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Head of Core Computer Software Platform

Göteborg or Järfälla,
Sweden
Closing date: 6 April 2025

Are you ready to embark on a career that constantly challenges your capabilities and allows you to work with cutting-edge technologies shaping the future? We're expanding and looking for an exceptional leader to join our team as the Head of Core Computer Software Platform.

Your Role

As the Head of Core Computer Software Platform, you will be responsible for the design, architecture, development and verification of a scalable computing platform that supports our advanced product portfolio within Saab Surveillance.

In this leadership role, you will:

  • Define and drive the requirements, architecture, and implementation of our computing platforms

  • Manage the core software platform and its integration within the larger ecosystem of our products

  • Lead a dynamic team in solving complex problems while ensuring top-notch performance and security

  • Collaborate cross-functionally to influence product direction and ensure alignment with business goals

Your Profile

We are seeking a leader who thrives in an innovative, fast-paced environment. The ideal candidate will have a deep technical understanding, strong leadership skills, and a strategic mindset to help us continue advancing Saab’s role in providing world-class security and defense solutions.

Required Skills:

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field.

  • At least 5 years of relevant experience in leading large scale software organizations

  • Proven leadership experience, including managing teams, driving technical initiatives and driving transformations

  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English

Desired Skills:

  • Experience in sensor technologies or embedded systems

  • Background in data security and secure platform design

  • Experience in cloud-based platforms and distributed computing

  • Knowledge of agile development methodologies and project management

  • Solid understanding of scalable software systems and data handling

To be successful in this role, we see that you have:

  • A strong business acumen and customer-focused mindset.

  • A proven ability to lead and inspire teams, fostering growth and overcoming challenges.

  • A high level of drive, perseverance, and the ability to energize teams toward achieving strategic goals

This position requires that you pass a security vetting based on the current regulations around/of security protection. For positions requiring security clearance additional obligations on citizenship may apply.

What You will be a part of

Behind our innovations stand the people who make them possible. Brave pioneers and curious minds. Everyday heroes and inventive troubleshooters. Those who share deep knowledge and those who explore sky-high. And everyone in between. 

Joining us means making an impact together, contributing in our own unique ways. From crafting complex code and building impressive defence and security solutions to simply sharing a coffee with a colleague, every action counts. We encourage you to take on challenges, to create smart inventions and grow in our friendly and tech-savvy workspace. We have a solid mission to keep people and society safe.

Saab is a leading defence and security company with an enduring mission, to help nations keep their people and society safe. Empowered by its 25,500 talented people, Saab constantly 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. It has major operations all over the world and is part of the domestic defence capability of several nations. Read more about us here

If you're ready to take your career to the next level and make a meaningful impact, we want to hear from you!