security checks, national security vetting, reference checks and verification of working rights. In all circumstances, preferred candidates will be placed through a security interview.
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