About this role
Design Authority: Product Support
Technical responsibility for the design baselines of Electronic Warfare and Avionics products during their In-Service Support lifecycle phase. Technical support to both local and foreign customers for the assigned products. Provide internal support to the production shopfloor, as well as the maintenance and repair organization in resolving technical issues.
Your role
- Acquire a deep understanding of the operation and functionality of assigned products.
- Manage product baselines during the In-Service support phase.
- Manage component obsolescence and associated activities.
- Lead product failure analysis and design activities aimed at improving product reliability.
- Support and resolve customer technical queries.
- Support the production and maintenance shopfloor with technical guidance.
- Work closely with test engineering to ensure the adequacy of test equipment.
- Work closely with production engineering in improving product-specific manufacturing processes and related documentation.
- Support projects and bid opportunities with technical inputs.
- Support field service activities.
Your profile
- In-depth knowledge of analogue and digital electronic design.
- A thorough understanding of the design, test, production and maintenance processes of equipment within the defence / avionic industry.
- Minimum 10 years’ experience in electronic design, preferably within the defence / avionic industry.
- Experience in design verification, including Environmental, EMI/EMC and Functional qualification of electronic hardware.
- Experience in defining, implementing and verifying design modifications within a highly regulated environment.
- Experienced at working in technical teams and supporting production and maintenance technicians in fault-finding units under repair.
Competencies:
- Thorough understanding of electronic design principles and practices.
- Fluent in the use of standard and/or specialized test equipment to determine circuit performance.
- Demonstrated ability to interpret design specifications, design baselines and test results as guiding information in determining circuit performance and/or isolating failures.
Qualification:
- Nat. Diploma in Electronics, or higher.
What you will be a part of
SGD has reinforced its position as a leading South African defence and security company, bringing capabilities including electronic warfare systems, sensor technology, training systems, avionics, security and support solutions to the African and international markets. These capabilities are supplied and supported over the air, land, sea and civil security domains.
With new and improved technological systems and solutions, SGD increases a country’s defence capabilities and provides innovative, effective products and services for those tasked to maintain security. The company also works with various stakeholders in gathering data and providing insight into how security threats evolve, and what the best market-customised solutions are.
If you aspire to help create and innovate whilst developing yourself in a challenging team setting, Saab may well have the perfect conditions for you to grow. We pride ourselves on a nurturing environment, where everyone is different yet we share the same goal – to help protect people.
SGD will give preference to South African citizens and we also welcome applications from individuals with culturally diverse backgrounds
Please consider your application as unsuccessful if you have not received feedback from us within 30 days after the closing date.
Other facts
About Saab
For over 30 years our systems have operated in some of the most hostile environments on the planet and to depths of nearly two miles below the surface of the world’s oceans.
Our pioneering technology has revolutionised the underwater robotics industry.
In turbulent waters and pitch darkness, these remarkable vehicles can undertake missions that would be impossible by any other means. Tasks that range from gathering fragile Roman pottery, to recovering torpedoes; and from filming bioluminescent creatures, to creating detailed 3D scans of dam structures.
Rapid advances in miniaturisation and intelligent control architecture are creating ever smaller and smarter robotic systems that are more agile and more powerful, and bring advanced technology to ever more complex tasks.
Winning a worldwide reputation for creating highly sophisticated technology that is trusted to work at a diverse range of tasks in the most hazardous conditions is our proudest achievement.
Over 80 percent of our systems are exported across the globe and used in diverse sectors that include oil and gas, renewables, marine science, aquaculture, hydro engineering, undersea mining, salvage, telecoms, nuclear, leisure, emergency and defence.
Our parent company SAAB AB employs 14,000 people in over 30 countries.
What you'll do
- The role involves managing the design baselines of Electronic Warfare and Avionics products during their In-Service Support lifecycle phase and providing technical support to customers and production teams. Additionally, the position requires leading product failure analysis and design activities to enhance product reliability.
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